nested includes not working as intended

Mike

Hello,

I'm working on a new site that has a nearly empty index file (variable
location) that includes a template file (set location) which in turn
includes two data files (variable location dependent on index file's
location). This concept worked in PHP and I'm just playing around with it
in ASP to see if it can make my site management easier because I can't move
to Apache for a while.

It seems that the template file can only include relative to itself and also
with specific paths, but it can't include relative to the original index
file. Is there a graceful way around this?

Simplified code below if it helps...

/index.asp:



/templates/_normal.asp:



<html>
<head>
<title>title</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/style.css">
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

/_data.asp - empty

The above only works if I place _data.asp in the same directory as
_normal.asp. That kinda defeats the purpose though. Ideas?

THANKS!

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Mike

Jul 19 '05 #1

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Manohar Kamath [MVP]

Why not use absolute paths, starting from the root?

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Hello,

I'm working on a new site that has a nearly empty index file (variable
location) that includes a template file (set location) which in turn
includes two data files (variable location dependent on index file's
location). This concept worked in PHP and I'm just playing around with it
in ASP to see if it can make my site management easier because I can't move to Apache for a while.

It seems that the template file can only include relative to itself and also with specific paths, but it can't include relative to the original index
file. Is there a graceful way around this?

Simplified code below if it helps...

/index.asp:



/templates/_normal.asp:



<html>
<head>
<title>title</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/style.css">
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

/_data.asp - empty

The above only works if I place _data.asp in the same directory as
_normal.asp. That kinda defeats the purpose though. Ideas?

THANKS!

--
Mike

Jul 19 '05 #2

Bullschmidt

Include paths should be relative to the outtermost file (i.e. the parent
and/or grandparent file).

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