Advertisement Rotator Component

The Advertisement Rotator component automates the rotation of advertisement images on a Web page. Each time a user opens or reloads the Web page, the Advertisement Rotator component displays a new advertisement based on information you specify in a Rotator Schedule File.

You can record how many users click each advertisement by setting the REDIRECT parameter in the Rotator Schedule file. When you specify this parameter, each jump to an advertiser's URL is recorded in the Web server activity logs. For more information on activity logs, see Microsoft® Internet Information Server documentation.

File Names

Adrot.dll

The Advertisement Rotator component.

Redirection File

An optional file that implements redirection and enables the Advertisement Rotator component to record how many users click on each advertisement.

Rotator Schedule File

A text file that contains the display schedule and file information for advertisements. This file must be available on a Web server virtual path.

Syntax

Set AdRotator = Server.CreateObject("MSWC.AdRotator")

Parameters

AdRotator: Specifies the name of the object created by the call to Server.CreateObject.

Registry Entries

None.

Properties

Border

Specifies the size of the border around the advertisement.

Clickable

Specifies whether the advertisement is a hyperlink.

TargetFrame

Specifies the name of the frame in which to display the advertisement.

Methods

GetAdvertisement

Gets the specifications for the next scheduled advertisement from the data file and formats it as HTML.

Example

The following example displays a different advertisement each time a user views the Web page.

<%  Set ad = Server.CreateObject("MSWC.AdRotator") %>  
 
<%= ad.GetAdvertisement("/ads/adrot.txt") %>

The following HTML is generated by the GetAdvertisement method and added to the page's output, displaying the next advertisement in the Rotator Schedule file.

<A HREF="http://www.msn.com/isapi/adredir.asp?http://www.company.com/"> 

<IMG SRC="http://msnnt3web/ads/homepage/chlogolg.gif" 
ALT="Check out the new Technology Center" 
WIDTH=440 HEIGHT=60 BORDER=1></A>

Adrot.dll	The Advertisement Rotator component.
Redirection File	An optional file that implements redirection and enables the Advertisement Rotator component to record how many users click on each advertisement.
Rotator Schedule File	A text file that contains the display schedule and file information for advertisements. This file must be available on a Web server virtual path.

Border	Specifies the size of the border around the advertisement.
Clickable	Specifies whether the advertisement is a hyperlink.
TargetFrame	Specifies the name of the frame in which to display the advertisement.