FIX: Passing TRUE to Display Method of Script Object Returns HTML Text

ID: Q224934

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

By default, the Display method of a Visual InterDev 6.0 Script Object will generate its HTML text representation and Response.Write the text. This returns the text to the browser that invoked the ASP.

There are high-end scenarios where it might be useful to use a Script Object as a component for generating some HTML text. In this scenario, you can pass a TRUE parameter to the Display method of a Script Object and it returns its generated text to the caller. The caller can then merge it in with other HTML and subsequently Response.Write it out to the browser, store it in a variable, or store it in a file for later use.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Add a new ASP page to the your project.


  2. Drag a Button Design Time Control between the <BODY> tags.


  3. Change the following line of server-side script:
    <%Button1.display%>
    to: 
    <%
Dim retval
retval = Button1.display(TRUE)
Response.Write retval
%>


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Keywords          : kbCtrl kbVisID600bug kbGrpASP kbVS600sp3fix 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 21, 1999