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write asp code to text file

Im trying to write a form validation program and I need the compiled html/asp to be written to a text file - the only problem is, If i do this it will try and execute the asp. Any ideas would be a great help.

The only way I cant think of at the moment is to encrypt the asp tags etc and write to file.

Please help

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Hi Z1ppy,

You gotta escape the special characters. Im not exactly sure how to do this in asp, in php you use the function htmlspecialchars() on your string to stop the code getting interpreted and run.

You could read up about the escape() funtion in asp, but Im not totally sure what that does.

Another way would be to use regular expressions, and swap all the '<' with '&lt;' and all the '>' with '&gt;', then you need to look at other special characters such as the quotation and inverse-comma characters, etc.

Hope this points you in a better direction.
Regards,
Mike.

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