Standard ASP Component Parts
Database Access
Many sites are storing more and more content in databases, and then displaying customized content for each user.
The Database Access component simplifies the process of retrieving and storing information in a wide variety of databases.
File Access
The File Access component links together your Web pages and files on disk. With this component, you can create new files, as well as read and write to existing ones.
Advertisement Rotator
Although you might guess that the Advertisement Rotator adds spinning advertisements to your Web site, it actually rotates ads by choosing a different ad from a set of ads you define, and then displaying it as part of a page.
Content Linker
If you have ever created a series of linked pages, each with their own next and previous buttons, you know it can be a pain to add a page in the middle.
With the Content Linker component though, adding new pages and changing their order is a snap: just change the listing of pages in the table of contents file, and you are done.
Browser Capabilities
Does the browser used by a visitor to our Web site support our use of JavaScript for "floating" menus?
Does it support the encryption we use for passing credit card information during a purchase?
The Browser Capabilities component can compile a summary of a user's browser's capabilities.
This ASP component is used much less now that there are third-party components that offer more functionality for this task.