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What Is an ASP File?

April 26, 2017ASP file

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What Is an ASP File?

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• An ASP file is just the same as an HTML file • An ASP file can contain text, HTML, XML, and scripts • Scripts in an ASP file are executed on the server • An ASP file has the file extension “.asp”

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Files created with Active Server Pages have the extension .ASP. This story is an example; take a look at the address above. With ASP files, you can activate your Web site using any combination of HTML, scripting—such as JavaScript or Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript)—and components written in any language. This means your ASP file is simply a file that can contain any combination of HTML, scripting, and calls to components. When you make a change on the ASP file on the server, you need only save the changes to the file—the next time the Web page is loaded, the script will automatically be compiled. How does this happen? It works because ASP technology is built directly into Microsoft Web servers, and is thus supported on all Microsoft Web servers: Windows NT Internet Information Server (IIS) 3.0, Windows NT Workstation, and Windows 95 Personal Web Server. A few examples of the use of Active Server Pages with IIS 3.0: • Put your employee handbook online, rather than printing co