OT: ASP javascript comments

[Newsgroup_User]

I'm hacking some crappy ASP application that was written entirely in
javascript.

I want to add some code comments, but the standard ASP (VB) comment seems to
not close itself:

<% ' comment %>

Instead, if I use that syntax, EVERYTHING after it (even outside the closing
asp tag) is commented. Is there a different way to handle javascript ASP
comments?

-Darrel

[Newsgroup_User]

> Instead, if I use that syntax, EVERYTHING after it (even outside the
> closing
> asp tag) is commented. Is there a different way to handle javascript ASP
> comments?

JavaScript comments are the same as client-side JavaScript comments:

<% // single line comment
var something = 'blah';
/* Multi line comment
spans several lines */
%>


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[Newsgroup_User]

> JavaScript comments are the same as client-side JavaScript comments:
>
> <% // single line comment
> var something = 'blah';
> /* Multi line comment
> spans several lines */
> %>

'doh! Duh. I should have figured that one out! Thanks, Tom!

-Darrel

[Newsgroup_User]

Tom:

Here's another one for you:

<% <FRAME TITLE="<%=UtilHTMLEncode(sFrameTitle)%> " SCROLLING="NO"
MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0"
SRC="CommonDetails.asp?strFormSeq=<%=encodeURIComponent(strFormSeq)%>&PopupSeq=<%=encodeURIComponent(objDetailPopup.Sequence)%>"
NAME="<%=objForm.Sequence%>"> %>

How would I comment the above?

The problem is the nested ASP tags within the main ASP tag.

-Darrel

[Newsgroup_User]

As far as I know, that code is not legal. The outer <% should not be there.
Is it a frame tag with dynamic attributes?

You have to use single line comments before the =:

<%//=encodeURIComponent(strFormSeq)%>

Tom

"darrel" <notreal@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:eg0q5t$oqq$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Tom:
>
> Here's another one for you:
>
> <% <FRAME TITLE="<%=UtilHTMLEncode(sFrameTitle)%> " SCROLLING="NO"
> MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0"
> SRC="CommonDetails.asp?strFormSeq=<%=encodeURIComponent(strFormSeq)%>&PopupSeq=<%=encodeURIComponent(objDetailPopup.Sequence)%>"
> NAME="<%=objForm.Sequence%>"> %>
>
> How would I comment the above?
>
> The problem is the nested ASP tags within the main ASP tag.
>
> -Darrel
>

[Newsgroup_User]

> As far as I know, that code is not legal.

Ha!

> The outer <% should not be there. Is it a frame tag with dynamic
> attributes?

Yea.

> You have to use single line comments before the =:
>
> <%//=encodeURIComponent(strFormSeq)%>

Aha! That works.

Don't get me started on the crappiness of this code. ;o)

-Darrel

[Newsgroup_User]

I think this code is very crappy.

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"darrel" <notreal@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:eg12pu$6ap$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> As far as I know, that code is not legal.
>
> Ha!
>
>> The outer <% should not be there. Is it a frame tag with dynamic
>> attributes?
>
> Yea.
>
>> You have to use single line comments before the =:
>>
>> <%//=encodeURIComponent(strFormSeq)%>
>
> Aha! That works.
>
> Don't get me started on the crappiness of this code. ;o)
>
> -Darrel
>
>

[VVebbie]

There's a reason alot of people go to great lengths to separate logic from markup.