Contents

Active Page Generator Documentation

New Features in APGen 2.x

Introduction to APGen

Installing Active Page Generator

Quick Start

APGen Data Flow

Comparison of ASP to APGen

APG Scripts

Editing APG Scripts

Debugging APG Scripts

Guidelines for Writing APG Scripts

When to Open the Output Stream

APGen Developer's Guide

APGen Object Model

APG Script Intrinsic Objects

Executing APG Scripts

Executing APG Scripts within Windows Explorer

Executing APG Scripts from the Command Line

Scheduled Execution of APG Scripts

Programmatic Execution

Passing Data to APG Scripts

Executing APG Scripts in Active Server Pages

File Permissions in ASP

Accessing ASP Objects in APG Scripts

APG Script Status Reporting in ASP

Executing APG Scripts in SQL Server Triggers

Executing APG Scripts in Visual Basic

Executing APG Scripts in C++

Executing APG Scripts in MTS and COM+

Error Handling

Default Error Handler

Script Language Error Handling

Using Script.OnError

Script Error Events

Logging in APGen

Pluggable Streams

Sinking COM Events in APG Scripts

Developing with XML

Using Other Script Languages

Mixing Script Languages

Web Site Optimization Techniques

Static Page Generation

Two-Phase Content Generation

Page Fragment Caching

Dynamic Pages

Automating Web Page Authoring

System Architecture

Security

Web Farms

Replication

APG Script Syntax Reference

APG Script Brackets

The SCRIPT Tag

APG Output Expression

Include Directive

@LANGUAGE Directive

APGen Object Reference

APGen Object

APGen.Values Collection

APGen.Version

APGen.OutputDir

APGen.LogDir

APGen.StatusDlg

APGen.Debug

APGen.BufferOutput

APGen.WriteIffChanged

APGen.Logon

APGen.Run()

APGen.RunArgs()

APGen.OpenScript()

APGError Object

APGError.Number

APGError.Description

APGError.Severity

APGError.FilePath

APGError.LineNumber

APGError.Source

APGError.Handled

APGError.Script

APGError.Clear()

APGScript Object

Collection Object

Collection.Count

Collection.Item

Collection.Remove()

Collection.RemoveAll()

Log Object

Log.Class

Log.Filename

Log.Dir

Log.Path

Log.Append

Log.Unicode

Log.Logon

Log.Stream

Log.Flags

Log.Write()

Log.LogEvent()

Logon Object

Logon.User

Logon.Password

Logon.Domain

ObjectContext Object

ObjectContext.Item

ObjectContext.InContext

Output Object

Output.Class

Output.Filename

Output.Dir

Output.Path

Output.Append

Output.Unicode

Output.Logon

Output.Stream

Output.CanCreateDirs

Output.Buffer

Output.BufferContents

Output.WriteIffChanged

Output.LastModified

Output.Write()

Output.BinaryWrite()

Output.ClearBuffer()

Output.FlushBuffer()

Output.Open()

Output.Close()

Script Object

Script.Values Collection

Script.Arguments Collection

Script.Error Event

Script.Filename

Script.Dir

Script.Path

Script.LastModified

Script.Debug

Script.Waiting

Script.OnError

Script.Abort()

Script.CreateObject()

Script.ConnectEvents()

Script.DisconnectEvents()

Script.GetLastError()

Script.Wait()

Script.StopWait()

ScriptArguments Object

ScriptArguments.Count

ScriptArguments.Item

ScriptArguments.Add()

ScriptArguments.FindString()

ScriptArguments.Remove()

ScriptArguments.RemoveAll()

Util Object

Util.ConcatPath()

Util.BuildRelativePath()

Util.OpenFileDialog()

Util.HTMLEncode()

Util.URLEncode()

Util.XMLEncode()

ApgLogFlags Enum

ApgLogSeverityEnum Enum

ApgScriptWaitEnum Enum

ApgStatusDlgEnum Enum

OpenFileDialogFlags Enum

APGen Examples

AdventureWorks E-Commerce Example

Web Authoring Examples

Part 1: Automating Common Content

Part 2: Navbars and Menus

Part 3: Site Builds

Part 4: Creating New Pages

Part 5: Multiple Templates and Multiple Content Types

Glossary

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