Web Player shows a blank home page or does not render content properly after login.

Web Player shows a blank home page or does not render content properly after login.

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Article ID: KB0079861

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Products Versions
Spotfire Web Player 6.5, 7.0

Description

Description:
When logging into the Web Player, it displays a blank Home Page or does not render content properly. You may see the following errors in the Web Player logs:
 

> "System.InvalidOperationException: Request format is unrecognized for URL unexpectedly ending in '/Request"
 
OR
 
>  System.InvalidOperationException: Request format is unrecognized for URL unexpectedly ending in '/recentFiles'.

Cause:
This happens when the .NET Framework is not registered correctly with IIS or "ISAPI and CGI restrictions" in IIS are not set correctly and are not set to "Allowed" in IIS.

Resolution

Open a command prompt (cmd) with Administrator privileges and run the following command:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis.exe /i

Issue/Introduction

Web Player shows a blank home page or does not render content properly after login.

Additional Information

See the 6.5 Web Player manual section 2.2 "Internet Information Server and ASP.NET".

https://docs.tibco.com/pub/spotfire_web_player/6.5.0/doc/pdf/TIB_sfire_webp_InstallationManual.pdf

More information on the aspnet_regiis.exe command can be found at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k6h9cz8h(v=vs.100).aspx