Re: ASP/VBscript question

by Christopher Higgs <chiggs(at)unimelb.edu.au>

Date:	Fri, 01 Mar 2002 13:42:07 +1100
To:	"Johnson, Mark" <JohnsonM(at)issaquah.wednet.edu>, <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
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G'Day Mark,

At 07:50 PM 28/02/2002 +0000, Johnson, Mark wrote:
>I'm attempting to include a file based on the contents of a variable, see my
>code below.  Ive not been very successful.  It appears that server side
>includes are processed and then ASP.  The result is a correct statement, but
>too late for processing.  Suggestions?
>
><%
>response.write "<!--#include virtual=""/documents/scouncil/" & strSchool &
>".txt""-->"
>%>

Yes - try Server.Execute instead:
<%
Server.Execute "/documents/scouncil/"
%>

The Execute method transfers execution across to a second page, executes 
that in it's entirety (which in your case is straight HTML) and then 
returns control to the original page.


Chris Higgs
Manager, New Learning Technology
ILFR, University of Melbourne
http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/
Phone: +61 3 8344 9749  Fax: + 61 3 9348 2156

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