ASP is a server-side scripting feature that can be installed with IIS or with Microsoft’s Personal Web Server (PWS). You can get the latest version of these tools by downloading the Windows NT Option Pack from http://backoffice.microsoft.com/downtrial/default.asp. This download includes features that can be installed on Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, and Windows 95. If you’re using Windows 98, Personal Web Server should be included on your installation CD.

If you don’t want to upgrade to PWS 4.0 or IIS 4.0, you can download the Active Server Pages component from the site listed above. ASP is also included with Microsoft Visual InterDev.

ASP allows you to develop Internet applications that interact with databases, client-side programs and objects. You can learn more about ASP at http://www.learnasp.com.

BuildersPlanet.com fully supports Active Server Pages. We currently have the following ASP components installed on our web server network.

• ASPMail - an SMTP component
• ASPPop3 - a POP3 component
• AspLib - General function library for ASP
• ASPHttp - HTTP component that allows you to GET Web URLs
• ASPDNS - DNS lookup and reverse DNS lookup
• AspImage - Create or modify images
• AspPager - Send pages to any paging service that uses TAP
• AspNNTP - Retrieve and send articles to NNTP
• ASPEmail
• ASPFileUp

Please be sure to visit our ASP Frequently Asked Questions!