Calling one VB.NET script from another

kwilliams · September 8th, 2006, 10:17 AM

I'm a newbie to VB.NET, and I need to know how to call code from an external VB.NET file from within method body. I was thinking something like this:

CODE:

Code:

<script runat="server">
    Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        'Code for this page
        '...some code...

        'Code from external VB.NET doc goes here - HOW???
    End Sub
</script>

EXTERNAL VB.NET DOC'S CODE:

Code:

Sub hello
    headtitle.text = "HELLO WORLD!"
End Sub

If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
    '...some code...
End If

RESULTING CODE:

Code:

<script runat="server">
    Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        'Code for this page
        '...some code...

        'Code from external VB.NET doc
        Sub hello
            headtitle.text = "HELLO WORLD!"
        End Sub

        If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
            '...some code...
        End If

    End Sub
</script>

If anyone can show me how to do this, that would be great. Thanks.

KWilliams

kwilliams · September 8th, 2006, 01:52 PM

Ok, I figured out how to do it as soon as I added my last post.

This is the solution that worked for me:

Code:

<script runat="server">
    Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
</script>
<script runat="server">
    'Page code goes here
</script>
<script language="vb" runat="server" src="external.vb" />
<script runat="server">
    End Sub
</script>

And it worked! The change only resulted in the filesize being 142 bytes greater in size, but I'm not sure if doing it this way will cause any problems. If anyone knows whether or not it will cause problems, please let me know. Thanks.

KWilliams

dparsons · September 11th, 2006, 06:26 AM

Why do you want to do this? It sound's like you are doing something similar to an old 'include file' from asp classic.

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