Web Interactivity using ASP
[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
ASP enables you to easily create Web-based applications that are not only useful, but easy and entertaining to use as well. These examples demonstrate some of the techniques used in creating an interactive ASP application. Choose an example from this list.
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User Form Input with GET: Demonstrates how ASP can be used to process input collected from the user through forms, the GET attribute, and the query string.
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User Form Input with POST: Illustrates techniques used to obtain form values using the Request.Form collection.
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HTTP Server Variables: Demonstrates techniques necessary to access server variable information from an ASP script.
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Obtaining Cookie Info: Illustrates how a script obtains cookie values from a client using the Request.Cookies collection.
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Setting Cookie Values: Demonstrates how an application can set cookie values by accessing the Response.Cookies collection.
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Redirection: Illustrates how HTTP redirection can be controlled by ASP, and used to efficiently structure applications.
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Setting Expiration Info: Shows how a script can set the expiration date for a resource, using the Response.Expires and Response.ExpiresAbsolute properties..
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Setting PICS Ratings: Demonstrates how you can set and query the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) ratings.
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Setting Content Type: Shows an example of a script that explicitly declares to the client the content-type of the response using the Response.ContentType property.
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Client Connection: Illustrates how a script can test a connection, using the Response.IsClientConnected property, to see if the user has canceled its request.
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Client-Side Scripting: Demonstrates simple tasks that can be performed with a combination of ASP and client-side scripting.
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Populating Fields: Illustrates techniques used to populate form fields using ASP.
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Login Screens: Demonstrates methods for providing ASP-based, secure logon screens.
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File Upload: Shows how to use the Posting Acceptor to receive files being uploaded to the server.
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Response Buffering: Demonstrates techniques used to manipulate the output buffer of the Response object.
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