Dynamic Includes

You can't pass variables through an include statement, however, any variables available to the page that contains the include statement are available to the included page.

e.g. page1.asp includes page2.asp

If you call page1.asp as -  page1.asp?MyVar=x

MyVar is available in page2.asp

I use something similar for handling logins to return them to the initial page they tried to access.

pmormr wrote: that's impossible. thats like saying that your going to mail somthing somewhere and the address is avaliable at the destination, ain't gonna happen.

He/she just posted an example of how to pass the var from page1 to page2 and he said that the var will be available on page two, not that the var is on page 2, so it is possible, however it won't help to make the site skinnable......

Should This Work:

<%
Dim SkinNo
SkinNo = Request.Cookies("Skin")

If SkinNo <> "" Then
 SkinNo = "1"
 Response.Cookies("Skin") = "1"
Else
  SkinNo = Request.Cookies("Skin")
End If

Response.Write ("Skin:"& SkinNo)
Server.Execute("skin/"& SkinNo &"/header.inc")
%>

    <!--#INCLUDE file="pagecontent.inc" -->

<% Server.Execute("skin/"& SkinNo &"/footer.inc") %>

    ...becasue it dosent

Fine then...

<%
Dim SkinNo
Dim SkinChange

SkinNo = Request.Cookies("Skin")

SkinChange = CLng(Request.QueryString("skin"))

If SkinChange <> "" Then
     Response.Cookies("Skin") = SkinChange
     SkinNo = SkinChange
End If

Select Case SkinNo
  Case 1
     Response.Cookies("Skin") = 1
     Server.Execute("skin/1/header.inc")
  Case 2
     Response.Cookies("Skin") = 2
     Server.Execute("skin/2/header.inc")
  Case Else
     Response.Write ("No Skin Selected"& SkinNo)
     SkinNo = CLng(Request.QueryString("Skin"))
     'Response.Cookies("Skin") = SkinNo
End Select

Response.Write (SkinChange &" - SkinChange <br>")
Response.Write (Skin &" - Skin <br>")

%>

...and yeah, I'll prboally just go with CSS skining, I mainly just wanted to see if it could be done. It would appear not.