INFO: Server Side Include Directives Are Not Processed by ASP (172024)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Active Server Pages
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.0

This article was previously published under Q172024
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SUMMARY

When attempting to process a Server Side Include (SSI) directive within an Active Server Pages (ASP) file, the only directive type that will be processed is the #INCLUDE directive. Other directives such as #EXEC are not supported by ASP.

MORE INFORMATION

If the page containing your source code has a file extension of .asp, then it will be processed by Asp.dll. Asp.dll and Ssinc.dll do not interact; therefore, SSI directives will not be processed by Ssinc.dll. The only SSI directive that will be processed by Asp.dll is the #INCLUDE directive.

NOTE: The other SSI directives are: #CONFIG, #ECHO, #EXEC, #FLASTMOD, and #FSIZE.

REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base artices and other support information on Visual InterDev and Active Server Pages, see the following page on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/2/2006
Keywords:kbinfo kbScript kbWebServer KB172024