1. Introduction to Active Server Pages

   1. Chapter 1 Active Server Pages:An Introduction

      1. The Static Internet
      2. The Dynamic Internet Part I: CGI Applications
      3. The Dynamic Internet Part II: ISAPI
      4. Active Server Pages and Active Server Pages 2.0
      5. ASP: A Demonstration
      6. The ASP Object Model

   2. Chapter 2 Active Server Pages:Server-Side Scripting

      1. Client-Side Scripting
      2. Server-Side Scripting
      3. ASP Functions
      4. Scripting Languages

   3. Chapter 3 Extending Active Server Pages

2. Object Reference

   1. Chapter 4 Application Object

      1. Comments/Troubleshooting
      2. Collections Reference
      3. Contents Collection Methods
      4. Methods Reference
      5. Events Reference

   2. Chapter 5 ASPError Object

      1. Comments/Troubleshooting
      2. Properties Reference
      3. ASPError Example

   3. Chapter 6 ObjectContext Object

      1. Comments/Troubleshooting
      2. Methods Reference
      3. Events Reference

   4. Chapter 7 Request Object

      1. How HTTP Works
      2. The ASP Request Object
      3. Comments/Troubleshooting
      4. Properties Reference
      5. Collections Reference
      6. Methods Reference

   5. Chapter 8 Response Object

      1. Comments/Troubleshooting
      2. Properties Reference
      3. Collections Reference
      4. Methods Reference

   6. Chapter 9 Server Object

      1. Comments/Troubleshooting
      2. Properties Reference
      3. Methods Reference

   7. Chapter 10 Session Object

      1. Comments/Troubleshooting
      2. Properties Reference
      3. Collections Reference
      4. Methods Reference
      5. Events Reference

   8. Chapter 11 Preprocessing Directives, Server-Side Includes, and GLOBAL.ASA

      1. Preprocessing Directives
      2. Preprocessing Directives Reference
      3. Server-Side Includes
      4. GLOBAL.ASA
      5. GLOBAL.ASA Reference

3. Installable Component Reference

   1. Chapter 12 ActiveX Data Objects 2.6

      1. Accessory Files/Required DLL Files
      2. Instantiating Active Data Objects
      3. Comments/Troubleshooting
      4. Object Model
      5. Properties Reference
      6. Collections Reference
      7. Methods Reference

   2. Chapter 13 Ad Rotator Component

      1. Accessory Files/Required DLL Files
      2. Instantiating the Ad Rotator
      3. Comments/Troubleshooting
      4. Properties Reference
      5. Methods Reference
      6. Ad Rotator Example

   3. Chapter 14 Browser Capabilities Component

      1. Accessory Files/Required DLL Files
      2. Instantiating the Browser Capabilities Component
      3. Comments/Troubleshooting
      4. Properties Reference
      5. Retrieving Browser Information from Cookies

   4. Chapter 15 Collaboration Data Objects for Windows NT Server

      1. Accessory Files/Required DLL Files
      2. Instantiating Collaboration Data Objects
      3. Comments/Troubleshooting
      4. The CDO Object Model
      5. NewMail Object Properties Reference
      6. Methods Reference

   5. Chapter 16 Content Linking Component

      1. Accessory Files/Required DLL Files
      2. Instantiating a Content Linking Object
      3. Comments/Troubleshooting
      4. Methods Reference
      5. Content Linking Component Example

   6. Chapter 17 Content Rotator Component

      1. Accessory Files/Required DLL Files
      2. Instantiating the Content Rotator Component
      3. Comments/Troubleshooting
      4. Methods Reference

   7. Chapter 18 Counters Component

      1. Accessory Files/Required DLL Files
      2. Instantiating the Counters Component
      3. Comments/Troubleshooting
      4. Methods Reference

   8. Chapter 19 File Access Component

      1. Accessory Files/Required DLL Files
      2. Instantiating Installable Components
      3. Comments/Troubleshooting
      4. Object Model
      5. Properties Reference
      6. Methods Reference

   9. Chapter 20 Logging Utility Component

      1. Accessory Files/Required DLL Files
      2. Instantiating the Logging Utility Component
      3. Comments/Troubleshooting
      4. Properties Reference
      5. Methods Reference
      6. Logging Utility Component Example

   10. Chapter 21 MyInfo Component

       1. Accessory Files/Required DLL Files
       2. Comments/Troubleshooting
       3. Properties Reference

   11. Chapter 22 Page Counter Component

       1. Accessory Files/Required DLL Files
       2. Instantiating the Page Counter Component
       3. Comments/Troubleshooting
       4. Methods Reference

   12. Chapter 23 Permission Checker Component

       1. Accessory Files/Required DLL Files
       2. Instantiating the Permission Checker
       3. Comments/Troubleshooting
       4. Methods Reference

   13. Chapter 24 Tools Component

       1. Accessory Files/Required DLL Files
       2. Instantiating the Tools Component
       3. Comments/Troubleshooting
       4. Methods Reference

4. Appendixes

   1. Appendix A ASP Intrinsic Objects Member Summary

   2. Appendix B Converting CGI/WinCGI Applications into ASP Applications

      1. The CGI Application
      2. The Perl CGI Script
      3. The Visual Basic CGI Application
      4. The Active Server Pages
      5. Converting Environment Variables

   3. Appendix C ASP on Alternative Platforms

      1. Chili!ASP from Chili!Soft
      2. Instant ASP (iASP) from Halcyon Software
      3. OpenASP from the ActiveScripting Organization

   4. Appendix D Configuration of ASP Applications on IIS

      1. Microsoft Management Console and the Metabase

1. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal appearing on the cover of ASP in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition, is an asp, which is a term applied to various venomous snakes, including the depicted asp viper (Vipera aspis) of Europe as well as the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje,) thought to have been the means of Cleopatra's suicide.

Needing to eat at least 5 to 6% of their body weight in food per week, European asp vipers hunt by lying in wait for approaching prey. After grabbing and biting a small rodent or other prey, they release it and wait several minutes for it to stop moving; the generally sluggish viper rarely chases prey. Vipers know their home territory very well, which allows quick escape from their asp-kicking natural enemies, serpent eagles and hedgehogs. This trick hasn't helped them escape from their greatest threat, the expansion of human civilization, which frequently wipes out large sections of their territory.

The chemical composition of asp viper venom can vary from one population to the next, hampering initial antivenin development until 1896, but few viper bite fatalities occur in Europe today. Jeffrey Holcomb was the production editor for ASP in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition. Clairemarie Fisher O'Leary was the copyeditor. Nancy Kotary was the production manager, providing production support and quality control. Maeve O'Meara also provided production support. Mike Sierra provided tools support. Brenda Miller wrote the index.

Edie Freedman designed the cover of this book using a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using the ITC Garamond font. Whenever possible, our books use RepKover™, a durable and flexible lay-flat binding. If the page count exceeds RepKover's limit, perfect binding is used.

Alicia Cech and David Futato designed the inside layout, based on a series design by Nancy Priest. Mike Sierra implemented the design in FrameMaker 5.5.6. The text and heading fonts are ITC Garamond Light and Garamond Book. The illustrations that appear in the book were created in Macromedia Freehand 8.0 and screen shots were created in Adobe Photoshop 5.0 by Robert Romano and Rhon Porter. This colophon was written by Nancy Kotary.