HTML HREF link in ASP

[requeth]

I'm trying to do the following, but when I have the code in for hte
HREF link I get a runtime error. How do I pass the link to the end
user?

<%
Dim a as string
Dim b as string
a = request.browser.browser
b = "IE"
if a <b then
response.write( "You are using " & a & " to view this page. Please
use
Internet Explorer.")
else
<a href="http://example.com/index.aspx">
<img src="./button.jpg" border="0">
</a>
end if
%>

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

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I get a runtime error

As a general rule, when asking for help in a technical newsgroup, saying "I
get a runtime error" is not very helpful if you don't actually tell the
group what the runtime error is...
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[Anthony Jones]

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I'm trying to do the following, but when I have the code in for hte
HREF link I get a runtime error. How do I pass the link to the end
user?

<%
Dim a as string
Dim b as string
a = request.browser.browser
b = "IE"
if a <b then
response.write( "You are using " & a & " to view this page. Please
use
Internet Explorer.")
else
<a href="http://example.com/index.aspx">
<img src="./button.jpg" border="0">
</a>
end if
%>

Your missing a pair of % <% around the html code.

Note that the best place to get ASP.NET help is m.p.dotnet.framework.aspnet


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[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Anthony Jones" <An*@yadayadayada.comwrote in message
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Note that the best place to get ASP.NET help is
m.p.dotnet.framework.aspnet

It is, but the OP's problem relates to VBScript in classic ASP...
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[Anthony Jones]

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"Anthony Jones" <An*@yadayadayada.comwrote in message
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Note that the best place to get ASP.NET help is
m.p.dotnet.framework.aspnet

It is, but the OP's problem relates to VBScript in classic ASP...

Really? Looks like VB.NET to me.
Dim a as string

Above not valid in VBScript is in VB.NET
a = response.browser.browser

ASP Response object doesn't have a browser property. ASP.NET does.
Use of

<% %>

works fine with :-

<compilation defaultLanguage="VB">

in the system.web section of web.config

The only thing wrong with the code was a missing pair of %<% around the
html bit.
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I'm trying to do the following, but when I have the code in for hte
HREF link I get a runtime error. How do I pass the link to the end
user?

response.write( "You are using " & a & " to view this page. Please
use
Internet Explorer.")

Please do not do browser sniffing. If you write your markup correctly, you
will not have to depend on IE's buggy rendering.

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[Anthony Jones]

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I'm trying to do the following, but when I have the code in for hte
HREF link I get a runtime error. How do I pass the link to the end
user?

response.write( "You are using " & a & " to view this page. Please
use
Internet Explorer.")

Please do not do browser sniffing. If you write your markup correctly,

you

will not have to depend on IE's buggy rendering.

Do you mean that if you write HTML correctly IE will render it correctly? ;)

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Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Anthony Jones" <An*@yadayadayada.comwrote in message
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>>Note that the best place to get ASP.NET help is
m.p.dotnet.framework.aspnet

It is, but the OP's problem relates to VBScript in classic ASP...

Really? Looks like VB.NET to me.

He made exactly the same post under the subject of "HTML Link in ASP
VBSCRIPT block"
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"Adrienne Boswell" <ar****@yahoo.comwrote in message
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I'm trying to do the following, but when I have the code in for hte
HREF link I get a runtime error. How do I pass the link to the end
user?

response.write( "You are using " & a & " to view this page. Please
use
Internet Explorer.")

Please do not do browser sniffing. If you write your markup
correctly,

you

>will not have to depend on IE's buggy rendering.

Do you mean that if you write HTML correctly IE will render it
correctly? ;)

When I start designing a page, I test it in conforming browsers first,
Opera and Firefox. Those browsers ususally get it right. Then I fix bugs
for IE.

But, well formed markup and valid CSS makes the process a lot easier.
It's one of the reasons I serve conforming browsers XHTML as application
xml+html and I serve IE HTML as text/html. That way, I know right away if
there's an error in the markup that could foul up rendering down the line.
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I'm trying to do the following, but when I have the code in for hte
HREF link I get a runtime error. How do I pass the link to the end
user?

response.write( "You are using " & a & " to view this page. Please
use
Internet Explorer.")

Please do not do browser sniffing. If you write your markup
correctly,

you

will not have to depend on IE's buggy rendering.

Do you mean that if you write HTML correctly IE will render it
correctly? ;)

When I start designing a page, I test it in conforming browsers first,
Opera and Firefox. Those browsers ususally get it right. Then I fix bugs
for IE.

But, well formed markup and valid CSS makes the process a lot easier.
It's one of the reasons I serve conforming browsers XHTML as application
xml+html and I serve IE HTML as text/html. That way, I know right away if
there's an error in the markup that could foul up rendering down the line.

How do you determine which browser you are serving?

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[Adrienne Boswell]

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I'm trying to do the following, but when I have the code in for
hte HREF link I get a runtime error. How do I pass the link to
the end user?

response.write( "You are using " & a & " to view this page.
Please use
Internet Explorer.")

Please do not do browser sniffing. If you write your markup
correctly,
you
will not have to depend on IE's buggy rendering.
Do you mean that if you write HTML correctly IE will render it
correctly? ;)

When I start designing a page, I test it in conforming browsers
first, Opera and Firefox. Those browsers ususally get it right.
Then I fix bugs for IE.

But, well formed markup and valid CSS makes the process a lot easier.
It's one of the reasons I serve conforming browsers XHTML as
application xml+html and I serve IE HTML as text/html. That way, I
know right away if there's an error in the markup that could foul up
rendering down the line.

How do you determine which browser you are serving?

I look at the HTTP_ACCEPT string, and I also look at the UA string to
see if it's the W3C validator. If it accepts application xml+html then
I serve it that. IE still gets the XHTML strict doctype, but it gets
tag soup (with croutons). With PHP, I can modify the buffer and remove
the ending slash in elements like IMG so IE and others can get HTML, but
I haven't found a way to do that with ASP classic - if there's a way to
do it, I will be all ears.
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[requeth]

On Aug 9, 1:54*pm, "Mark Rae [MVP]" <[e-mail]:

"Anthony Jones" <[e-mail] in message

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>Note that the best place to get ASP.NET help is
m.p.dotnet.framework.aspnet

It is, but the OP's problem relates to VBScript in classic ASP...

Really? *Looks like VB.NET to me.

He made exactly the same post under the subject of "HTML Link in ASP
VBSCRIPT block"

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ASP.NET MVPhttp://www.markrae.net

That I did mark, and the link I received didnt work for me, so instead
of reposting to aparantly the wrong group I tried posting to the
correct one, which is supposed to be this one.

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I'm trying to do the following, but when I have the code in for
hte HREF link I get a runtime error. How do I pass the link to
the end user?

response.write( "You are using " & a & " to view this page.
Please use
Internet Explorer.")

Please do not do browser sniffing. If you write your markup
correctly,
you
will not have to depend on IE's buggy rendering.


Do you mean that if you write HTML correctly IE will render it
correctly? ;)


When I start designing a page, I test it in conforming browsers
first, Opera and Firefox. Those browsers ususally get it right.
Then I fix bugs for IE.

But, well formed markup and valid CSS makes the process a lot easier.
It's one of the reasons I serve conforming browsers XHTML as
application xml+html and I serve IE HTML as text/html. That way, I
know right away if there's an error in the markup that could foul up
rendering down the line.

How do you determine which browser you are serving?

I look at the HTTP_ACCEPT string, and I also look at the UA string to
see if it's the W3C validator. If it accepts application xml+html then
I serve it that. IE still gets the XHTML strict doctype, but it gets
tag soup (with croutons).

Tag soup? Don't you just send the XHTML but leave the content type as
text/html?

I'm still not sure how you are differentiating IE from other browsers with
this or how by generating 'correct' HTML you manage to avoid IE messing up
the rendering due to its bugs?

>With PHP, I can modify the buffer and remove
the ending slash in elements like IMG so IE and others can get HTML, but
I haven't found a way to do that with ASP classic - if there's a way to
do it, I will be all ears.

I'm not sure I understand why you would want to? I send the xhtml content
as text/html without that sort of mucking about, I've not had any problems
with it.
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[Anthony Jones]

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On Aug 9, 1:54 pm, "Mark Rae [MVP]" <[e-mail]:

>>>

He made exactly the same post under the subject of "HTML Link in ASP
VBSCRIPT block"

That I did mark, and the link I received didnt work for me, so instead
of reposting to aparantly the wrong group I tried posting to the
correct one, which is supposed to be this one.
<<<

In that case my comments re the %<% stand but in addition.

This:-

Dim a as string
Dim b as string

Should become:-

Dim a
Dim b

Also the Request object doesn't have a browser property.

You could sniff the User-Agent header:-

a = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_USER_AGENT")
b = "MSIE"

If Instr(a, b) = -1 Then
response.write( "You are using " & a & " to view this page. Please use
Internet Explorer.")
else
%>

<a href="http://example.com/index.aspx">
<img src="./button.jpg" border="0">
</a>

<%
end if
%>
I hope this if for an intranet project, if I arrived at a public site that
said that I needed to use IE to view its content I probably wouldn't bother
with it.

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[Dave Anderson]

Anthony Jones wrote:

This:-

>Dim a as string
Dim b as string

....Looks like VB.NET.

And...

Also the Request object doesn't have a browser property.

....except here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...roperties.aspx

The OP does not know the difference between ASP and ASP.NET.

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[Anthony Jones]

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Anthony Jones wrote:

This:-

Dim a as string
Dim b as string

...Looks like VB.NET.

And...

Also the Request object doesn't have a browser property.

...except here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...roperties.aspx

>
The OP does not know the difference between ASP and ASP.NET.

Yes, I orriginaly indicated that in an earlier reply but the OP has since
indicated that VBScript is intended.
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[Adrienne Boswell]

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Anthony Jones"
<An*@yadayadayada.comwriting in
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>I look at the HTTP_ACCEPT string, and I also look at the UA string to
see if it's the W3C validator. If it accepts application xml+html
then I serve it that. IE still gets the XHTML strict doctype, but it
gets tag soup (with croutons).

Tag soup? Don't you just send the XHTML but leave the content type as
text/html?

I'm still not sure how you are differentiating IE from other browsers
with this or how by generating 'correct' HTML you manage to avoid IE
messing up the rendering due to its bugs?

>>With PHP, I can modify the buffer and remove
the ending slash in elements like IMG so IE and others can get HTML,
but I haven't found a way to do that with ASP classic - if there's a
way to do it, I will be all ears.

I'm not sure I understand why you would want to? I send the xhtml
content as text/html without that sort of mucking about, I've not had
any problems with it.

If you go over to alt.html, there are plenty of references why it is not
advisable to serve XHTML as text/html - and here's a link with a lot of
information: http://hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml
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[Anthony Jones]

Adrienne Boswell" <ar****@yahoo.comwrote in message
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Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Anthony Jones"
<An*@yadayadayada.comwriting in
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I look at the HTTP_ACCEPT string, and I also look at the UA string to
see if it's the W3C validator. If it accepts application xml+html
then I serve it that. IE still gets the XHTML strict doctype, but it
gets tag soup (with croutons).

Tag soup? Don't you just send the XHTML but leave the content type as
text/html?

I'm still not sure how you are differentiating IE from other browsers
with this or how by generating 'correct' HTML you manage to avoid IE
messing up the rendering due to its bugs?

Do you have an answer to this question?

>With PHP, I can modify the buffer and remove
the ending slash in elements like IMG so IE and others can get HTML,
but I haven't found a way to do that with ASP classic - if there's a
way to do it, I will be all ears.

I'm not sure I understand why you would want to? I send the xhtml
content as text/html without that sort of mucking about, I've not had
any problems with it.

If you go over to alt.html, there are plenty of references why it is not
advisable to serve XHTML as text/html - and here's a link with a lot of
information: http://hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml

Yes I've read this document before. Some of the more human arguments are
valid (re imagining the content is XHTML when in fact there are often many
practices which break if you actually sent it as xml).

However its also overly purist IMO. Have you actually seen an example of
the /'problem' in the real world?

Even when I use HTML 4.0 strict I'll still send the html as if it were well
formed XML with <br /etc since I work with both XML a great deal I find it
hard to look at HTML that breaks XML rules. I never found an occasion
where HTML that does conform to XML rules to fail to render correctly.
--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

[Dave Anderson]

Adrienne Boswell wrote:

If you go over to alt.html, there are plenty of references why it is
not advisable to serve XHTML as text/html - and here's a link with a
lot of information: http://hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml

Not all of it correct. For example,

browsers treat the string "<br/>" as "<br>" and not "<br>&gt;",
the latter being what HTML4/SGML says they should do.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The HTML 4.01 specification does not state that this *should* render the
same way as SGML. On the contrary, it takes no stand other than to warn that
SHORTTAG constructs for elements are likely unsupported:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/appendi...s.html#h-B.3.7

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