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**Arenlor** · 06-13-2008, 03:49 AM

This is just so odd, I decided to start working with ASP today and installed IIS7 on my local machine, when I started going though the tutorial I have I get an error as follows, and when I remove Option Explicit it gets fixed.

Code:

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\index.aspx(2) : error BC30024: Statement is not valid inside a method.

  Option Explicit
  ~~~~~~

My entire code is:

Code:

<%@ Language="VBScript"%>
<%Option Explicit%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" />
<title>ArenAsp Experiment</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" />
</head>
<body>
<% response.write("<p>Test</p>")%>
</body>
</html>

**chrishirst** · 06-13-2008, 02:42 PM

<% Option explicit%> HAS to be the first code on the page

**Arenlor** · 06-13-2008, 05:20 PM

I moved it to the top but still get the same error.

**Learning Newbie** · 06-13-2008, 06:00 PM

Try using the code behind model, instead of interspersing it in the markup?

**chrishirst** · 06-13-2008, 06:01 PM

ah compiler error. which would be a .net error

so are you trying to learn ASP & VBScript or Vb.net?

if it is .net, the first line should look like ->

Code:

 <%@ Page Language="VB" Explicit="True"%>

though my .net knowledge is somewhat limited 'cos I really haven't found a really good reason to abandon several years of libraries as yet.

**Arenlor** · 06-13-2008, 07:13 PM

Thanks, that sorted it out and yep ASP.net, best I go find a better tutorial it would seem.

**Learning Newbie** · 06-13-2008, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrishirst

though my .net knowledge is somewhat limited 'cos I really haven't found a really good reason to abandon several years of libraries as yet.

Compilation would be a pretty good reason. But then I haven't really found a good reason to stop rubbing sticks together to make fire, or painting on the walls of my cave to express myself.

The vast amount of time and effort that must have gone into developing an ASP user upload engine could have instead been

Code:

<asp:FileUpload ID="FileUpload1" runat="server" />

It seems like most of the questions I see about ASP are solved this easily in ASP.NET. I think the main difference comes down to whether a person wants to spend their time coding plumbing that adds no value, or whether they'd like to spend their time using modern plumbing to write a solution to a problem.