ASP Ad Rotator Component GetAdvertisement Method

The GetAdvertisement method retrieves the next advertisement from the Rotator Schedule file. Each time the script is run, such as when a user opens or refreshes a page, the method retrieves the next scheduled advertisement.

Arguments: ASP Ad Rotator Component GetAdvertisement Method

rotationSchedulePath

Specifies the location of the Rotator Schedule file relative to the virtual directory. For example, if the physical path was C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot\Ads\Adrot.txt (where Wwwroot is the "/" virtual directory), you would specify the path \Ads\Adrot.txt.

Return Values: ASP Ad Rotator Component GetAdvertisement Method

Returns HTML that displays the advertisement in the current page.

Examples: ASP Ad Rotator Component GetAdvertisement Method

The following example gets an advertisement from the Adrot.txt file in the /Ads/ virtual directory.

<% Set NextAd = Server.CreateObject("MSWC.AdRotator") %>

<%= NextAd.GetAdvertisement("/ads/adrot.txt") %>

Examples: ASP Ad Rotator Component GetAdvertisement Method HTML Output

Assuming the following fragment of a redirection file is chosen by the control:

REDIRECT /foo/bar.asp

WIDTH 300

HEIGHT 40

BORDER 1

/ads/picture.gif

http://www.chilisoft.com/info/index.html

Hello from Chilisoft.

The HTML that is produced is:

</A>

The Redirect script "foo/bar.asp" is invoked and can record click-through information before redirecting the client browser to the user's desired location.