MyInfo Component

The MyInfo component creates a MyInfo object that keeps track of personal information, such as the site administrator's name, address, and display choices. Typically, the administrator types this information directly into the Web server interface. However, you can set the values of the properties directly using a script in an ASP page.

Each property of a MyInfo object returns a string. If a MyInfo property has no value set, the property returns an empty string.

The MyInfo object can have properties in addition to the ones documented here. The properties listed in the table below are implemented by Personal Web Server to keep track of information entered into the Personal Web Services interface. If you use MyInfo on IIS, these properties will not be implemented.

You can create new MyInfo properties by simply assigning a string value to them. For example:

<% 
  MyInfo.DogName = "Snoopy" 
  MyInfo.DogBreed = "Beagle" 
%> 
 

creates the new properties DogName and DogBreed. These new properties are stored persistently along with the other MyInfo properties.

Create new MyInfo properties for values that remain consistent throughout a site.

The values of MyInfo properties are stored in a single text file, Myinfo.xml. MyInfo.xml is installed to the \winnt\system32 directory on Windows 2000, and to the root directory on Windows95 or later.

File Names

Syntax

Create a MyInfo object once in the Global.asa file by adding the following:

<OBJECT 
RUNAT=Server 
SCOPE=Session 
ID=MyInfo 
PROGID="MSWC.MyInfo"> 
</OBJECT>
 

Remarks

Only create one MyInfo object on your site.

You can create a MyInfo object with Set MyInfoObject = Server.CreateObject('MSWC.MyInfo').

Note   For Personal Web Server for Windows^® 95, the <OBJECT> declaration that creates MyInfo has already been included in the Global.asa file in the default virtual directory. You can work with MyInfo as if it were a built-in object.

Syntax

MyInfo.property

Properties Set by Personal Web Services: