ecsl@netbloc.com: 6541: Re: [ECS] Web Page Questions

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Re: [ECS] Web Page Questions
Don Stephens
Fri, 4 Feb 2000 07:30:37 -0800
Dan:
 Thanks for the note. Perhaps I'll wait for the release. I had cobbled up a
VB program that would parse a file and insert those variables into another
file that was really an html script. This worked, but was Frankenstein in
concept.

Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Hoehnen" <dhoehnen@infinet.com>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 7:23 AM
Subject: RE: [ECS] Web Page Questions


> Don,
>
> One way is to use Active Server Pages (ASP).  This is how the new web
> interface for ACE works.  Using ASP, I am able to query ACE for the status
> of each thing I am interested in and then generate html to reflect the
> values/states.  I use a COM interface between ACE and my ASP page, which I
> don't think ECS supports yet.  ASP can also read from a text file.  So, I
> think if you can put the info from ECS into a text file, you should be
able
> generate a web page in html on the fly by using ASP.
>
> If unfamiliar with ASP, it's pretty darn easy.  It is basically code that
> you can embed in your html web page.  When the server displays the page,
it
> executes the code (VBScript usually, but I think it can be JScript too),
> which generates the html page.  What gets sent to the browser is just
html,
> the code has been removed.  I don't have an exact example, but here is
some
> rough code so you get the idea.  Anything between <%  and  %>  is code,
not
> html.
>
> <html>
> <% Dim mystring %>
> <% mystring = ReadFile(ecsinfo.txt) %>
> <% If mystring = "ON" Then %>
>      Light is ON
> <% Else %>
>      Light is OFF
> <% End If %>
> </html>
>
> The above will generate a 1 line html web page with the appropriate text
to
> indicate if the light is on or off.  The ReadFile function is made up, but
I
> think you can undersatnd the concept.  I found the book "Active Server
Pages
> for Dummies" to be pretty good.  At least it't what got me going.
>
> When I release the ACE web interface this weekend, you can check out the
ASP
> page for it, which is much more detailed, has comments and has actual code
> that really works (what a concept).
>
> Mark, I know you are working on a web interface for ECS too.  If you want
to
> pick what little is left of my brain, let me know and we can talk via
phone.
>
> Dan
>
> > I'm trying to generate a dynamic web page using Items from ECS.
> > I'm a total
> > rookie at this. My plan is to have a html script on the page and update
it
> > with Items variables only. Can anyone suggest the syntax (html)
> > to do this?
> >
> > Don
> >
> >
>
>