Using Installable Components

To further enhance the power of ASP scripting, there are a number of components that are installed with IIS that your application can call upon to perform a wide variety of tasks. The functionality provided by these components can greatly enhance the look, feel, and function of your Web site. However, the real bonus of using these components is that, since they run on the server and send to the client browser only normal HTML, any reasonably current Web browser will be able to view the results. The examples below demonstrate how to access these components, and show some simple situations in which they can be used.

Choose an example from the list below.

Ad Rotator: demonstrates how to use the Ad Rotator component in an ASP script.
File Access: illustrates techniques that you can use in scripts to get the most out of the File Access component.
Browser Capabilities: illustrates how you can maximize the potential of your Web application by using the Browser Capabilities component in an ASP script.
Collaboration Data Objects: illustrates ways for you to use the Collaboration Data Objects (CDO).
Content Rotator: demonstrates how you can use the Content Rotator component to create dynamic, informative applications.
Permission Checker: illustrates techniques you can use to incorporate authentication and access control into your ASP script with the Permission Checker component.
Counters: demonstrates how you can use the Counters component.
Tools: illustrates techniques you can use to easily add sophisticated functionality to you Web pages with the Tools component.
Index: demonstrates how you can access some of the features of Index Server that are exposed to ASP scripts
Page Counter: illustrates how you can configure and query the Page Counter component using ASP scripts .

For more information about working with the installable Active Server components, as well as detailed descriptions of each individual component, see Installable Components for ASP.