"guy" <wildfict***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have an htm page which is often visted and it's a very established page
>and for that reason I cannot change its extension to asp. However, I want
>to run a bit of VB code on the server whenever that page is accessed that
>logs a couple of details about the accessor (i.e. user) of the htm page. My
>question is: How do I launch an asp page (just to run some logging code)
>from an htm page.
>
> Perhaps if I explain what I'm trying to achieve then someone can suggest a
> better solution:
>
> When a search engine bot crawls my home page I want to log/email the
> date/time and bot details. I was thinking of doing this through some VB
> code on an ASP page. The bot, however, is crawling my
> www.mysite.com/index.htm page so I can't use server side (ASP) code on the
> page because it's an htm page.
>
> Thanks
>

"Jason Brown [MSFT]" <i-brj***@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Well, for one thing, the information you're looking for is probably in the
> IIS logs - however it IS possible to run ASP code in a file marked .htm
>
> do you have full access to this machine, or is it a shared server? (answer
> I'm looking for: full administrative access)
>
>
> --
> Jason Brown
> Microsoft GTSC, IIS
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "guy" <wildfict***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23KBMw5VHFHA.2936@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>I have an htm page which is often visted and it's a very established page
>>and for that reason I cannot change its extension to asp. However, I want
>>to run a bit of VB code on the server whenever that page is accessed that
>>logs a couple of details about the accessor (i.e. user) of the htm page.
>>My question is: How do I launch an asp page (just to run some logging
>>code) from an htm page.
>>
>> Perhaps if I explain what I'm trying to achieve then someone can suggest
>> a better solution:
>>
>> When a search engine bot crawls my home page I want to log/email the
>> date/time and bot details. I was thinking of doing this through some VB
>> code on an ASP page. The bot, however, is crawling my
>> www.mysite.com/index.htm page so I can't use server side (ASP) code on
>> the page because it's an htm page.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>

"guy" <wildfict***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> It's a shared server: i.e. I have my web hosted with a web hosting
> company. They, unfortunately, don't give me access to the logs and for
> that reason I can't see the info I want.
>
> I do have a number of admin capabilities on the host server via the
> control pannel. For example I can set the individual write permissions on
> files and directories for IUSR_... etc.
>
> I'm guessing from you're answer that on the IIS admin application you can
> set IIS to recognize ASP code in an htm file...?
>
>
> "Jason Brown [MSFT]" <i-brj***@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:%23MftkLWHFHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Well, for one thing, the information you're looking for is probably in
>> the IIS logs - however it IS possible to run ASP code in a file marked
>> .htm
>>
>> do you have full access to this machine, or is it a shared server?
>> (answer I'm looking for: full administrative access)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jason Brown
>> Microsoft GTSC, IIS
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "guy" <wildfict***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23KBMw5VHFHA.2936@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>I have an htm page which is often visted and it's a very established page
>>>and for that reason I cannot change its extension to asp. However, I want
>>>to run a bit of VB code on the server whenever that page is accessed that
>>>logs a couple of details about the accessor (i.e. user) of the htm page.
>>>My question is: How do I launch an asp page (just to run some logging
>>>code) from an htm page.
>>>
>>> Perhaps if I explain what I'm trying to achieve then someone can suggest
>>> a better solution:
>>>
>>> When a search engine bot crawls my home page I want to log/email the
>>> date/time and bot details. I was thinking of doing this through some VB
>>> code on an ASP page. The bot, however, is crawling my
>>> www.mysite.com/index.htm page so I can't use server side (ASP) code on
>>> the page because it's an htm page.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

:)

"Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivo***@interxnl.net> wrote in message
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> guy wrote on 28 feb 2005 in microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:
>
>> I have an htm page which is often visted and it's a very established
>> page and for that reason I cannot change its extension to asp.
>> However, I want to run a bit of VB code on the server whenever that
>> page is accessed that logs a couple of details about the accessor
>> (i.e. user) of the htm page. My question is: How do I launch an asp
>> page (just to run some logging code) from an htm page.
>>
>> Perhaps if I explain what I'm trying to achieve then someone can
>> suggest a better solution:
>
> <img src="/myManipulations/myVBcodeinASP.asp"
> style="width:1px;display:none;">
>
>> When a search engine bot crawls my home page I want to log/email the
>> date/time and bot details. I was thinking of doing this through some
>> VB code on an ASP page. The bot, however, is crawling my
>> www.mysite.com/index.htm page so I can't use server side (ASP) code on
>> the page because it's an htm page.
>
> same.
>
>
> --
> Evertjan.
> The Netherlands.
> (Replace all crosses with dots in my emailaddress)
>

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 01:26:30 -0500, "guy" <wildfict***@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I have an htm page which is often visted and it's a very established page
>and for that reason I cannot change its extension to asp. However, I want to
>run a bit of VB code on the server whenever that page is accessed that logs
>a couple of details about the accessor (i.e. user) of the htm page. My
>question is: How do I launch an asp page (just to run some logging code)
>from an htm page.
>
>Perhaps if I explain what I'm trying to achieve then someone can suggest a
>better solution:
>
>When a search engine bot crawls my home page I want to log/email the
>date/time and bot details. I was thinking of doing this through some VB code
>on an ASP page. The bot, however, is crawling my www.mysite.com/index.htm
>page so I can't use server side (ASP) code on the page because it's an htm
>page.

"Jeff Cochran" <jeff.nospam@zina.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 01:26:30 -0500, "guy" <wildfict***@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I have an htm page which is often visted and it's a very established page
>>and for that reason I cannot change its extension to asp. However, I want
>>to
>>run a bit of VB code on the server whenever that page is accessed that
>>logs
>>a couple of details about the accessor (i.e. user) of the htm page. My
>>question is: How do I launch an asp page (just to run some logging code)
>>from an htm page.
>>
>>Perhaps if I explain what I'm trying to achieve then someone can suggest a
>>better solution:
>>
>>When a search engine bot crawls my home page I want to log/email the
>>date/time and bot details. I was thinking of doing this through some VB
>>code
>>on an ASP page. The bot, however, is crawling my www.mysite.com/index.htm
>>page so I can't use server side (ASP) code on the page because it's an htm
>>page.
>
> Bots will normally also crawl ASP, but you have two options.  Either
> change the HTM extension processing to be processed by the ASP.DLL, or
> create an ASP page and use it, then change your HTML to forward to the
> ASP page.
>
> Jeff