I recently downloaded an ASP blog program from <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.hotscripts.com">www.hotscripts.com</a><!-- w -->, it has two ASP files in it. I have Visual Studio .Net and have done some of my own ASP programming in the past. But I wanted to get these just to try them out. But when i open them in a browser it just shows the source, same with Visual Stuido. How do i actually use these files? They are attached. Thanks.Make sure they are placed on a server that supports asp. Then view the pages as if you are viewing them over the web i.e. go to <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.yoursite.com/asppage.asp">http://www.yoursite.com/asppage.asp</a><!-- m --> or <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://yourpcname/asppage.asp">http://yourpcname/asppage.asp</a><!-- m -->. You can't just double click on the file and expect it to run.Are they the only files you downloaded? One of them references a database which you will need too. Also, I only had a quick look but I didn't see the database connection string and I wondered if you are missing some other files.Wow, that answer to my problem was quite obvious. I must have misplaced my mind. Thanks. Those were the only files in the download. Maybe i have to make my own database.
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I uploaded the files to an ASP supporting server and well,...see for yourself.
The Edit Page (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://chaz.umanwizard.com/bloglist_edit.asp">http://chaz.umanwizard.com/bloglist_edit.asp</a><!-- m -->)
The New Page (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://chaz.umanwizard.com/bloglist_new.asp">http://chaz.umanwizard.com/bloglist_new.asp</a><!-- m -->)Well, I doubted those pages were going to run just like that, especially as part of the code is interrogating a database that doesn't exist, your were bound to get an error. It's a shame you can't see what the actual error is. Are you able to install IIS or something on your own PC so that you can run your own web server to test the ASP pages before uploading them? It would be a lot easier to get things working like that.
Also, do you have a link to the page that you downloaded those scripts from? Can you get any more help from there?
I'll try and have a closer look at the code when I get time.
EDIT:
I uploaded the files to an ASP supporting server and well,...see for yourself.
The Edit Page (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://chaz.umanwizard.com/bloglist_edit.asp">http://chaz.umanwizard.com/bloglist_edit.asp</a><!-- m -->)
The New Page (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://chaz.umanwizard.com/bloglist_new.asp">http://chaz.umanwizard.com/bloglist_new.asp</a><!-- m -->)Well, I doubted those pages were going to run just like that, especially as part of the code is interrogating a database that doesn't exist, your were bound to get an error. It's a shame you can't see what the actual error is. Are you able to install IIS or something on your own PC so that you can run your own web server to test the ASP pages before uploading them? It would be a lot easier to get things working like that.
Also, do you have a link to the page that you downloaded those scripts from? Can you get any more help from there?
I'll try and have a closer look at the code when I get time.