Creating the Basic ASP Application

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Creating the Basic ASP Application

Sun ONE Active Server Pages combines ASP technology with server-side object-oriented components to provide an integrated Web development environment. A Sun ONE ASP application consists of the following elements:

ASP files (or pages), which are plain text files with an .asp extension. ASP pages are a combination of standard HTML and scripting, written in either VBScript or JScript.

Optional components written in a variety of languages. On Windows, Sun ONE ASP server components can be written in any language that supports COM, including Java, Visual Basic, and C++. On UNIX, Sun ONE ASP server components can be written in Java.

An optional global.asa file that contains global application information and session information for individual users.

Web servers normally send HTML files directly to the client's Web browser in response to HTTP requests. When a browser requests an ASP page, the Web server calls the Sun ONE ASP Server to read through the file. The ASP Server executes the server-side scripts and commands in the page, executes any components called by the scripts, and sends the resulting HTML page to the browser.

This section details the basics of building a Sun ONE ASP application.

In this section:

Choosing an Authoring Tool

Creating an ASP Page

Adding Scripts

Changing the Scripting Language

Using @Directives

Using Server-side Includes

Defining the Application

Using the Global.asa File