Creating an app to process ASP

[bigfoot]

I want to create an application in VB to act as a forms processor. I do not want to configure and run perl.
Does anyone know how to do this??
Do I need to create a dll? exe?

Gary

 

[culshaja]

If you are using ASP then the best way is to encapsulate your business logic into a DLL. You then access this DLL using Server.CreateObject in the normal manner.


James James Culshaw
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[bigfoot]

I get this when I try to run it.

Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3'

Server.CreateObject Failed

/TestStuff/DLL/DLLTest.asp, line 19

Invalid class string

 

[culshaja]

Have you registered the component using regsvr32.exe?
If so then you should be able to access it using:

set myObj = Server.CreateObject("MyDLL.PublicCreateableClassName")

You do need to have at least a single class set to Public Createable, and you must be trying to create this.

James James Culshaw
jculshaw@active-data-solutions.co.uk

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[bigfoot]

Yes, it's registered.

My ASp page reads
Dim f

Set f = Server.CreateObject("TestDLL.myFileIO&quot
f.FileName="c:\test1.txt"
f.OutLine="This is the ASP test"
f.WriteFile



My class takes a file name and writes it to a text file(this only for testing)

My dll is called TestDLL.dll
The class is myFileIO

Listing of class:<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Option Explicit

Private mvarFileName
Private mvarOutLine As String

Public Property Let OutLine(ByVal szNewValue As String)
mvarOutLine = szNewValue
End Property

Public Property Get OutLine() As String
OutLine = mvarOutLine
End Property

Public Property Get FileName() As String
FileName = mvarFileName
End Property

Public Property Let FileName(ByVal szNewValue As String)
mvarFileName = szNewValue
End Property


Public Sub WriteFile()
Dim iFileNumber As Integer

iFileNumber = FreeFile

Open mvarFileName For Output As iFileNumber

Print #iFileNumber, mvarOutLine

Close iFileNumber

End Sub
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Thanks for any and all help

 

[bigfoot]

Woooooooo It works. The browser was looking on the server when I had it registered on my machine.

Thanks

 

[culshaja]

You need to check the Instancing property of the class. It needs to be set to '5 - Multiuse'.

James James Culshaw
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[culshaja]

Ahhhhhh!

James James Culshaw
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[bigfoot]

Instancing property is 5.

Thank you all for your help.

I did this to make a program to take info from a form and write it to email.

MS email tools must be put onto a form, but the dll can't use forms. What now?

 

[bigfoot]

HELP! I'm getting a login failure. But if I run the dll in a vb app it go's fine. Not when used in a web page.

 

[culshaja]

If you are trying to email then use CDONTS. This allows the simple creation of SMTP EMail. Its really simple to use and you don't need to login. You can even use CDONTS directly from an ASP page.
Look at

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q186/2/04.ASP

James James Culshaw
jculshaw@active-data-solutions.co.uk

http://www.active-data-solutions.co.uk

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[bigfoot]

I can't get CDONTS to work. It will not do anything.

We don't have a smtp server. We have an ISP, but our internal mail is handled here, in our Exchange server.

 

[culshaja]

Is the SMPT Virtual Server switched on on your IIS Server? If it isn't then the mails will not be sent. Or can you not create the CDONTS object?

James James Culshaw
jculshaw@active-data-solutions.co.uk

http://www.active-data-solutions.co.uk

http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=193305

 

[bigfoot]

How do I know?

My real email is gparkin@arett.com
Please email me if you know how to set this up.

I've been on this project for a week now and have not got anywhere.