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Is it possible to write the contents of b.aspx on a.aspx?

Answer 1

+1 A:

create a B.ascx that does everything you need, and then both B.aspx and A.aspx can include that control.

Jimmy 2009-01-16 16:54:47

That does not quite answer my question, is it possible to do the PHP example in ASP?

Anders 2009-01-16 16:55:32

Answer 2

+3 A:

Probably Server.Execute will help.

//a.aspx
<html>
   <head>
      <title>test</title>
   </head>
   <body>
      <% Server.Execute("b.aspx"); %>
   </body>
</html>

//b.aspx
   Content String

//result
<html>
   <head>
      <title>test</title>
   </head>
   <body>
      Content String
   </body>
</html>

By the way, I do not recommend this approach. It's just to show it can be done. Master pages and user controls are normally the way to go.

Mehrdad Afshari 2009-01-16 16:55:45

perfect, thank you mehrdad

Anders 2009-01-16 17:33:59

Anders - Just out of curiosity whats the usecase that has you looking for this nonstandard way?

olle 2009-01-16 17:35:38

I have a hosting service that has both PHP and ASP.NET 3.5 available simultaneously. I was curious to see if I could include a PHP file in an ASP.NET page and have it output the PHP file's contents.

Anders 2009-01-16 18:57:58

Anders, this only works if b.aspx is an ASP.NET document. However, if you run PHP with Phalanger it would work, which is probably not the case. Server.Execute just works with ASP.NET stuff.

Mehrdad Afshari 2009-01-16 19:49:45

Answer 3

+1 A:

It sounds like MasterPages will accomplish this for you. Is this not an option for you?

Trent 2009-01-16 16:55:51

Answer 4

+1 A:

you can go old-skool and use an IFRAME

alternatively, could use a WebRequest in a.aspx.cs to open b.aspx, store the results in a string, and return that string inside a div on a.aspx

Jason 2009-01-16 16:56:32

Answer 5

+5 A:

This scenario is handled by masterpages and or composing the page out of (user)controls in ASP.NET. As described at for instance here.

olle 2009-01-16 16:58:08

thank you for your input, granted that you did not answer my question. the information was useful nonetheless

Anders 2009-01-16 17:34:32

This should be the real answer to the question. The Server.Execute() answer may work but you should really do it the correct way with a user control or master page so you don't run into bigger problems in the future.

Lance McNearney 2009-01-16 17:38:54

This is merely for an experiment with my new hosting service, as it has both PHP and ASP.NET running simultaneously. I wanted to see if I could include a PHP file on the ASP page and have it output its contents.

Anders 2009-01-16 18:59:04

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