Enabling ASP Pages

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

Active Server Pages (ASP) is a server-side scripting environment that you can use to create dynamic and interactive Web pages, and build powerful Web applications. When the server receives a request for an ASP file, it processes server-side script code contained in the file to build the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Web page that is sent to the browser. In addition to server-side script code, ASP files can contain HTML (including related client-side scripts), as well as calls to Component Object Model (COM) components that perform a variety of tasks, such as connecting to a database or processing business logic.

For information about enabling ASP, see Enabling ASP Pages in IIS 6.0. For an introduction to ASP concepts, see About ASP. For information about creating ASP pages and developing Web applications, see the Web Application Guide.