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« on: April 02, 2003, 01:45:00 PM »
I'm trying to make my site easier to update in the future by reading content from a text file.

I've tried using vbscript and javascript and keep on getting errors.

I've been pouring through the Chilisoft documentation to try and figure out what's going on and I haven't had any success.

Can someone help me with this?

I copied the following from Chilisoft to try a simple script out:

 ChiliSoft web page
 
I still get the following error:

Error:  Automation server can't create object

A few times I've gotten this error:

Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3'

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Duane
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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2003, 03:57:00 PM »
Are you sure the file is writeable and in a writeable directory (CHMOD 777)?

Want to use php?  Or are you prefering ASP?  It's pretty easy to read out and write into a file in php, as long as the permissions are set.

I looked at what's at chilisoft and it did look pretty straightforward.
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« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2003, 03:58:00 PM »
I would use PHP

Just rename your page from  .asp/.html (or whatever) to .php

Then put this in where you want the file included:

code:
 <? include ("textfile.txt"); ?>
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« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2003, 10:19:00 PM »
I need to do it in ASP.

Is the Mars server setup to allow for read/write to text files?

I don't necessarily have to write to a text file, but I do need the permission to read from a text file.  If not, updating my site will not be easy.

I just tried changing the directory permissions to 777 and I get the same errors.

thanks for any help in this matter

Duane
 
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« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2003, 02:17:00 PM »
Ok, change the directory back.  You don't need that.  The files you upload will be 644 by default, which is fine.

I tried the simple SSI code below in an asp and an shtml file, and it worked in both of them.  Both files in the root directory of the website (/public_html/).

 
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<!--#include virtual="thisfile.txt"-->
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« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2003, 03:08:00 PM »
That works great.  The only problem is that it displays the whole text file.

I need to be able to parse the file, looking for certain things, so that I can set certain elements within my page based on the file settings.

That's why I wanted to use the FileSystemObject for reading line by line.

Is it possible to read the SSI into a function and parse the data out that you're looking for?

Am I making this too difficult?    "[Frown]"  

thanks for your help

Duane
 
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« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2003, 03:40:00 PM »
If the included file is executable, it should parse.  I call up perl and php stuff all over my websites. So...

What are the conditions?  If you have 5 possibilities, could you use 5 files, each one being the include file under different conditions?  You could make the filename a variable, and then tell asp to write that into the page in the include statement, depending on conditions in an if/else.
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« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2003, 03:47:00 PM »
I found lots of information on the web about SSI and variable settings.

Lots of reading to do on that with little time to do it in right now.

I think I'll stick with several files for the includes for now like you mentioned.

I still would like to know what the problem was that caused the errors.
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« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2003, 04:02:00 PM »
Here's what Microsoft came up with.  I don't have time to go through it, but you may well find an answer there.  It wouldn't link so you can just copy and paste.

 http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?Catalog=LCID%3D1033%26CDID%3DEN-US-KB%26PRODLISTSRC%3DON&Product=&KeywordType=&Titles=false&numDays=&maxResults=25&withinResul ts=&Queryl=ASP+0177%2C++800401f3+&Query=ASP+0177%2C++800401f3+&QuerySource=gsfxSearch_Query
 
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