How do you execute VB.net code that resides in a Text File...

[CES]

All,

I'm trying to figure out how I would execute code that would be shared over
a number of wwwroot folders.

Basically it would be the equivalent of an .inc file only instead of
residing below the wwwroot it would exist above (FYI - I want to do this so
when information changes on a page like my "Terms of Use" it will be
reflected throughout each site I maintain) as apposed to changing the file
for each domain.

I've tried using StreamReader but have run into a problem. the page loads
(with the .txt file Embedded in the page without any problem) but the VB
code in the file is not executed:

'This is the code that calls the appropriate file.

accountRoot = "\\server\root_Folder\"

Dim footer_file As New IO.FileStream(accountRoot & "_includes\file.txt",
IO.FileMode.Open, IO.FileAccess.Read)

Dim myReader As New IO.StreamReader(footer_file)

Dim footer_txt As String

footer_txt = myReader.ReadToEnd()

response.write(footer_txt) ' I've tried server.execute(footer_txt) but I'm
getting error messages even when the page is empty.

-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX-

'This is what is returned to the browser (note - That the
<%=DatePart("yyyy", Now) %> is returned but is invisible on the page.
....
<p class="footer_header">

Copyright <% =DatePart("yyyy", Now) %> - XYZ, Inc. - All rights reserved.

<br />

....

I've just switched from VBS to VB so I'm sure this is the wrong approach
soany advice or guidance would be appreciated.
CES

[Rick Rothstein]

Almost everybody here is using VB6 or lower. While you may get a stray
answer to VB.NET questions here, you should ask them in newsgroups devoted
exclusively to .NET programming. Look for newsgroups with the word "dotnet"
in their name.

For the news.devx.com news server, try these

vb.dotnet.discussion
vb.dotnet.technical

For the microsoft news server, try these newsgroups...

microsoft.public.dotnet.general
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb

There are some others, but these should get you started.

Rick - MVP


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All,

I'm trying to figure out how I would execute code that would be shared over a number of wwwroot folders.

Basically it would be the equivalent of an .inc file only instead of
residing below the wwwroot it would exist above (FYI - I want to do this so when information changes on a page like my "Terms of Use" it will be
reflected throughout each site I maintain) as apposed to changing the file
for each domain.

I've tried using StreamReader but have run into a problem. the page loads
(with the .txt file Embedded in the page without any problem) but the VB
code in the file is not executed:

'This is the code that calls the appropriate file.

accountRoot = "\\server\root_Folder\"

Dim footer_file As New IO.FileStream(accountRoot & "_includes\file.txt",
IO.FileMode.Open, IO.FileAccess.Read)

Dim myReader As New IO.StreamReader(footer_file)

Dim footer_txt As String

footer_txt = myReader.ReadToEnd()

response.write(footer_txt) ' I've tried server.execute(footer_txt) but I'm
getting error messages even when the page is empty.

-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX-

'This is what is returned to the browser (note - That the
<%=DatePart("yyyy", Now) %> is returned but is invisible on the page.
...
<p class="footer_header">

Copyright <% =DatePart("yyyy", Now) %> - XYZ, Inc. - All rights reserved.
<br />

...

I've just switched from VBS to VB so I'm sure this is the wrong approach
soany advice or guidance would be appreciated.
CES