Thank you Wayne. Your help is much appreciated. I got the PreExecute to work with a Hello World asp script. Thanks for your information on the configuration settings. I can't seem to find any information about this in the RedDot documentation that I was provided. Anyway, I will learn as I go.
I think I understand how it is working now. I am going to give it a whirl with my actual content classes. Once again, thanks for all your help. On Oct 16, 3:50 pm, Wayne Bouwmeester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It will take some getting used to. > If you're just using asp for some simple conditional logic, I'd > suggest learning how to use render tags instead. > They are much more efficient from a processing perspective. > > To make your PreExecute blocks work, you'll need to do a few things. > Add asp as an "eligible suffix" in Project -> General settings > Then select it for "scripting for active templates" in your project > variant. > I'd suggest trying to get a <% response.write "Hello World" %> to work > first, so you know PreExecuting works, then try to fix your errors/ > syntax errors. > > RedDot builds your page, saves it to the server in a temp file, then > executes it as an asp page and gives you the results. So you need to > think about your template as a method to kick out asp that will be > processed. > If you want to see what code is generated, just remove the PreExecute > tags and view the source of the resulting page. > > for lists, you'll want to keep the PreExecute tags outside the list > block markers, or you end up with one set for each item in the list. > Remember that whatever is between the list block markers is generated > for each page on the list. > Also, don't try to break up an if...then...else structure into > multiple PreExecute tags. > > If you have syntax errors in your code, you'll get blanks, so I > suggest going from a known working state and add code until it breaks. > There's also a debugging plugin you can download from the community > site. > > Good luck. > > On Oct 16, 4:14 pm, bushland25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Thank you Wayne for your response. > > > I am a little new at this and was not aware that RDExecute was for > > SmartEdit mode only. I went through my content class template (for the > > contained page) and added the PreExecute block tags everywhere that I > > needed to execute ASP. Instead of a single tag, I encapsulated each > > ASP code block inside the tags. Now, I get blank sections for every > > part of the page that the ASP runs. I also have elements and block > > marks for lists inside these asp blocks. Do you think that I am mixing > > RedDot logic and ASP logic and expecting them to work? Does the ASP > > code run before any of the RedDot functions for lists, etc. are > > executed? > > > On Oct 16, 2:42 pm, Wayne Bouwmeester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > A couple things to check: > > > 1. Have you nested open/close PreExecute tags? i.e. opened one before > > > closing an already open one? > > > 2. Are you mixing your asp <% %> tags incorrectly? i.e. opening a > > > block of asp inside the container when one is already open? > > > e.g. > > > <% > > > some statements > > > con_YourContainer > > > %> > > > where con_YourContainer has some code: > > > <% > > > some statements > > > %> > > > > 3. are you making the distinction in your mind between PreExecute and > > > RDExecute? > > > If your page works in Smart Edit but not when you publish out, it's > > > because you need to wrap your asp in PreExecute blocks. > > > RDExecute is only for SmartEdit - the Page Builder won't pre-exeucte > > > it. > > > > Where are your PreExecute block marks? Top and bottom of your main > > > template, or open/closed in several places within your code? > > > > Wayne. > > > > On Oct 16, 12:20 pm, bushland25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I publish all my files as HTML as this is a requirement for me. > > > > However, I have some classic ASP inside a page that is placed in a > > > > container. The code in containing pages run just fine, but the code in > > > > the contained page does not execute and gets published in the HTML > > > > file. I have the RDExecute=asp entry at the top of both the containing > > > > content class and the contained content class. I would appreciate any > > > > help that can be provided. > > > > > Thanks!- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" group. To post to this group, send email to RedDot-CMS-Users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/RedDot-CMS-Users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
