ASP Server Components

Some of the ASP server components are the common features found in dynamic web pages. These base ASP server components are provided to enrich the pre-made functions of ASP technology for making dynamic and interactive web pages. However, some IIS pre-made components are not installed for all version of IIS. Ad Rotator, Browser Capabilities, Content Linker, Content Rotator, Counters, Logging Utility, My Info, Page Counter, Status, and tools are not installed with IIS 6.0. However, if you upgrade your Web server from a previous version of IIS, the pre-made components are not removed. Some IIS pre-made components, ASP content rotator and nextlink, are deprecated in IIS7. And most IIS pre-made components are either not installed with IIS7 or their usage is not supported.

MyInfo Component

The MyInfo Component can be used to create a MyInfo object that acts as a HTML tags holder on an ASP page for keep track of personal information, such as name of site administrator, address, and display choices. These information are defined as the properties of a MyInfo object so that the values of these properties can be set or retrieved diirectly through a MyInfo object on an ASP page. If no value is set to a pre-defined property, the property will return an empty string. Besides, new properties of MyInfo object can be created by simply assigning a string value to the new property. These new properties are stored together with other MyInfo properties permanently in the MyInfo.xml file. Any changes in the property of the MyInfo objects may need to restart the IIS services in ordered to make the changes written to the MyInfo.xml File.

MyInfo object can have various properties. In the personal web server, some properties of personal information are implemented by the personal web service interface, how these properties of MyInfo object are not implemented on the IIS. The MyInfo.xml File may be s%WINDIR%\inetsrv\Data or %WINDIR%\inetsrv\ directory depending on the verson of IIS and the operating system.

File Name

The file name of the Content Rotator component is MyInfo.dll.

Syntax

Set MyInfoName = Server.CreateObject( "MSWC.MyInfo" )

Since only one MyInfo object can be created on a web site, using of the Server.CreateObject( MSWC.MyInfo) may cause the problem of creating more than one MyInfo object for the site. A better way to declare the MyInfo object is the using of a <object> tag in the Global.asa file.

Parameters

MyInfoName

The parameter "MyInfoName" is the name assigned to the instance of the MyInfo object created by the call using the Server.CreateObject or a <object> tag.

Remarkrk

The MyInfo component does not work with Internet Information Server 7 (IIS7).

MyInfo Properties

The properties of a MyInfo object is used as the item fields of the MyInfo object to set and retrieve the information stored in the Myinfo.xml file. Any changes in the property of the MyInfo objects may need to restart the IIS services in ordered to make the changes written to the MyInfo.xml File.

Syntax

MyInfoName. PropertyName

var=MyInfoName. PropertyName

MyInfoName. PropertyName=str

Parameters

MyInfoName

The parameter "MyInfoName" is the name of the instance of the MyInfo object to be set.

PropertyName

The parameter "PropertyName" is the name of the property of the MyInfo object instance to be set.

var

The parameter "var" is the variable name assigned to.

str

The parameter "str" is the string enclosed in quotation marks (" ") to be assigned to.

Return Values

Return values only available when the property is set to the pre-defined property of the Web server. If no value is set to a pre-defined property, the property will return an empty string.

MyInfo Properties Examples

In the personal Web server for Windows 95, the <OBJECT> declaration is already included in the Global.asa file in the default virtual directory to create the MyInfo object for the default web site. Some personal properties is already set by the Web Service.

Value	Description
MyInfo.PageType	to return a numeric value describing the content of the information that can be set on the home page of the wizard PWS 4.0. 1 = About My Company 2 = About My Life 3 = About My School 4 = About My Organization 5 = About My Community
MyInfo.PersonalName	to return the name of the owner.
MyInfo.PersonalAddress	to return the address of the owner.
MyInfo.PersonalPhone	to return the phone number of the owner.
MyInfo.PersonalMail	to return an e-mail address of the owner.
MyInfo.PersonalWords	to return the text of the remarks about the owner.
MyInfo.CompanyName	to return the company name of the owner.
MyInfo.CompanyAddress	to return the business address of the owner.
MyInfo.CompanyPhone	to return the companyk phone number of the owner.
MyInfo.CompanyDepartment	to return the department name of the owner.
MyInfo.CompanyWords	to return the other text on the place of employment of the owner.
MyInfo.HomeOccupation	to return the occupation of the owner.
MyInfo.HomePeople	to return the text to introduce the family of the owner.
MyInfo.HomeWords	to return the text of the other about the owner.
MyInfo.SchoolName	to return the name of the school owner.
MyInfo.SchoolAddress	to return the address of the school of the owner.
MyInfo.SchoolPhone	to return the phone number of the school of the owner.
MyInfo.SchoolDepartment	to return the class of the owner or department.
MyInfo.SchoolWords	to return the text of the other owners about the school.
MyInfo.OrganizationName	to return the name of the organization that has been introduced in the site.
MyInfo.OrganizationAddress	to return the address of the organization.
MyInfo.OrganizationPhone	to return the phone number of the organization.
MyInfo.OrganizationWords	to return the other text about your organization.
MyInfo.CommunityName	to return the name of the municipality that has been introduced in the site.
MyInfo.CommunityLocation	to return to the location of the municipality.
MyInfo.CommunityPopulation	to return the population of the municipality.
MyInfo.CommunityWords	to return the other text on the municipality.
MyInfo.URL (n)	to return the n-th user-defined URLcorresponding to the description of the n-th link in MyInfo.URLWords.
MyInfo.URLWords (n)	to return a string that describes the n-th user-defined link corresponding to the n-th URL in MyInfo.URL.
MyInfo.Style	to return (URL that starts with '/') URL relative to the style sheet.
MyInfo.Background	to return the background of the site.
MyInfo.Title	to return the user-defined title of the home page.
MyInfo.Guestbook	If the guest book is available on the site and to return -1. Otherwise, to return 0. The default value is "".
MyInfo.Messages	If the private message form is available on the site to return -1. Otherwise, to return 0. The default value is "".

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