Reading blocks..

Pheddy

Hey all!

Is it possible to read blocks of a .asp file in that way that my page have the following three fields:

hey.asp:
ptitel="hej"
pbody="yeah"
pbottom="you read this.."

So i wanna read the line with ptitel in default.asp much like Server.Execute("hey.asp?read=ptitel")

I know Server.Execute wont work.. Is there another way?

Thanks!
Frederik

jenkinsloveschicken

Pheddy,

I know I'm late here, but if you are still looking for resolution, perhaps this will help. You can use GET or POST variables in the page to create condition filters like so-

hey.asp?view=1

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<%

Dim int_userView As Integer
 
'''Set int_userView = GET variable value

int_userView = Request.QueryString("view")
 
Switch Case int_userView
 
   Case 1

       ptitel="hej"

   Case 2

       body="yeah"

   Case 3 

       pbottom="you read this.."
 
End Select
 
%>

That's one overly simplistic example. If you are using asynchronus calls(AJAX) to retrieve and re-draw UI components, you may look at XML as an option if your content is static(non-database or user event driven).

Cheers,
Jenkins

Pheddy

Thanks i will try that!
It was supposed to work so that I could have one file with three or more textfields easily loaded with Response.Write somefile.asp?something=something . In this way it would be easy to edit and whatnot..

jenkinsloveschicken

Cool deal. Let me know if that works. If not, give me some more specifics on what you want and we can work towards a more definitive resolution.

Cheers,
Jenkins

Pheddy

It dosnt work..
The basics here are that I cant load a file for Response.Write with the arguments of somefile.asp?something=something (ie: Response.Write somefile.asp?something=something.) Or simply call the characters in that file directly by using Server.Exeucute("somefile.asp") and narrow down the line by Server.Execute("somefile.asp?something=something") .. I could use database or ReadLine arguments.. (The readline has the limit it only reads one line, therefor not usable if the character goes beyond 250 or so.)

Just wanted to now if this was possible in some way, because it would be easier for me to write ONE file with three arguments. But I quess ill go for the db way or have three different files with each its characters..

Thanks anyway :D

jenkinsloveschicken

I'm puzzled now. You could certainly do something like this:

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Response.Write "<a href='yoururlhere.asp?urRequestVariableHere=Yourvalue'>Text Name of Link </a>"

You could do this programmatically and build all components of the href via asp.

It also seems like you might be wanting to make asynchronous calls from what you've described. Are you essentially building the page(HTML) dependent on a user selection?

Another option would be to write out simple tab delimited text files and use FSO to read them.

Give me some more examples of what you are trying to do. DB is a good way to go. But you might easily accomplish the same thing with an XML object and AJAX, then use DHTML to rebuild the DOM. (I am fairly well versed in JS, so if that's the way you need to go, it's no problem.)

Are you trying to make some sort of RSS style story feed?

Let me know if you would like further assistance.

Cheers,
Jenkins

Pheddy

Hi..

Nah Jenkins your all wrong.. I wanted to print/display a line from another document. The only way I know off this is by using the Server.Execute("") This displays all character/the whole document. But I thought there might be a way to display precoded blocks from this document by defining a query, but Server.Execute cant send query strings.. Anyway i rounded this problem by using a database..

Thanks all.
(Oh and should there be anyone who has a lead on this, pls post.)

Frederik.

jenkinsloveschicken

I think I see now. Sorry I wasn't able to help. On last stab(not on a machine with IIS to test, but in theory will work)

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<% Your session control here %>
 
<html>

<head>

<title>Defaut Non-Customized Title</title>
 
<script type="text/javascript">

function initiatePage(myuserIdentifier)

{

    var queryString = myuserIdentifier;

    //Your cross browser XML try/catch here

    //innerHTML is used here for simplicity. innerXML may be a better solution 

    //depending on application req

    //You don't have to use asp. you could create a small decision control 

    //via js and direct your calls that way. Receiving files just need to draw html markup or feed text(such as the title)

    if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4 || xmlHttp.readyState == "complete")

    {
 
        //Your asp file would write out the desired title via response.write

                document.title = xmlHttp.ResponseText;    
 
    }        
 
    xmlHttp.open("GET","yourAspScript.asp"+queryString,true);

        xmlHttp.send(null);
 
    //Your next ajax call to build the body via ResponseText or ResponseXML

        //Your receiving asp page could build the div and even handle the db queries

        if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4 || xmlHttp.readyState == "complete")

    {
 
        //Your asp file would write out the desired html markup

               var divControl1 = document.getElementById("customDiv1");

                divControl1.innerHTML = xmlHttp.ResponseText;    
 
    }
 
       xmlHttp.open("GET","yourAspScript.asp"+queryString+"&pageSection=body",true);

        xmlHttp.send(null);
 
}
 
</script>
 
</head>
 
<%
 
Response.Write "<body onLoad='initiatePage(" & yourSessionPageControlVar & ");'>"
 
Response.Write "<div class='myCSSControl' id='customDiv1' name='customDivSet'></div>"

Response.Write "<div class='myCSSControl' id='customDiv2' name='customDivSet'></div>"

Response.Write "<div class='myCSSControl' id='customDiv2' name='customDivSet'></div>"
 
Response.Write "</body>"
 
%>
 
</html>

Only limit on querystring length is what the browser is capable of sending via a GET string. If the limit is hit, the POST method could be invoked in the AJAX call to get around that(delimit arrays with "," or something, then use split in asp to create control arrays if needed). So you can use many differentiating variables to determine what content is returned from the XML object.

Essentially you could build a controller that onload calls the conditional page draw(which could be one script that may include db calls if necessary). Then you have two files as document content control.

Best of luck sir,
Jenkins

Pheddy

Thanks Jenkins! Nice :D

jenkinsloveschicken

Glad you like! If you go that route and need any assistance, feel free to let me know and I will assist.

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