Explanation needed: RUNAT="server"

Hi,

I have used htm pages that have script blocks in them. I know that these run on the client side. As far as I know, htm files are not processed by IIS at all and so no server side script can be run from within these pages (right?).

I have just seen that VI6 allows a script block within an htm page with the RUNAT=server property. Does this really make the script run on the server? Can I call that function from the client side to run on the server at any time?

Can anyone explain what this is for?

Thanks

<script runat='server'>

is nothing different than
<%

%>

for asp

it is just another way to do it and provides no special abilities.

"Can I call that function from the client side to run on the server at any time?
"

No

As Cander says, <% %> is merely a short way of writing <script runat="server" language="????Script">, replacing ????Script with whatever you have set for the default scripting language.