HttpErrors Metabase Property

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

The HttpErrors property specifies the custom error string sent to clients in response to HTTP 1.1 errors. Each string in the list specifies the HTTP error code and subcode, indicates whether the handler will be a URL or a file, and specifies which URL or file the client will be sent. Each string can be in either format: a URL or a file.

To send a URL to the client, use HTTPErrorCode, HTTPErrorSubcode, URL, HandlerURL. To send a file, use HTTPErrorCode, HTTPErrorSubcode, FILE, Filename.

Attribute Name Attribute Value

XML Data Type

MULTISZ

WMI Data Type

MULTISZ

ADSI Data Type

MULTISZ

ABO Data Type

MULTISZ

ABO Metabase Identifier

MD_CUSTOM_ERROR

Attributes

INHERIT

Default Value

null

MetaFlagsEx

CACHE_PROPERTY_MODIFIED

User Type

IIS_MD_UT_FILE

ID

6008

Configurable Locations

You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.

Metabase Path IIS Admin Object Type

/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT /LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name

IIsWebVirtualDir

/LM/W3SVC/n

IIsWebServer

/LM/W3SVC

IIsWebService

/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/file_name /LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name/file_name

IIsWebFile

/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/physical_directory_name /LM/W3SVC/n/virtual_directory_name/physical_directory_name

IIsWebDirectory

Code Example

For general code examples, see Code Examples to Configure Metabase Properties.