Hello,

Can anyone give me an idea of what the ScriptResource.axd and WebResource.axd files are and what they are used for?

I'm not a developer and I'm relatively new to DNN so I apologize if I'm asking a silly question. I'm trying to clarify what these .axd files are used for and why they're referenced in the default.aspx page of a DotNetNuke website. The reason I ask is that I'm being told that they are ActiveX controls, which may be blocked by my clients very picky firewall, despite the site's having worked fine for some time now.

Can anyone clarify?

Thanks in advance.

All I'm really using is the default install of dotnetnuke and the basic modules. Do any of these require AJAX?

I'm assuming that I'm not using the AJAX functionality as my functionality seems to be in working order, and that while I can see the link to those files in my default.aspx file, but I don't see them in my install anywhere.

If I needed to could I remove the references to those files (script src="/WebResource.axd and script src="/ScriptResource.axd) from the default.aspx file?

What would be the repercusions of doing this?