There is usually a limited number of reasons why this would happen. They are as follows:
- you do not have IIS or PWS installed
- you did not save your page with an .asp extension (or a file type associated with asp.dll)
- you did not place your ASP page in your web root / structure, or you put it in a place that does not have "execute script" permissions
- you accessed the file by typing c:\<path>\<file>.asp or by double-clicking it within Windows Explorer (ASP pages need to be interpreted by a web server, not a file system)
- you expected to response.write code using <% varname %> syntax when you should use <%= varname %> syntax (that equality sign is important)
- you tried to preview your ASP page in a WYSIWYG editor (like InterDev or FrontPage)
If none of the above applies to you, then it is likely that you have some kind of misconfiguration (or else you are getting an error message). Post your configuration, code and any errors you get to
microsoft.public.scripting.asp.general and someone will help you solve your problem.