Re: Webserver interface

["Powell Andy / AMS" <andy.powell@xxxxxxx>]

> As someone already pointed out, that is not a correct assesment of how
ASP
> works.  But, you did say you know little about it, so you covered
yourself
> well :)  Let me tell you very quickly what ASP does and then provide
an
> example.  ASP (Active Server Pages) allows you to put VBScript code in
a
web
> page that is executed by the web server, not the client browswer.  The
code

So it's basically acting like a scripting host ?

> I think you are thinking of doing this yourself with your own web
server,
> but just using your own format for special text in the web page that
your
> web server will replace with current data.

I guess this is it basically - I suppose I could implement VBScript... but
I
don't like to (it).

>
> <% 'loop for each zone to display %>
[snip]...
>  <% CZ = CZ + 1 %>
> <% Next %>

I'm glad you know what it's doing :-) - This is the problem, the idea is to
make it so simple that anyone could use it. Just a handful of commands (at
first ;-) ).


>
> Now, I know you want to write your own web server for fun and
learning,
and
> I am the same way about some of the things I do, so I understand.  So,
I
> won't go on any more about ASP.

I am still interested in ASP and wouldn't rule it out, but for the start
I'd
like to keep it simple - well until I learn lots about ASP :-)

>I just wanted to point out that you can
>probably already do what you want using either PWS or IIS and ASP.

and you're quite right...but...

> as you said, what's the fun in that?

:-))))


A.




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