I got a question by mail if I could write a lesson about Global.asa. Global.asa is the "dark file of ASP" and many don't even know that it exits. The truth is that Global.asa can be a powerful tool, but it's not as good at it could and should be, and is often difficult to master. I thought Global.asa could be good material for a lesson or two so let me try to shed some light on this "dark file". The following lesson is based upon my own experiences and I may be mistaken in some areas.

This basic tutorial will show you how to include information in a non-asp page information generated from an .asp page by using javascript. A banner rotator script and a text hit counter are used as examples.

Here is a solution to displaying ASP code in an ASP page without executing the code. Useful for displaying the code in an article about ASP.

Active Server Pages consist of six built in objects. They are ready made objects which provide functionality to your web pages without requiring you to make custom objects ( though you can if you want to, later on that topic ) . This page contains only reference material on the methods, properties and events available in these objects, if you are not sure how to make use of them then please first go through an introductory article or tutorial on Active Server Pages then come back here. The reference material listed here pertains to the ASP 3.0 object model which Microsoft has introduced in IIS 5.0 ( windows 2000 ).

ASP has no interface to access Application data from other environment than VBS/JS in context of ASP page in the same application. But we can create a simple http interface and use the Application object from any other environment - wsh, VBA (Word, Excel), etc. The basic idea is to make simple ASP page, which will provide a text/http interface to ASP intrinsic objects (specially Application object). We can read/write variables in application dictionary using this ASP script. And we can specify name and value of application variable by a query string to read and write specified variable.

Do you have a web page that takes a long time to generate? Do you have a SQL query that you want to cache the results? This tutorial will show how to use Application variables to store cached data.

For many years we have heard about the impending death of URLs that are difficult to type, remember and preserve. The use of URLs has actually improved little thus far, but changes are afoot in both development practices and Web server technology that should help advance URLs to the next generation

In this example source code we will find links in a test using regular expression syntax. You may use this pattern to find in a custom script.

Reusability is one of the simplest and the oldest concepts in programming. It is also the most underutilized concept. When implemented correctly and purposefully, it can save time and money, as well as create an inventory for valuable and reusable software assets.Reusability is an integral part of all engineering disciplines. For example, mechanical engineers do not design an engine from scratch for each car coming off an assembly line; chemical engineers do not develop the formulas for each can of detergent; hardware engineers do not re-create chips for every computer that is sold; and aerospace engineers do not build solid rocket boosters from ground zero for each space shuttle