Active Server Pages

Fred Rodriguez

Texas Agricultural Extension Service

May 22, 2000

What it is….

• Active Server Pages is an open, compile-free application environment in which you can combine HTML, scripts, and reusable ActiveX server components to create dynamic and powerful Web-based business solutions.

• Active Server Pages enables server side scripting for IIS with native support for both VBScript and Jscript.

• A Microsoft controlled product

• A development system for several environments (Unix, Windows, Linux, Novell, etc)

What it is not…

• A silver bullet to solve all of your web development problems.

• The only or best scripting system

• Open or Non-proprietary

Application Generator for Non-Programmers

Object Model

O b je c ts

S c re e n S e c tio ns

S c re e ns

A p p lica tio ns

HTML-less Web Pages

<%@ LANGUAGE = VBScript %>

<!--#include virtual="/scripts/subroutines_Globals_99BB.vbs"-->

<!--#include virtual="/scripts/subroutines_HTML_99BC.vbs"-->

<!--#include virtual="/scripts/subroutines_Database_99BC.vbs"-->

<!--#include virtual="/scripts/subroutines_Utilities_99BB.vbs"-->

<%

Global_Debug_Level = 0

Global_Application_ID = 0

Sub_Generate_HTML Parm_Message

%>

An Example

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