Cognos 8.4.1 on Windows 7 - cannot browse for images

[texanfritz]

I have Cognos 8.4.1 running on a Windows7 box with IIS 7. All appears to be working as expected, except for when I browse for images to include in Report Studio.

The error message is:

Web server error:
The web request failed.
405 - Method Not Allowed
http://<server>/cognos8/images/
For more information, click here.

The help file states:
To browse images on a Web server, you must enable Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) on your Web server.

WebDAV Publishing was installed under "Internet Information Services > World Wide Web Serves > Common HTTP Features"
Also, "WebDAV Authoring Rules" appears in IIS Manager.

In IIS 7, I had added a virtual directory under "cognos8" named "images". This virtual directory points to a physical directory on my computer. I can also successfully browse to that location within the IIS Manager using the "Browse *:80 (http)" link and through IE.

Any thoughts?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

[MFGF]

Hi,

Just a quick thought - did you remember to enable the 'Read' and 'Directory Browsing' properties for the images folder?

MF.

[texanfritz]

That is an excellent question.  I saw mention of that in documentation, however in IIS 7 for Windows 7, I do not see the option to enable "Read" and "Directory Browsing".  How does one do this?

[MFGF]

Not sure, sorry.  In my version, you select the images folder in the tree, go into its properties, and navigate to the Directory tab to set these options.  Have they changed it radically in IIS 7?

MF.

Edit:  I just found the following article:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731109(WS.10).aspx

Does this help any?

[texanfritz]

Directory Browsing was already enabled.  It is a separate icon in IIS 7 manager under IIS.