Windows 7 ASP failure

paco1942 · March 28th, 2010, 10:57 PM

I have a windows7 system with both IE and Firefox. I have worked my way to about page 115 in Beginning active server pages 3.0 with every example working as advertised until the first response.write example.

IE loads and then terminates. Firefox ignores the begin asp and end asp markers and prints the asp code as text. I have reducted the example to:

<html>

<body>

<%
response.write("My first ASP script!")
%>

</body>

</html>

Which has the same strange results.

Any thoughts? Suggestions?

Imar · March 29th, 2010, 02:56 AM

Hi there,

<% and %> are *server side* instructions which, in the case of classic ASP, means your page must be processed by IIS, the web server on Windows. All the browser gets to see is "My first ASP script!".

How are you browsing to the page? Is it being processed by the web server and does the page have a .asp extension?

Imar

paco1942 · March 29th, 2010, 08:53 AM

Thanks.

I believe I have successfully installed IIS on this computer. How do I verify this?

I get the same results if I run a HTML page which "calls" the ASP page (the example in the ASP 3.0 book (from my local library) or if I load it directly into IE or Firefox. I wrote the little test program to show the issue with as little code as possible.

It would seem clear that the code is not being handled by IIS (only seen by IE or Firefox). How do I "arrange" for the code to be processed by IIS as if passes from the HTLM page to the ASP page?

Also, should I quit reading the 3.0 book and find a book for 4.0?

Imar · March 29th, 2010, 09:14 AM

How are you browsing to the page? As http://localhost/SomePage.asp or as c:\SomeFolder\Somepage.asp?

In the former case, the page is processed by IIS. To test if IIS is installed and running, type inetmgr on the start menu.This should bring up the IIS Manager tool.

With regard to "classic ASP 3": there is no version 4. Classic ASP stopped at version 3. Maybe you are referring to ASP.NET 4 instead? If so, Classic ASP can be considered ASP.NET -1 as it was replaced by .NET in 2000 ;-)

Personally, I wouldn't invest (a lot) of time in Classic ASP. It's hardly used for new projects anymore these days (depends on the company of course), so unless you're looking for a job as a classic ASP maintainer, you're probably better off learning .NET. In my signature you find a reference to my latest book Beginning ASP.NET 4 in C# and VB that will teach you the basics and beyond of ASP.NET 4.

Hope this helps,

Imar

paco1942 · March 29th, 2010, 09:26 AM

Aha! I was loading into the browser as C:something. I will try the other method and let you know if it solves the problem.