The ASP Content Linking component is used to create a quick and easy
navigation system!
The Content Linking component returns a Nextlink object that is used to hold
a list of Web pages to be navigated.
First we create a text file - "links.txt". This file contains the pages to be
navigated. The pages must be listed in the same order you want them to be
displayed, and it also must contain a description for each file name (use the
tab key to separate file name from description). Note: If you want to add
a page to the list or change the order of the pages in the list; all you have to
do is to modify the text file! The navigation will automatically be correct!
On each of the pages listed above, put one line of code: <!-- #include file="nlcode.inc"-->.
This line will include the code below on every page listed in "links.txt" and
the navigation will work.
| Method |
Description |
Example |
| GetListCount |
Returns the number of items listed in the Content Linking List file |
<%
dim nl,c
Set nl=Server.CreateObject("MSWC.NextLink")
c=nl.GetListCount("links.txt")
Response.Write("There are ")
Response.Write(c)
Response.Write(" items in the list")
%>Output:
There are 4 items in the list |
| GetListIndex |
Returns the index number of the current item in the Content Linking
List file. The index number of the first item is 1. 0 is returned if the
current page is not in the Content Linking List file |
<%
dim nl,c
Set nl=Server.CreateObject("MSWC.NextLink")
c=nl.GetListIndex("links.txt")
Response.Write("Item number ")
Response.Write(c)
%>Output:
Item number 3 |
| GetNextDescription |
Returns the text description of the next item listed in the Content
Linking List file. If the current page is not found in the list file it
returns the text description of the last page on the list |
<%
dim nl,c
Set nl=Server.CreateObject("MSWC.NextLink")
c=nl.GetNextDescription("links.txt")
Response.Write("Next ")
Response.Write("description is: ")
Response.Write(c)
%>Next description is: ASP Variables |
| GetNextURL |
Returns the URL of the next item listed in the Content Linking List
file. If the current page is not found in the list file it returns the URL
of the last page on the list |
<%
dim nl,c
Set nl=Server.CreateObject("MSWC.NextLink")
c=nl.GetNextURL("links.txt")
Response.Write("Next ")
Response.Write("URL is: ")
Response.Write(c)
%>Next URL is: asp_variables.asp |
| GetNthDescription |
Returns the description of the Nth page listed in the Content Linking
List file |
<%
dim nl,c
Set nl=Server.CreateObject("MSWC.NextLink")
c=nl.GetNthDescription("links.txt",3)
Response.Write("Third ")
Response.Write("description is: ")
Response.Write(c)
%>Third description is: ASP Variables |
| GetNthURL |
Returns the URL of the Nth page listed in the Content Linking List file |
<%
dim nl,c
Set nl=Server.CreateObject("MSWC.NextLink")
c=nl.GetNthURL("links.txt",3)
Response.Write("Third ")
Response.Write("URL is: ")
Response.Write(c)
%>Third URL is: asp_variables.asp |
| GetPreviousDescription |
Returns the text description of the previous item listed in the Content
Linking List file. If the current page is not found in the list file it
returns the text description of the first page on the list |
<%
dim nl,c
Set nl=Server.CreateObject("MSWC.NextLink")
c=nl.GetPreviousDescription("links.txt")
Response.Write("Previous ")
Response.Write("description is: ")
Response.Write(c)
%>Previous description is: ASP Variables |
| GetPreviousURL |
Returns the URL of the previous item listed in the Content Linking List
file. If the current page is not found in the list file it returns the URL
of the first page on the list |
<%
dim nl,c
Set nl=Server.CreateObject("MSWC.NextLink")
c=nl.GetPreviousURL("links.txt")
Response.Write("Previous ")
Response.Write("URL is: ")
Response.Write(c)
%>Previous URL is: asp_variables.asp |
