<software_AT_darkfalz.com> wrote:

>which part is the issue?
>
>As for reading the file, how far have you gotten? Opening it? Reading it
>all? Reading a line?
>As for refreshing, have you tried? used the meta refresh?

<Roundy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My task seems so simple, but I can't seem to determine how to do what I want
>to do.
>
>I have a text file that has two lines in it, the first line gives item
>labels, my second line gives values for those labels. I would like to use
>ASP to present this data on a web page. I also want the page to reload every
>10 seconds so that any updates to the text file would be relfected on the web
>page. Thanks in advance

"teknohippy" <anything@me.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:10:12 -0600, "Curt_C [MVP]"
> <software_AT_darkfalz.com> wrote:
>
>>which part is the issue?
>>
>>As for reading the file, how far have you gotten? Opening it? Reading it
>>all? Reading a line?
>>As for refreshing, have you tried? used the meta refresh?
>
> I got the feeling he hadn't started.
>
>
>
> --
> Iain Norman | http://www.eliteforum.org

>
> "teknohippy" wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:01:07 -0800, Roundy
>> <Roundy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >My task seems so simple, but I can't seem to determine how to do what
>> >I want to do.
>> >
>> >I have a text file that has two lines in it, the first line gives
>> >item labels, my second line gives values for those labels. I would
>> >like to use ASP to present this data on a web page. I also want the
>> >page to reload every 10 seconds so that any updates to the text file
>> >would be relfected on the web page. Thanks in advance
>>
>> Use the FSO(File System Object) to open the file and read it in.
>>
>> Parse it in whatever way takes your fancy.
>>
>> Present it to the browser.
>>
>> Stick a 10 second meta refresh in the head.
>>
> How do I write a meta refresh.

<Roundy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My task seems so simple, but I can't seem to determine how to do what I want
>to do.
>
>I have a text file that has two lines in it, the first line gives item
>labels, my second line gives values for those labels. I would like to use
>ASP to present this data on a web page. I also want the page to reload every
>10 seconds so that any updates to the text file would be relfected on the web
>page. Thanks in advance

<software_AT_darkfalz.com> wrote:

>exactly.... which is why I post the way I do sometimes :}
>Make the user TRY first... that's my theory, otherwise we'd be writing it
>for em, and if that's the case I want to get PAID