Ever want to know how to display the contents of a text document using ASP. Here is a easy way to read
from a text file
<!--Start of ASP Code---->
<%
'by James Seymour, http://jamesdot.org
Dim write
Dim fileSysObj, tf, read
' Read the read.txt
' Store the file name where the Information is stored into a variable called read
read = "read.txt"
' Retrieve the fullpath of the read file
read = LEFT(Server.Mappath(Request.ServerVariables("PATH_INFO")), InStrRev(Server.Mappath
(Request.ServerVariables("PATH_INFO")), "")) & read
' Create an instance of FileSystem Object and store it into a variable called fileSysObj
Set fileSysObj = createObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' Check whether the read file exists
IF (fileSysObj.FileExists(read)) Then
' if the file exists, then open it for reading
Set tf = filesysobj.OpenTextFile(read, 1)
read = tf.ReadLine
tf.Close
ELSE
' if you can't find read.text, display default message
read = "I can't find the file read.txt! So this is my default message."
END IF
%>
' table the displays the read.txt file
<div align="center">
<center>
<table border="0" width="40%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="100%" bgcolor="#EEEECC"><B><%=read%></B>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<!-- End of the ASP -->
use the code above, click and drag your mouse over the code to highlight it. Then right click on the
highlighted code and click "Copy." Now you may paste it into your code editor.
from a text file
<!--Start of ASP Code---->
<%
'by James Seymour, http://jamesdot.org
Dim write
Dim fileSysObj, tf, read
' Read the read.txt
' Store the file name where the Information is stored into a variable called read
read = "read.txt"
' Retrieve the fullpath of the read file
read = LEFT(Server.Mappath(Request.ServerVariables("PATH_INFO")), InStrRev(Server.Mappath
(Request.ServerVariables("PATH_INFO")), "")) & read
' Create an instance of FileSystem Object and store it into a variable called fileSysObj
Set fileSysObj = createObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' Check whether the read file exists
IF (fileSysObj.FileExists(read)) Then
' if the file exists, then open it for reading
Set tf = filesysobj.OpenTextFile(read, 1)
read = tf.ReadLine
tf.Close
ELSE
' if you can't find read.text, display default message
read = "I can't find the file read.txt! So this is my default message."
END IF
%>
' table the displays the read.txt file
<div align="center">
<center>
<table border="0" width="40%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="100%" bgcolor="#EEEECC"><B><%=read%></B>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<!-- End of the ASP -->
use the code above, click and drag your mouse over the code to highlight it. Then right click on the
highlighted code and click "Copy." Now you may paste it into your code editor.