How do you execute VB code that resides in a Text File...

[CES]

All,



I'm trying to figure out how I would execute code that would be shared over
a number of wwwroot folders.



Basically it would be the equivalent of an .inc file only instead of
residing below the wwwroot it would exist above (FYI - I want to do this so
when information changes on a page like my "Terms of Use" it will be
reflected throughout each site I maintain) as apposed to changing the file
for each domain.



I've tried using StreamReader but have run into a problem. the page loads
(with the .txt file Embedded in the page without any problem) but the VB
code in the file is not executed:



'This is the code that calls the appropriate file.



accountRoot = "\\server\root_Folder\"



Dim footer_file As New IO.FileStream(accountRoot & "_includes\file.txt",
IO.FileMode.Open, IO.FileAccess.Read)

Dim myReader As New IO.StreamReader(footer_file)

Dim footer_txt As String

footer_txt = myReader.ReadToEnd()



response.write(footer_txt) ' I've tried server.execute(footer_txt) but I'm
getting error messages even when the page is empty.



-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX-



'This is what is returned to the browser (note - That the <%
=DatePart("yyyy", Now) %> is returned but is invisible on the page.



..

<p class="footer_header">

Copyright <% =DatePart("yyyy", Now) %> - XYZ, Inc. - All rights reserved.

<br />

..



I've just switched from VBS to VB so I'm sure this is the wrong approach so
any advice or guidance would be appreciated.



CES

 

[Scott Meddows]

Well, remember that ASP.NET pages are compiled pages and not scripts.

The best thing that I can think of you doing is to create a class with the
code that you want to share. Sign it with a strong name and place it into
the GAC. Any .NET assembly can access the code then.

 

[CES]

What I'm really looking for is the vb.net equivalent to eval() that is in
VBScript... but alas it's not their.
CES

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

What I'm really looking for is the vb.net equivalent to eval() that is in
VBScript... but alas it's not their.

<http://www.devx.com/codemag/Article/10352/0/page/1>

Samples:

<http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/evaluator.asp>
<http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/livecodedotnet.asp>

All untested with ASP.NET projects.

 

[Alvin Bruney]

have a look at the system.process namespace

What I'm really looking for is the vb.net equivalent to eval() that is in
VBScript... but alas it's not their.
CES