dynamic table content?

[Rudi Ahlers]

If I have a site layout, with a banner on top, menu on the left, and some
nice borders all around, and I want to change the content of the middle
cell, what is the best way of doing it?

As example:

<TABLE border=0 width=98%>
<tr colspan=3>
<td> Header stuff goed here </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Menu stuff goes hers </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Main website content goes here </td>
</tr>
</table>


Now, I have say default.asp, and the menu buttons would point to
default.asp?page=home / default.asp?page=contact / etc

How do I change the main website content?

I tried the following, but this doesn't seem to work:

<%

pagename = request.quesrystring("page")

select case pagename
case "home" iPage = "home.asp"
case "contact" iPage = "contact.asp"
end select


%>


<TABLE border=0 width=98%>
<tr colspan=3>
<td> Header stuff goed here </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Menu stuff goes hers </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <!--#include file=<%=iPage %<--> </td>
</tr>
</table>


response.write(iPage) displays home.asp if I have default.asp?page=home

any help on this would be greatly appreciated


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[Steven Burn]

Querystring + Select Case (or If/Then)

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[Rudi Ahlers]

Ok, this won't work for me, as my list of links is rather long.Isn't there a
better way of doing it?
In PHP it's rather easy to simply include a file, but it seems like this is
a limit in ASP, and I'm sure there has to be a way around designing each
page from scratch. What happens if you want to update the menu? Go through
100-odd files and change it? Doesn't sound logic to me

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Rudi Ahlers
+27 (82) 926 1689

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends
(John 15:13).

If I have a site layout, with a banner on top, menu on the left, and some
nice borders all around, and I want to change the content of the middle
cell, what is the best way of doing it?

As example:

<TABLE border=0 width=98%>
<tr colspan=3>
<td> Header stuff goed here </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Menu stuff goes hers </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Main website content goes here </td>
</tr>
</table>


Now, I have say default.asp, and the menu buttons would point to
default.asp?page=home / default.asp?page=contact / etc

How do I change the main website content?

I tried the following, but this doesn't seem to work:

<%

pagename = request.quesrystring("page")

select case pagename
case "home" iPage = "home.asp"
case "contact" iPage = "contact.asp"
end select


%>


<TABLE border=0 width=98%>
<tr colspan=3>
<td> Header stuff goed here </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Menu stuff goes hers </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <!--#include file=<%=iPage %<--> </td>
</tr>
</table>

You can't do that. Server Side Includes happen BEFORE any ASP processing
takes place. This artcile may help:
http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2042

Regards,
Peter Foti

 

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

I suppose you could open the specified file using fso and response.write its
contents:

<%
dim sHTML
CONST ForReading = 1
pagename = request.quesrystring("page")

select case pagename
case "home" iPage = "home.asp"
case "contact" iPage = "contact.asp"
end select
iPage = server.mappath(iPage)
set fso=server.createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")
file= fspenTextFile(iPage , ForReading, true)
sHTML = server.htmlencode(file.readall)
file.close:set file=nothing

%>
....
<td> <%=sHTML%></td>


HTH,
Bob Barrows

 

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

I suppose you could open the specified file using fso and
response.write its contents:

<%
dim sHTML
CONST ForReading = 1
pagename = request.quesrystring("page")

select case pagename
case "home" iPage = "home.asp"
case "contact" iPage = "contact.asp"
end select
iPage = server.mappath(iPage)
set fso=server.createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")
file= fspenTextFile(iPage , ForReading, true)

set file= fspenTextFile(iPage , ForReading, true)

 

[Rudi Ahlers]

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Rudi Ahlers
+27 (82) 926 1689

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends
(John 15:13).

I suppose you could open the specified file using fso and
response.write its contents:

<%
dim sHTML
CONST ForReading = 1
pagename = request.quesrystring("page")

select case pagename
case "home" iPage = "home.asp"
case "contact" iPage = "contact.asp"
end select
iPage = server.mappath(iPage)
set fso=server.createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")
file= fspenTextFile(iPage , ForReading, true)

set file= fspenTextFile(iPage , ForReading, true)



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Peter, I read the link you send me, and from that I got this to work:



<%
pagename = request.QueryString("page")
%>
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" BORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0">
<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD><%=Server.Execute(pagename & ".asp")%></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


The other option, with it being in the if/else loop is not viable though,
it's prone to bring in some errors. Thanx for the link though, the link on
the bottom of that page made me use this feature. It's easy to use, and easy
to maintain.

Bob, how would fso work with .asp pages, that contains serverside code?

 

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Bob, how would fso work with .asp pages, that contains serverside code?

Not well. This would only work for writing text/html to the response.

Bob Barrows