Re: Include statement path

On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 20:06:32 GMT, in comp.lang.javascript "Cracker
Jacks" <cjacks (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote:

| I am having trouble pointing an ASP file to another ASP for use in the
| include statement. I do not understand all the different paths that the
| server or the scripts use. Could someone please explain the proper syntax
| for this or point me in the right direction? Thanks.
|
| say the file i want to include is here:
|
| iwww.thisisit.com/subweb/scripts/this.asp
|
| and from a file in the root folder of the sub web I want to put an include
| statement in it that points to the included file. I also need to know the
| return path.

To access a file from the root folder use scripts/this.asp
From any other folder use ../scripts/this.asp
From a nested folder use ../../scripts/this.asp

the ../ tells the server to go back one folder/directory to find the
folder you are requesting.