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Title: Learning ASP Series -- Getting Your Hands Dirty With VBScript
By Amrit Hallan
Expert Author
Article Date: 2001-12-28
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:
For instance, if you want to use the variable "name" in your HTML (ASP, actually) page, all you have to do is:
Another example:
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 copywriter,
and a website content writer. He also dabbles
with PHP and HTML. For more tips and tricks in
PHP, JavaScripting, XML, CSS designing and
HTML, visit his blog at
http://www.aboutwebdesigning.com
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