passing a parameter in the querystring with FSO?

[wrbodine]

Hi

From the following link, I found a workaround for how to use an include file dynamically:

http://www.asp101.com/articles/michael/dynamicincludes/default.asp

This is working fine, where I use a filename like "../Include/FileName.asp". My question is, is there a way to do this same kind of thing with a variable passed in the URL, where the file name is something like "../Include/FileName.asp?UserName" & UserName

When I try and do this I get an "Invalid Path Character" error.

Thanks,
Ray

 

[jonscott8]

file name is something like "../Include/FileName.asp?UserName"

? is not a valid file name character under a Windows OS, hence the error message. What is the actual name of your file? Something like: TemplateClient.inc

And you are attempting to pass the Client portion of the filename? Like so: TemplateIBM.inc or TemplateIntel.inc

If so, presuming you are using the getFileContents function from the URL you posted above:

strFile = "Template" & Request("UserName&quot & ".inc"
strInclude = getFileContents(strFile) Jon Hawkins

 

[wrbodine]

Thanks for responding Jon,

Actually, that part is working fine, but I'm using a file with a .asp extension, not .inc, and I'm wanting to pass parameters through the URL. The way this is normally done is, after the filename:
1st parameter: ?ParamName=ParamValue
2nd parameter: &ParamName=ParamValue

example:
&quot;../Include/aspFile.asp?variable1=90&variable2=<%varValue%>&quot;

in the example varValue is a variable that can have different values....

 

[jonscott8]

I'm aware of how to use query string variables. But regardless of what parameters you are passing, the name of the physical file on the server remains the same:
&quot;../Include/aspFile.asp?variable1=90&variable2=<%varValue%>&quot;

The file name is still aspfile.asp.

Are you saying you are passing a url (like above) to GetFileContents and need to parse out the filename? If so, use something like:

MyString=&quot;../Include/aspFile.asp?variable1=90&variable2=<%varValue%>&quot;
nPos=Instr(1,MyString,&quot;?&quot
MyFile=Left(MyString,nPos-1)
MyInclude=GetFileContents(MyFile)

If I've misunderstood your question, my apologies, maybe someone else will better understand your request and be able to propose a viable solution. Jon Hawkins

 

[wrbodine]

Thanks again; I may not have communicated the issue that well. When I get the contents of the page through GetFileContents the page needs to be dynamic, its content changing depending on the variables I pass it. So when I call GetFileContents (or some other alternative, if there is one) I need to pass the variables in the query string in that call, so the page can get its data based on the variables. Right now it blows up when I try that, in the line
Set objText = objFSO.OpenTextFile(Server.MapPath(strIncludeFile))

When I remove Server.MapPath it still blows up

 

[wduty]

In your above posting, the following line:

&quot;../Include/aspFile.asp?variable1=90&variable2=<%varValue%>&quot;

looks like it should be:

&quot;../Include/aspFile.asp?variable1=90&variable2=<%[red]=[/red]varValue%>&quot;


--Will Duty
wduty@radicalfringe.com

 

[wrbodine]

Hey Will,

Thanks, you're right; That was a syntax error in the way I posted it here. I still haven't found a way to get it to work, so for now I've just put the code from the include in each of the pages....

 

[wduty]

So the code works when it's not in an include?
--Will Duty
wduty@radicalfringe.com

 

[wrbodine]

What I mean by that is I dropped the code for the whole include page at the place in the page where I desire to just call it as an include, w/ FSO, etc. The advantage of that would be, since I need the same code on different pages, when I need to make changes I could just change it in one place. I need to know how to pass variables into this kind of page....

 

[jonscott8]

Did you read FroggerIII's reply to your post in:
query string for an include file
thread333-19772 Jon Hawkins

 

[wrbodine]

Thanks Jon,

FroggerIII's solution works great!!!!! What a creative idea, putting the code of the include file within a function, including the file and calling the function passing variables to it. Brilliant!