Hi,
I'm trying to create a dynamic <!--#include--> call:
the file receives a variable named 'weekly' from the user, and is meant to include a file in a directory by that name.
The line wrote is:
<!--#include file="week/<%=weekly%>/wkm
and it gives me the error message:
Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0126'
Include file not found
/csrsys/reports/histotemp/
The include file 'week/<%=weekly%>/wkmenu.a
This is very streightforward. when I put the variable value directly in this line , it works. Clearly, my problem is the syntax.
an you help me out?
-Ethan
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Ethan,
Below article show one similar problem, it saying web server include the file at the starting point so it will not replace the variable with the value and this cause the error. and the solution give is use case statement and include it differently with the real filenames.
http://www.codefixer.com/t
some other method of doing:
http://www.activeservers.c
Thanks
1. http://www.aspfaqs.com/asp
you can conditionally include HTML or other non-ASP content. And you do it with some pretty simple ASP coding:
<%
Set FSO = Server.CreateObject("Scrip
Set inFile = FSO.OpenTextFile( Server.MapPath( "nameOfFileToInclude.html"
Response.Write inFile.ReadAll
inFile.Close
Set inFile = nothing
%>
2. http://www.aspfaqs.com/web
ASP does not support dynamic includes (variable) by <!--#include--> tag. But if the included file is clear-text (or HTML), you can use FileSystemObject and next code to include the file :
<%
FileName = Server.MapPath(Request.Que
Response.Write CreateObject("Scripting.Fi
(FileName, 1, False, False).readall
%>
And then you can call the ASP : http://server/thefile.asp?
Be sure that the client can read only allowed files (the code enables read all text files on the server !).
You can use Select Case : <%
FileName = Server.MapPath(Request.Que
Select Case LCase(FileName)
Case "file1.htm", "file2.htm" : FileName = FileName
Case Else : FileName = "AccessDenied.htm"
End Select
%>
In order to get around this problem, the Microsoft FileSystemObject Object can be used to load and pass the content of the desired include file into a string variable which can be inserted into the page that is being sent to the client. The following function, "getFileContents", aids in this process by loading a file that is passed to the function as an input parameter and returning its contents as a string.
<%
'Pass the name of the file to the function.
Function getFileContents(strInclude
Dim objFSO
Dim objText
Dim strPage
'Instantiate the FileSystemObject Object.
Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scrip
'Open the file and pass it to a TextStream Object (objText). The
'"MapPath" function of the Server Object is used to get the
'physical path for the file.
Set objText = objFSO.OpenTextFile(Server
'Read and return the contents of the file as a string.
getFileContents = objText.ReadAll
objText.Close
Set objText = Nothing
Set objFSO = Nothing
End Function
%>
Using this function "dynamic include" files can be achieved. First, the main page (a template file containing the page layout and any static content) would be loaded and passed to a string variable. Then, the contents of the include file would be loaded and passed to a string variable. Finally, the variable containing the contents of the include file would be inserted into the contents of the variable containing the main page.
Example: Dynamic Include Files
First, lets take a look at the "template" file. In this listing, there is an HTML comment, "<!-- INCLUDE FILE HERE -->". We will replace this HTML comment with the content of the include file.
<html>
<body>
<h2>Welcome to my web page!</h2>
<table width="500" border="1">
<tr>
<td>
<!-- INCLUDE FILE HERE -->
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Now, lets look at the include files that will be used for this example. The first include file is the default include file. The default include file is a form that allows the client to choose which of three include files to load. Notice that the "action" attribute of the form is omitted. This is because when the form will be submitting to itself (causing "dynamicinc3.asp" to reload).
<!-- BEGIN DEFAULT INCLUDE -->
<form method="post">
<h3>Select the name of the file you wish to load</h3>
<p>
<select id=cboFile name=cboFile>
<option value="includefile1.inc">F
<option value="includefile2.inc">F
<option value="includefile3.inc">F
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</p>
</form>
<!-- END DEFAULT INCLUDE -->
For the sake of this example, the content of the other three include files has been kept very simple.
<!-- BEGIN INCLUDE FILE #1 -->
<h2 style="color:red">FILE #1 CONTENTS</h2>
<br>
<a href="dynamicinc3.asp">Ret
<!-- END INCLUDE FILE #1 -->
<!-- BEGIN INCLUDE FILE #2 -->
<h2 style="color:green">FILE #2 CONTENTS</h2>
<br>
<a href="dynamicinc3.asp">Ret
<!-- END INCLUDE FILE #2 -->
<!-- BEGIN INCLUDE FILE #3 -->
<h2 style="color:blue">FILE #3 CONTENTS</h2>
<br>
<a href="dynamicinc3.asp">Ret
<!-- END INCLUDE FILE #3 -->
Finally, consider the ASP file that makes the whole example run, "dynamicinc3.asp".
<%
'-------------------------
'The "getFileContents" function should be included at the top
'of the ASP file.
'-------------------------
'Declare variables to hold the content of the main page and
'the include file.
Dim strMain, strInclude
'Get the contents of the main page and pass them to the "strMain"
'variable.
strMain = getFileContents("maintempl
'Test to see if the "cboFile" select box is being submitted. If so,
'load the requested include file. If not, load the default include.
If Request.form("cboFile") = "" Then
strInclude = getFileContents("includede
Else
strInclude = getFileContents(Request.fo
End If
'After the proper include file contents are loaded ("strInclude"),
'then insert it into the main page ("strMain") using the "Replace"
'function.
strMain = replace(strMain,"<!-- INCLUDE FILE HERE -->",strInclude)
'Use the "Response" Object to "Write" the completed page to the client.
Response.Write strMain
%>
This sample works, and, in effect, creates the ability to use dynamic include files because it does not use the include directive. Instead this example uses the FileSystemObject Object.
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by: sybePosted on 2003-02-12 at 01:46:59ID: 7932428
You can not do this the way you are trying:
includes are being processed *before* the ASP code is compiled. So you can not have ASP code in an include tag.
You have to think of a different way to do this.