index.asp
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<!--#include file="templateclass.asp"-->
<%
' This is the code used to load and display the template.
' See how clean it is!!! :)
sub go()
dim oTemplate

set oTemplate = new template

with oTemplate
.usetemplate("message.tpl")
.tag("date") = Date()
.tag("self") = "<div style='background:#dddddd'>" & .gettemplate("message.tpl",true) & "</div>"
.tag("aspcode") = .gettemplate("index.asp",false)
.tag("howtouse") = .gettemplate("howtouse.tpl",false)
.display()
end with

set oTemplate = nothing
end sub
go()
%>

templateclass.asp
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<%
' This is the template object. It allows the creation, reading
' and editing of templates on the server.
' CREATED BY: Christopher Brown-Floyd
' DATE: November 3, 1999
class template

' This variable stores the template
private mytemplate 'as string

' This method gets a template from the server and returns
' the whole file as a string.
public function gettemplate(pathfilename,encodetohtml) 'as string
dim oFSO 'as object
dim oTemplate 'as object
dim temptemplate 'as string

' Open type for the template(read-only)
const forreading = 1,boolcreatefile = false

if IsNull(encodetohtml) or encodetohtml = "" or encodetohtml = false then
encodetohtml = false
else
encodetohtml = true
end if

on error resume next
' Create filesystemobject
set oFSO = server.createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")

' Create template object
set oTemplate = oFSO.opentextfile(server.mappath(pathfilename),forreading,boolcreatefile)
if err <> 0 then
err.clear
exit function
end if
' Get the whole file as a string
temptemplate = oTemplate.readall

' Encode template to HTML?
if encodetohtml then
gettemplate = tohtml(temptemplate)
else
gettemplate = temptemplate
end if

' Close the template
oTemplate.close

' Free the server resources
set oTemplate = nothing

set oFSO = nothing
end function

' This procedure gets and stores a template
public sub usetemplate(pathfilename)
thistemplate = gettemplate(pathfilename,false)
end sub

' This property replaces tags with the user's template
public property let tag(tagname,userstring)
dim ld, rd 'as string
dim temptag 'as string
dim tagstart, tagend 'as integer

ld = "<!--"
rd = "-->"
tagstart = 1

do while tagstart > 0 and tagstart < len(thistemplate)
tagstart = instr(tagstart,thistemplate,ld)
if tagstart > 0 then
tagend = instr(tagstart,thistemplate,rd)
if tagend > (tagstart + 3) then
temptag = mid(thistemplate,tagstart + 4,tagend-(tagstart+4))
if (trim(temptag) = tagname) or (temptag = tagname) then
if IsNull(userstring) then
thistemplate = replace(thistemplate,ld & temptag & rd,"")
else
thistemplate = replace(thistemplate,ld & temptag & rd,userstring)
end if<