How to Merge ASP With HTML
Merging ASP and HTML enables you to create a dynamic website with a wealth of information.
Below is an illustration of how to create an ASP page for classic ASP and ASP.NET 2.0 that show the login credentials of a user.
Instructions
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Write the programming language you will use for the ASP code. Your options are VBScript, JavaScript and VB or C# for ASP.NET.
Classic ASP
<%@Language="VBSCript,"ASP.NET
<%@Page Language="VB," %> -
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Name the HTML Header and part of BODY section
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Login Page</TITLE>
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Begin the BODY section
<BODY BGCOLOR="White" TOPMARGIN="10" LEFTMARGIN="10">
<FONT SIZE="4" FACE="ARIAL, HELVETICA">
<B>Login Page</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000">
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Put ASP code within the HTML text
<!--Display LOGON_USER Server variable. -->You logged in as user:<B> <%= Request. ServerVariables ("LOGON_USER") %></B>
<!--Display AUTH_TYPE Server variable. -->
<P>You were authenticated using:<B> <%= Request.ServerVariables("AUTH_TYPE")%></B> authentication. </P>
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Insert the closing Tags for BODY and HTML
</BODY>
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Save the file. Use .asp for classic ASP file and .aspx for ASP.NET file.
e.g UserCredential.asp or UserCredential.aspx
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Tips & Warnings
<% %> is a pair of tags. They are used to specify a code section as an ASP code.
From classic ASP to ASP.NET 2.0, there are several versions of ASP and they all require similar steps when merging ASP code and HTML text.