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ISAPI

Last modified: Thursday, April 08, 2004

Short for Internet Server API, an API for Microsoft's IIS (Internet Information Server) Web server. ISAPI enables programmers to develop Web-based applications that run much faster than conventional CGI programs because they're more tightly integrated with the Web server. In addition to IIS, several Web servers from companies other than Microsoft support ISAPI.

How To Make an ISAPI Redirection Filter
This tutorial will demonstrate how to reduce server workload by redirecting from ISAPI using MFC using a “redirection filter”.

Improving the Performance of ISAPI Applications -- Profiling the ISAPI DLLs
A brief discussion on how to profile an ISAPI DLL and determine and solve the performance-related issues.

The ISAPI Developer's Site
Offers many older resources for the ISAPI developer including links to an ISAPI source code library, specifications, tutorials, frequenlty asked questions, a chat room, and vendor information.

Related Categories

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

Related Terms

CGI

IIS

NSAPI

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