[thelist] ASP & weird variables...

elvelind grandin elvelind at elendor.com
Thu Mar 20 18:11:59 CST 2003


Erik Bennett wrote:

>Probably not the most descriptive subject, but hopefully this will pull all
>the ASP heads in. :-)
>
>As I've stated before, I'm "enhancing" a web application for our new
>helpdesk software. The thing is, all of their pages set background colors
>and such with variables. (You know, bgcolor="<% = backgroundcolor %>") but
>yet, I can't find where these are coming from. They're not being set within
>the page. I checked the frame pages (yes, it's stuck in frames) and I can't
>find where it's coming from in there either. They use cookies, so is it
>possible all that info could be stored in a cookie? The other odd thing is,
>when you call a page on it's own without the frames, it still displays the
>proper backgrounds and fonts. But mine won't! ARGH!
>
>So, does anyone know how I can find out where these variables are coming
>from? I'm totally lost.
>
>TIA,
>Erik
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I haven't worked with asp for ages but :)

couldn't they have been set in a global.asa file somewhere?




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