If Page Is Default Then Include If Not Default Then

I've read similar questions, but none seems working for me. I have an asp site, i think classic (don't even know difference between classic and net), with few pages all with asp ex

Solution 1:

Like many of your predecessors in ASP-classic-land, what you're wanting is conditional includes, and the problem you're bumping into is that classic ASP doesn't do conditional includes. (The reason why is that the #include directive is handled long before any script on the page is parsed.)

There are various workarounds involving Execute or other dangerous-in-the-wrong-hands commands; search for "asp conditional include" and you'll find more than you were bargaining for. However, in your case, it might be simpler to encase the slider display in a subroutine that you can call or not.

Slider.html:

<%
Sub DisplaySlider()
    'code to display the slider (probably JavaScript, I'm guessing?)
    %>
    <script ...>
    </script>
    <%
End Sub
%>

Other pages:

<!-- #include virtual="/slider.html" -->
<%
scriptname = Request.ServerVariables("Script_Name")
If InStr(scriptname, "default.asp") > 0 Then
    DisplaySlider
Else
    Response.Write "<div class='spacer-top'></div>"
End If
%>

Solution 2:

Martha is bang on the nail.

To augment her answer I feel I should point out that system design comes into play, here. Try keeping your modules small and succinct, targeting their functionality to a particular aspect of your application's requirements. For example:

• one to deal with your data layer
• one to deal with more advanced form handling
• one to deal with blah

You get the idea.

Another idea is to include common functions in your global.asa so they're available to all modules within your application instantly.