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FP2002: What Are Active Server Pages?

Article ID:295192
Last Review:January 31, 2007
Revision:1.3
This article was previously published under Q295192
For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 196721 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196721/EN-US/).

SUMMARY

Active Server Pages (ASP) are ASCII text files that have an .asp file extension and may contain text, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) elements, and ASP script commands. You can use ASP pages to create dynamic, interactive Web content.

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MORE INFORMATION

To use ASP pages on a Web server, you must use a Web server that supports ASP pages and that supports the scripting languages used on the Web. The following Web servers from Microsoft support ASP pages:
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) for:

 
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server

Microsoft Peer Web Services for:

 
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation

Microsoft Personal Web Server for:

 
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 95
NOTE: FrontPage 2000 and FrontPage 2002 can be used to author ASP pages in your FrontPage Webs. ASP pages must be located in a folder on your Web server with at least Script permissions turned on.

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REFERENCES

For more information about ASP, browse to the following Microsoft Web site:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972317.aspx (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972317.aspx)

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition

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