"Bam" <bam@gig-gamers.com> wrote in message news:4686d2f1$0$20564$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Hey gang.
>
> Is there a way, to automatically save a page that is db driven, as a page that contains html?
>
> i would like a page like
> http://tournamentsbyeck.com/past_standings3.asp
> to be converted to the html values. i want to do this, so the db doesn't grow too large.
>
> Is this possible?
> If so, can someone point me in the right direction to get started please??
>
> Thanks
> Bam
>

> you can use MSWC.tools
>
> Set oTools = Server.CreateObject("MSWC.Tools" )
> oTools.processForm "output.html", "template.asp
>
> http://aspalliance.com/176_Fast_Form_Processing
>

"Bam" <bam@gig-gamers.com> wrote in message news:4687aaa3$0$4709$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> you can use MSWC.tools
>>
>> Set oTools = Server.CreateObject("MSWC.Tools" )
>> oTools.processForm "output.html", "template.asp
>>
>> http://aspalliance.com/176_Fast_Form_Processing
>>
> I am reading this. But I can't see how that wold convert asp to html.
>

> Hey gang.
>
> Is there a way, to automatically save a page that is db driven, as a
> page that contains html?
>
> i would like a page like
> http://tournamentsbyeck.com/past_standings3.asp
> to be converted to the html values. i want to do this, so the db
> doesn't grow too large.
>
> Is this possible?
> If so, can someone point me in the right direction to get started
> please??
>

> I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to do. ASP pages are rendered
> in HTML in the browser. View source, and you will see HTML, not ASP.
> Do you want to write directly to a file? You could you the
> filesystemobject to do that, create a file, myfile.html, write the HTML,
> HEAD and BODY elements, write from the db, then end the BODY, HEAD and
> HTML elements.
>

Bam wrote:
>> I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to do. ASP pages are
>> rendered in HTML in the browser. View source, and you will see
>> HTML, not ASP. Do you want to write directly to a file? You could
>> you the filesystemobject to do that, create a file, myfile.html,
>> write the HTML, HEAD and BODY elements, write from the db, then end
>> the BODY, HEAD and HTML elements.
>>
>
> Yes, that is what I am needing. Maybe I didn't explain as Jon stated.
> What I want to do, is convert those bracket results retrieved from
> the DB to html, then save the page as html in the web folder. I would
> have more pages there, but would be less space taken up by the db.
>
> I realize that the view sorce gives me excatly that, but what I need
> us to use, as you are saying, the filesystemobject and create the
> page as the tournament is being closed (after completion).
>
> is there a page out there that shows me how to do this:
>
> write the HTML,
> HEAD and BODY elements, write from the db
>
> or am i not looking clearly at this..

> I'm thinking you are wasting your time here. What kind of database do
> you have where you need to worry about how big it gets?

> you having the same concern about the disk space you are proposing to
> waste?

> easily be generated again using data from the database?

>
>
> Jon's examples show you how to do this without using fso. If you are
> determined to use fso, there are plenty of examples at www.aspfaq.com.
> Basically, you write to a textstream object instead of to Response.