How do I make a .asp file on the fly?

[jakoye]

Is this even possible? I know you can make a text file, but can you create a file with a .asp extension through code???

 

[alfmartin]

Hello, i'm from spain and my english isn't very well<br>
I think that the difference in a txt file and a asp file is nothing because (a asp is a txt file). the only difference is the name of the file.<br>
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[jerryx]

Nod..alfmartin is right...all you do is write a code in Notepad then save it as "whatever.asp" and select in the format menu "all types" and it should work...

 

[steveblum]

I guess I'll answer your question with a question. When you say "in code", what type of code are you talking about? Any language that can open a new file, save data to it, and close it with a particular file name can create a file with a .asp extention. Obviously if you are talking about doing this from an ASP page, the issues are more compicated. You'd need to create a file on the server using server side code, which I know can be done, although I haven't done it. I believe it is more work in ASP than in a standard language such as VB or C++. At any rate, if you want to be more specific, I can comment further. Hope that helps.

 

[kelant]

Previous replies assumed two interpretations of the question. Maybe the originator should clarify it! ASP is usually used to dynamically create Web page at the server side for a particular user based upon some given conditions/data. There are a number of things you can do too at the server side, including creating a file with .asp extension. But would that be a dangerous design for a Web site? You are dynamically creating a page which will in turn used to create another dyanmic page. I am curious to know the reason of doing that! <br>

 

[jpatti]

Yes, you can do this. I have written a program entirely in ASP that publishes a web site consisting of ASP files. The purpose of this was that I also built an editing program for the marketing folks to use and change the pages. All data entered by them is entered into a database table, and the approved list of code (for a uniform look-and-feel) is used along with that data to generate the pages themselves.<br>
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You need to read up on the FileSystemObject.

 

[Deadline]

Otherwise try a tool from

http://www.aspwizard.co.uk

It creates .ASP pages on the fly. Thank you...
RR