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<% %> Render Blocks - 7/31/2005 4:11:48 AM

satishbeh

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I am using WinXp. I have installed IIS and am trying to use ASP. When I write some code using HTML the results appear on the browser.
When I use any commands using render blocks i.e. <% %> nothing is dispalyed.
For example when I enter the following:
<html>
<body>
The date is now <%= Now() %> .
</body>
</html>

The output is :
The date is now .

The date is not dispalyed. Can any one tell what the problem is.

Regards,
Satish

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RE: <% %> Render Blocks - 7/31/2005 6:09:10 AM

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Hiya Satishbeh.

Are you saving your file as .ASP? Do you have your file under wwwroot? (or manually linked through Computer Managment (IIS))?

Snipah

PS my output is: The date is now 31-7-2005 20:10:39 .

the file location i call is: http://localhost:8080/asp/date.asp

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RE: <% %> Render Blocks - 8/1/2005 2:39:55 AM

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The file is saved as .aspx and it is under wwwroot.
Any text written out of the <% %> block is displayed.
i.e. The date is <%= now() %>

output : The date is

The actual date is not displayed. Has it something to do with the browser. My browser is IE 6.0
I your reply you have entered 8080. What does that stand for ?

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RE: <% %> Render Blocks - 8/1/2005 7:02:48 AM

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8080 is the port where my localhost is on, to use IIS on (Skype is hogging 80, so i had to change it)

what is the full path what you open in your browser??? Try to rename it to .ASP and try it then....

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RE: <% %> Render Blocks - 8/2/2005 5:11:43 AM

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When I renamed the file to .asp it works.
Can you tell me what is the different between .asp and .aspx?
When should either be used?

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RE: <% %> Render Blocks - 8/2/2005 7:08:25 AM

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The only thing I was able to find is that ASP.NET is referred to as ASPX.
Here's a link that describes it a little more in detail.

http://aerohost.com/aspx-net.htm

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RE: <% %> Render Blocks - 8/4/2005 3:18:44 AM

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Does that mean that Asp.net does not support <% %> render blocks. Can you try using the same in a file by name .aspx and let me know the results.

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RE: <% %> Render Blocks - 8/4/2005 6:23:06 AM

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I haven't had a chance to check that out, not sure if I'll be able to get to it anytime soon, but I did come across another site that may be able to assist you a little more on this.

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/aspplus/

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RE: <% %> Render Blocks - 9/28/2005 1:50:34 AM

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Those <% %> blocks are no longer used in ASP.NET (althoug I think you still can use them)
In ASP.NET you are supposed to put all your code into pages so called "code behind". These pages reside on the server side, thus you no longer need those <% %> blocks. The "code behind" pages can be written in VB.NET or C# or ... Providing a way to make your front end in HTML (ASP.NET) and your code in the language you prefer.

I can't go into much detail about the differences between ASP and ASP.NET (both because I don't know enough about it and because it would be blogging in stead of posting on a forum), but there are lots of webpages convering this issue. Just do some googling.

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