[AccessD] Creating HTML file

Probably because an ASP page needs a web server in order to process and
display the pages whereas a straight HTML page can be displayed directly by
the browser without a need for a web server. 

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 5:55 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Creating HTML file

I know I'm late to the party on this, but why must it be a static web page.
Making dynamic pages with asp is a snap.  Create the HTML in any editor you
want.  Then save it as an ASP page.

<%
Dim cnn
Dim rs
Dim strSQL
Set cnn=server.createobject("ADODB.Connection")
Set rs=server.createobject("ADODB.Connecion")
strSQL="Your SQL string to get the data...
'Then connect the cnn, and open the recordset %>

You now have a recordset open in asp.  To use this, you can just put asp in
the middle of the HTML.

For example, if you have:

<p>The current value is 1</p>

And you want to make that 1 a value from your recordset:

<p>The current value is <%=rs.fields("NumericValue").value%></p>

Whalla.  You can also do conditional formatting:

<% if rs.fields("SomeField").value="SomeValue"%>
<p>Some paragraph in the HTML document</p> <%else%> <p>Some other
paragraph</p> <%end if%>

You can also loop this way, for example, if you want a table with your
data:

<table width="100%">
<%Do until rs.EOF=True%>
	<tr>
		<%For i=0 to 4 'just assuming 5 fields%>
			<td width="20%"><%=rs.fields(i).Value%></td>
		<%next%>
	</tr>
	<%rs.movenext%>
<%loop%>
</table>
	
You mentioned Frontpage, one of the handy things about Front page is that if
you select something in the 'design view', when you switch to the HTML view,
the HTML of the selected area will be highlighted too.

Drew
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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Schapel
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 4:04 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Creating HTML file

Hi.  I am just about to do something I have never tried before.  I need to
create a static web page from Access data.  Using OutputTo from a report has
too many problems.  Using DoCmd.TransferText acExportHTML doesn't give me
the formatting flexibility that I need.  Therefore I've decided to try to
loop through a recordset and build the html file in code.  Main problem
being that my html skills are minimal.  Has anyone done this type of thing?
Any tips?  Thanks.

Regards
Steve
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