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May 16th, 2000, 04:57 PM
James Bond 007

I know I should be posting this topic in the ASP section but most likely I won't get a response right away.

Anyway, can someone give me an example of step by step on how to use ASP.

I also like to know the purpose of using it too. I know I need NT Server, Interdev and COM. I know how to create some very fancy ActiveX controls but don't know how all of these fall in together.

I have looked at the example in this site already but because this topic is so vague, I kind of got lost.

Thanks in Advance
May 16th, 2000, 05:43 PM
Paul282

ASP is server side scripting made easy. You only need IIS. The scripting is all text. The good thing about it is that no code gets passed to the client.

eg

Code:

<HTML> <% ' Script here For x = 1 to 50 %> <Strong> This is line <%=x%> <\strong> <% Next %> </HTML>

When the user gets it it's just the html with 50 lines so browser compatability is not an issue. The server preps everything then just sends the finnished product.

You can uses your ActiveX dlls to call opjects for sorting, searching, DB or whatever provided there is not interface to them so they can just pass data.

with SQL server it's a very easy way of turning an unused intrant into the companies most valued resource

Heaps easier than perl because the ASP pages are like html templates, Frontpage is nice and easy to use to make them with is it's WYSIWYG for the html then flick to the code to script.

[Edited by Paul282 on 05-17-2000 at 06:43 AM]
May 16th, 2000, 05:56 PM
Iain17

You can run ASP on yuor own computer, to test the scripts etc, as long as you have IIS or personal web server, so you don't actually need NT.

Interdev is very handy, i have used it myself. Especially if you have NT server, IIS, front page server extensions. This then allows you to actually debug the ASP as it is run. Very handy indeed.:)
May 17th, 2000, 01:01 AM
James Bond 007

Thanks for the reply Paul and Iain.

What is IIS and is it mandatory to have NT Server?

This is my email address [email protected]

If you have a small example of how the entire thing falls together, may I have the sample.

Thanks again Paul and Iain

James
May 17th, 2000, 07:23 AM
Paul282

IIS is Internet Information server. Included with Windows NT, Get atleast version 4 (in option pack 4).

PWS (Personal Web Server) is for windows 95/98

Just play around with it. If you know VB then it's real simple and you'll catch on in no time
May 17th, 2000, 09:28 AM
kmchong

Paul282, where can I get the PWS, is it inside the Win98 CD or I have to buy it separately. If I have to buy, is the item number is PWS?

Thanks
May 17th, 2000, 10:07 AM
Paul282

Not sure, Never used it. I always use IIS.

I think it comes with Frontpage, win98/2000, or is downloadable from the net (it was for '95)
Jun 15th, 2000, 03:36 AM
kb244

Getting PWS

PWS is like a Scaled down versino of IIS(in fact exactly the same, only it holds FP exntion, and Webserver, but nothing else) it's free, on microsoft.com try to find the NT Service packs, get the NT4 Service Pack for Win9x, which is basically PWS, install that, and you should be able to locally administer a webserver, with interdev, you can publish your web applications to local host, you'll notice that PWS doesnt use authenication, that because it seems that it only allows localhost to author and administer.
Jun 15th, 2000, 09:12 AM

Try this book on for size........................

"XML Programming with VB and ASP"

by Mark and Tracy Wilson

ISBN 1888477872. PWS should be on your Win cd, just do a search, you need it for he extentions.

Hope it helps
Jun 15th, 2000, 10:50 AM
Wen Lie

ASP ???

Hmm...

ASP ??? Well, I'm tryin' to learn it recently. But.. I'm not do that in NT envi. I do that on my own PC.
What I need is just Notepad or Microsoft Frontpage, or Microsoft Visual Interdev, and than, I need PWS (Personal Web Server) -- an addons from Windows 98.

Well, that's all. If you good in VB, I'm pretty sure that ASP is not a big problem for you to code. Because, I think, VB is the basic step for ASP coding.

Just try it....

BRgds,
Wen Lie