在C＃中通过局域网托管网页？

Question

I have a C# form application that has different functionality. Additionally I want to add another service to the existing project which is hosting the webpage " CameraCapture.html " page over Local Area Network as a web service in order to be viewed from another client on the Network.

For this purpose I have added one form " frm_cameraServer_monotor " and two Buttons in this form, btn_StartServer and btn_StopServer , which to start serving "CameraCapture.html" and to stop serving it. My IP Address on LAN is: 10.140.191.200 (static) .

I don't want to use any web server like Apache and ISS to be installed and configured. Just I want a server service to existing project.

Any one can understand and help me in this topic, really very appreciated Thanks.

Answer 1

I want to start web-service but without web-server

If it is just a plain HTML without back-end but not a web-service, then you can create a shared folder and open it as a file from your network. HTML and front-end JS scripts will work well. However, the link will be like:

file:\\COMPUTER-001\Camera\CameraCapture.html

If it is ok for you, then you can easily do this without web-server.

You surely cannot make it work this way without any HTTP-server:

http://COMPUTER-001/CameraCapture.html

Is it worth it?
Install a simple web-server, you even won't need to configure it if a single HTML file is everything you need.

Answer 2

If you want to host an asp.net site on your application (winforms/service/wpf/whatever) you can use CassiniDev

Then simply publish your web project to your filesystem and use:

        CassiniDev.Server server = new CassiniDev.Server({port number}, {publishedSitePath});
        server.Start();