"Dynamic" include files?

[Buddy Robbins]

Hey folks,
I am re-writing an ASP.Net site for a company.
The client wants to be responsible for the static content and navigation of
their site, and I'll be responsible for any dynamic content.

I'm using Infragistics Ultra Web Navigator, which can load the menus from an
XML file, so the navigation requirement is taken care of.

I had created a generic aspx file that accepts the static content filename
as a query string. The ASPX form has a header user web control (containg
the menu control) and a footer user web control.
Between the two, I'm using a select statement based on the query string to
process the appropriate include file statements for the "guts" of the static
content.

This works fine right now, however, if the client wants to add new static
pages, the default.aspx file has to be edited to add the case for the new
web page.

This seems like a clunky way to do it, and I can't figure out how go
generate the include file line dynamically.

Could anyone point me in a direction that will accomplish this?
Thanks in advance,
-Buddy Robbins

[Patrice]

You could use Response.WriteF ile, load content as an ASCX file etc...

Patrice

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"Buddy Robbins" <bu***********@ rimrockgroup.co m> a écrit dans le message de
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Hey folks,
I am re-writing an ASP.Net site for a company.
The client wants to be responsible for the static content and navigation of their site, and I'll be responsible for any dynamic content.

I'm using Infragistics Ultra Web Navigator, which can load the menus from an XML file, so the navigation requirement is taken care of.

I had created a generic aspx file that accepts the static content filename
as a query string. The ASPX form has a header user web control (containg
the menu control) and a footer user web control.
Between the two, I'm using a select statement based on the query string to
process the appropriate include file statements for the "guts" of the static content.

This works fine right now, however, if the client wants to add new static
pages, the default.aspx file has to be edited to add the case for the new
web page.

This seems like a clunky way to do it, and I can't figure out how go
generate the include file line dynamically.

Could anyone point me in a direction that will accomplish this?
Thanks in advance,
-Buddy Robbins

[Curt_C [MVP]]

you may want to hit up a dotnet group, not the classic asp one.

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"Buddy Robbins" <bu***********@ rimrockgroup.co m> wrote in message
news:uA******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP15.phx.gbl. ..

Hey folks,
I am re-writing an ASP.Net site for a company.
The client wants to be responsible for the static content and navigation
of their site, and I'll be responsible for any dynamic content.

I'm using Infragistics Ultra Web Navigator, which can load the menus from
an XML file, so the navigation requirement is taken care of.

I had created a generic aspx file that accepts the static content filename
as a query string. The ASPX form has a header user web control (containg
the menu control) and a footer user web control.
Between the two, I'm using a select statement based on the query string to
process the appropriate include file statements for the "guts" of the
static content.

This works fine right now, however, if the client wants to add new static
pages, the default.aspx file has to be edited to add the case for the new
web page.

This seems like a clunky way to do it, and I can't figure out how go
generate the include file line dynamically.

Could anyone point me in a direction that will accomplish this?
Thanks in advance,
-Buddy Robbins

[Ben Miller [MSFT]]

You will want to use the User Control way (ASCX). As you can take and use
the Page.LoadContro l(stringFromQue ryString + ".ascx") and add this control
to a placeholder.

<asp:PlaceHolde r id="place" runat="server" />

In code...

Sub Page_Load()

Dim somevar as string
If Request.QuerySt ring("querystri ngvarname") Is Nothing Then
somevar = "somecontrolTha tShowsError"
Else
somevar = Request.Queryst ring("querystri ngvarname")
End If

place.Controls. Add(Page.LoadCo ntrol(somevar & ".ascx"))

End Sub

HTH.
Ben Miller
This post is provided "AS IS" and the code samples express no liabilities or
warranties of any kind.

"Buddy Robbins" <bu***********@ rimrockgroup.co m> wrote in message
news:uA******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP15.phx.gbl. ..

Hey folks,
I am re-writing an ASP.Net site for a company.
The client wants to be responsible for the static content and navigation
of their site, and I'll be responsible for any dynamic content.

I'm using Infragistics Ultra Web Navigator, which can load the menus from
an XML file, so the navigation requirement is taken care of.

I had created a generic aspx file that accepts the static content filename
as a query string. The ASPX form has a header user web control (containg
the menu control) and a footer user web control.
Between the two, I'm using a select statement based on the query string to
process the appropriate include file statements for the "guts" of the
static content.

This works fine right now, however, if the client wants to add new static
pages, the default.aspx file has to be edited to add the case for the new
web page.

This seems like a clunky way to do it, and I can't figure out how go
generate the include file line dynamically.

Could anyone point me in a direction that will accomplish this?
Thanks in advance,
-Buddy Robbins