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Getting Your Hands Dirty with VBScript
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by: Amrit
Hallan
I know some people don't like VBScript for being Microsoft-Centric, but it's very easy to get familiar with, and once you know how to create your ASP pages in VBScript, you can move on to any programming language of your choice.
First thing first: HTML
tags and ASP scripts don't socialize well, and although it is not a politically
correct agenda, you have to segregate them. Whenever you are writing the
VBScript code for ASP, enclose the code within <% %>.
So if you want to initialize a VBScript variable, do it like this:
<%
Dim name
name = "Tutan Khamen"
%>
For instance, if you
want to use the variable "name" in your HTML (ASP, actually) page,
all you have to do is:
<%@Language=VBScript%>
<% Option Explicit %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Testing a VBSCript</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
Dim name
name = "Tutan Khamen"
%>
<p><%=name%>! An ancient Egyptian mummy!</p>
</body>
</html>
Another example:
<%@Language=VBScript%>
<% Option Explicit %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Testing a VBSCript</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
Dim number1, number2
number1 = 33
number2 = 44
%>
<p>The product of <%=number1%> and <%=number2%> is <%=number1 * number2%></p>
</body>
</html>
So now its amply clear
that whenever you want to insert Server Side code, or a part of it, you enclose
it within <% %>.
You can try making short programs and test run the page. About the Author
Amrit Hallan is a freelance web designer. For all web site development and web promotion needs, you can get in touch with him at amrit@bytesworth.com
. For further details, visit http://www.bytesworth.com You
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