Will source code be protected?

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Hi,<BR><BR>I am new to ASP.Net. I was wondering whether during the web deployment of ASP.Net, can the web application will be installed in my client's server like that of an .exe and all the source code cannot be seen?<BR><BR>Thank you.asp language is a server side language. It gets interpreted and processed by your server and only the resulting code is sent to the browser. Thus viewing code they only see HTML. To see asp code you have to hack the server.<BR><BR>Alternate ways to hide code is to use SSI files, Code behind pages, DLL's, ActiveX components or EXE's.If your write ASP. NET code on your server then transfer it to your client's server, anyone that has access to the client's server can see your code (and edit).<BR><BR>Aaron