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fyanym
04-08-2005, 04:25 AM
after i fill in a form (asp), i want to save it as html file after i click submit button. what can i do?
buntine
04-08-2005, 04:58 AM
Let me just make sure I understand.

You want to grab a bunch of data from the user and then use it to generate an HTML file? If so, you can use the FileSystemObject to create and populate a text-based file.

I will wait for your reply before I go into any particular detail.

Regards.
fyanym
04-08-2005, 05:02 AM
yup, i have a bunch of data and i need to generate an html file after i click a button
buntine
04-08-2005, 05:56 AM
Ok. So, we can use the FileSystemObject to do this.

First create the new file.

Set fso = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set textStreamObject = fso.CreateTextFile("fileName.html", true, false) '| Create the file.

Then populate it with the HTML. There are two key functions here. writeLine() writes a string and a new-line character to the output. And write() simply writes passed string to the output without including the new-line character.

textStreamObject.WriteLine("<html>")
textStreamObject.WriteLine("<head>")
'| etc, etc.

'| Example to print a value from the form.
textStreamObject.WriteLine(Request.Form("formFieldName"))
textStreamObject.Close '| This is important. The file will not be written if you don't call this.
Set textStreamObject = Nothing

I will leave the specifics of the actual HTML content up to you for the moment. But this help you get started.

Regards.