FrontPage vs ASP

K

Kito

I have a access database that I need to web enable.
Looks like an ASP with VBScript will be needed to
accomplish the task.

I am new the the web side of things and have a basic
question.

What application is used to create the ASP??? Is it a
M/S product. I have seen a couple of ASP generators on
the web but if you wanted to create a ASP from scratch,
what application or environment is used?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Kito
 
J

Jon Spivey

Hi,
FP will generate the ASP for you. To get started hit Insert - Database
Results and follow the prompts. Of course you may find you outgrow the FP
wizard after a while and need to write your own code. Plenty of us here can
help you with that. But see how you go with the FP wizard and feel free to
post your questions back as you have them.

Cheers,
Jon
Microsoft MVP - FP
 
K

Kevin Spencer

Hi Kito,

ASP is scripting, so it doesn't require any special software to write. You
can use NotePad if you like. FrontPage has wizards that will write your
basic Database-connective ASP code for you. But to do anything that isn't
simple (and I mean REALLY simple), you would have to write your own ASP code
to do it. FrontPage can certainly be used to develop ASP pages, and I have
used it as such for years (never use the wizards personally). Of course, my
work now is all .Net, so I only use FrontPage to develop HTML for my apps
any more.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.
 
P

Peter Aitken

Kito said:
I have a access database that I need to web enable.
Looks like an ASP with VBScript will be needed to
accomplish the task.

I am new the the web side of things and have a basic
question.

What application is used to create the ASP??? Is it a
M/S product. I have seen a couple of ASP generators on
the web but if you wanted to create a ASP from scratch,
what application or environment is used?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Kito
Click to expand...

FP will generate simple ASP code for you with some of its wizards. Otherwise
you write it yourself - display the page in HTML view and type in the ASP
code. You use special tags to separate the code from the HTML and other page
elements. To create an ASP from scratch, outside of FP, you would use any
text editor. There are probably some tools that can be used to help with the
task but I am not aware of them as I have always hand-coded. ASP and
VBScript are very powerful but not simple. It's not something you want to
muddle through by trial and error. I recommend getting a good book and
working through it. You'll probbaly save time in the long run.
 
K

Kito

Thanks Kevin,

That answered my question and cleared some things up
since this is a new environment for me.
 
K

Kito

Thanks Jon,

Your input is certainly appreciated. That answered my
question and makes sense now.
 
K

Kevin Spencer

LOL - I know what he meant, but your comment is a gem, Mike!

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.
 

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