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Rob Segal
Rob Segal

Reputation: 7625

Server.Execute not executing code in classic ASP

I'm trying to make use of constants declared in one ASP file in another file. Here's a basic code overview of what I am trying to accomplish:

FileA.asp

Const tr__first_name = "First Name"
Const tr__last_name  = "Last Name"
Const tr__english    = "English"

FileB.asp

Server.Execute "FileA.asp"
Response.Write Eval("tr__first_name")

What should happen is that when I run FileB.asp it should print out "First Name" for the Response.Write statement. If I declare const tr__first_name in FileB.asp resulting in the following code...

Server.Execute "FileA.asp"
Const tr__first_name = "First Name"
Response.Write Eval("tr__first_name")

Then FileB.asp will print out "First Name" as expected. Any thoughts as to why my first approach won't work?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2032

Answers (1)

Russ
Russ

Reputation: 4163

The issue is that Server.Execute only runs FileA.asp as a standalone page within FileB.asp. In other words, it's not like a programming language making a function call--it is simply running the separate page outside the context of the first page, but displaying the results of the separate page inside the first page.

Do this instead:

<!-- #include file="FileA.asp" -->

Upvotes: 3

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