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asptoday_discuss thread: Template to HTML file
Message #1 by "john hamman" <johnhamman@h...> on Fri, 23 Nov 2001 23:46:58
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Ok im interested in building a template system that pulls from a template
(dynamic : user pics a choice tmplA.tmp,tmplB.tmp,tmplC.tmp) and it will
create from the template a static page from the template. What are some
steps for this. so far i cant find anything. All i find is pulling from a
template to form a dynamic single page. I would like to make many static
pages. In other words every time someone fills out the form, it will
create a new static page on the server.
thanks
john
Message #2 by "Jason Salas" <jason@k...> on Sat, 24 Nov 2001 11:11:07 +1000
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Good question.
To choose between multiple page ranges, you would eed to have a drop-down
menu in a form containing your choices. Then on the page which processes
your script, you would need to employ a SELECT CASE statement, which would
contain the specific code to assemble that page. It might be a long script,
but it'll work.
For example, your form in PAGE1.ASP has a drop-down menu with a NAME
attribute of "TYPEOFPAGE", with tmplA, tmplB, tmplC, and tmplD as page
layout templates. It also has a textfield with a NAME attribute of
"FILENAME" so you could name your files when saving them to to server:
<html><body>
<form method="POST" action="page2.asp">
<p><select size="1" name="TYPEOFPAGE">
<option value="tmplA">TemplateA</option>
<option value="tmplB">TemplateB</option>
<option value="tmplC">TemplateC</option>
<option value="tmplD">TemplateD</option>
</select></p>
<p><input type="text" name="FILENAME" size="20"></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="Submit"></p>
</form>
</body></html>
...this would pass the value onto PAGE2.asp, which would selectively render
a page, based on the template specified in the form:
<%
Select Case Request.Form("typeofpage")
Case "tmplA"
' Write the HTML for your Template A page here using Response.Write
and the FSO to create your text file
Dim FSOa, myPagea
Set FSOa = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set myPagea = FSO.CreateTextFile("c:\inetpub\wwwroot\" &
Request.Form("FILENAME") & ".html",True,False)
myPagea.Write("<html><head><title>This is my title from Template
A</title><body><h1>Hello, world!...more info to follow</h1></body></html>")
Response.Write("You have successfully created a page from Template
A!")
Set myPagea = nothing
Set FSOa = nothing
Case "tmplB"
' Write the HTML for your Template B page here using Response.Write
and the FSO to create your text file
Dim FSOb, myPageb
Set FSOb = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set myPageb = FSO.CreateTextFile("c:\inetpub\wwwroot\" &
Request.Form("FILENAME") & ".html",True,False)
myPageb.Write("<html><head><title>This is my title from Template
B</title><body><h1>Hello, world!...more info to follow</h1></body></html>")
Response.Write("You have successfully created a page from Template
B!")
Set myPageb = nothing
Set FSOb = nothing
Case "tmplC"
' Write the HTML for your Template C page here using Response.Write
and the FSO to create your text file
Dim FSOc, myPagec
Set FSOc = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set myPagec = FSO.CreateTextFile("c:\inetpub\wwwroot\" &
Request.Form("FILENAME") & ".html",True,False)
myPagec.Write("<html><head><title>This is my title from Template
C</title><body><h1>Hello, world!...more info to follow</h1></body></html>")
Response.Write("You have successfully created a page from Template
C!")
Set myPagec = nothing
Set FSOc = nothing
Case "tmplD"
' Write the HTML for your Template D page here using Response.Write
and the FSO to create your text file
Dim FSOd, myPaged
Set FSOd = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set myPaged = FSO.CreateTextFile("c:\inetpub\wwwroot\" &
Request.Form("FILENAME") & ".html",True,False)
myPaged.Write("<html><head><title>This is my title from Template
D</title><body><h1>Hello, world!...more info to follow</h1></body></html>")
Response.Write("You have successfully created a page from Template
D!")
Set myPaged = nothing
Set FSOd = nothing
End Select
%>
Of course you would predefine each page template by using the
myPage{n}.Write method to get the desired look you want. You could even get
more advanced and propagate the page with DB information or form-entered
values. This is a basic construct, though.
Hope it helps!
A friend and fellow coder in Guam,
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "john hamman" <johnhamman@h...>
To: "ASPToday Discuss" <asptoday_discuss@p...>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 11:46 PM
Subject: [asptoday_discuss] Template to HTML file
> Ok im interested in building a template system that pulls from a template
> (dynamic : user pics a choice tmplA.tmp,tmplB.tmp,tmplC.tmp) and it will
> create from the template a static page from the template. What are some
> steps for this. so far i cant find anything. All i find is pulling from a
> template to form a dynamic single page. I would like to make many static
> pages. In other words every time someone fills out the form, it will
> create a new static page on the server.
> thanks
> john
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Message #3 by "Jason Salas" <jason@k...> on Sat, 24 Nov 2001 11:13:45 +1000
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There's also a very good example fore how to use templates at:
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/020400-1.shtml
----- Original Message -----
From: "john hamman" <johnhamman@h...>
To: "ASPToday Discuss" <asptoday_discuss@p...>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 11:46 PM
Subject: [asptoday_discuss] Template to HTML file
> Ok im interested in building a template system that pulls from a template
> (dynamic : user pics a choice tmplA.tmp,tmplB.tmp,tmplC.tmp) and it will
> create from the template a static page from the template. What are some
> steps for this. so far i cant find anything. All i find is pulling from a
> template to form a dynamic single page. I would like to make many static
> pages. In other words every time someone fills out the form, it will
> create a new static page on the server.
> thanks
> john
$subst('Email.Unsub')
>
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