Host a web page in localhost using C#

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I've made an application that needs to report progress over the local network, I was thinking of using a simple HTML page to do this but how do I host this on the local network so that it is accessible by other computers on the same network. I was playing around with ISS but this would also be run on brand new installs of Windows 8 (Some of which don't have ISS enabled). Is there any way to achieve this?

As always, thanks for any help!

Posted 26-Nov-13 8:06am

Kieran Crown

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The web server you are talking about is Internet Information Services (IIS), it comes with your Windows OS but not installed by default. The following link will walk you through from installation to putting up a website. But just a brief one, you only need one computer to be the web server, that is the IIS, then other client computers will access the website using a browser.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-SG/windows-8/internet-information-services-iis-8-0

Posted 26-Nov-13 8:44am

Peter Leow

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Ron Beyer · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-26T08:49:00

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You could embed a webserver directly in your application, there are numerous examples of HTML web servers in C#, like: Simple HTTP Server in C#[^]. These can be placed directly in your application.

There are more articles on CP and on the web about making your own web server for simple HTML pages.

Posted 26-Nov-13 8:49am

Ron Beyer

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Ron Beyer 26-Nov-13 16:03pm

Please read the articles, typically they give you a way to serve pages or intercept requests and return your own HTML.