Hello Ron, Tuesday, January 4, 2005, 5:59:31 PM, you wrote: RC> You then do <%=filen%> to go back into ASP to get the value of the RC> variable into the HTML code that you wrote. ASP is not including the file, RC> it is only supplying a file name for SSI includes whether apache SSI or RC> IIS SSI. The server parsing the HTML recognizes the HTML comment is RC> sentax for server side include and includes the suppplied file name. Perhaps this is a better example for you: script1.asp <% StrName = "bob" %> script2.asp <!--#include file="script1.asp"--> <% Response.Write "Hello " & StrName %> Clearer now? I understand what you're saying perfectly, but in the context of ASP scripts I am afraid it's wrong. Best regards, Richard Davey -- http://www.launchcode.co.uk - PHP Development Services "I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php