Preview an ASP.NET page

Microsoft Expression Development Server enables you to preview both ASP.NET pages and PHP pages locally.

To use Expression Development Server to preview pages

  1. On the Site menu, click Site Settings.

  2. In the Site Settings dialog box, on the Preview tab, select Use Microsoft Expression Development Server, and then select For only PHP and ASP.NET pages.

To preview an ASP.NET page

  • With the ASPX page that you want to preview open, do one of the following:

    • Press F12.

    • On the Common toolbar, click the Preview button Cc295493.32613350-d7fe-4254-85fc-157a1600854f(en-us,Expression.10).bmp, or click the arrow next to the button to select a browser.

    • On the File menu, point to Preview in Browser, and then click the browser and window size you want.

Note   You must save your page before you preview it in a browser.

See also

Concepts

Preview web pages

Preview a PHP page

Install Expression Development Server