I have a .jsp file that's getting larger by day. This .jsp file is used in ONLY one html page. I will be making more html files that will use somewhat but not completely similar .jsp scripts. So I'd like to find a way to abstract that file somehow and use it across other pages with some extra .jsp files that would be more particular to html pages. How can I import and use .jsp files inside of jsp files? Can this be done?

I'd appreciate any input. Thanks.

How does this have anything to do with javascript? .jsp files are typically "java server pages", which are a completely different and unrelated animal.

If you really do mean javascript and you're using .js files, you can include them by using the [script src='path_to_file.js'] in the html.

Good luck,
-SN

Personally I woud just include a 2nd [script language="JavaScript" src="name.jsp"][script] on those pages that needed the 2nd file.

However, calling a 2nd external file from one file sounds like it should be possible, but couldn't find anything with a cursory search.

Michael J

Ah...If that's what you're trying to do, I bet you could do it with something like:
document.write("<script src='pathto2ndfile.js' />");
-SN

I'm working with .js files not .jsp - I appologize. So I'd like to import a .js file into a .js file which in tern is used in a .html file.

And you're suggesting inserting the line:
document.write("<script src='script#2.js' />");

into a script#1.js

And I could use script#1.js in a .html only. Is this it?

Hmmm...I just tried it, and it worked in firefox but not IE. Interestingly, I could see the second script in IE's DOM, but nothing after it, as if that document.write completely stops the page from rendering in IE.

I'll keep looking. Good luck!
-SN

I'm looking at DOM as well. There are several issues with what I have now. Here is what I have:

var js = document.createElement('script');
js.setAttribute('src', 'dirsc0.js');
document.body.appendChild(js);
// the body is not defined and also
// how to get to setText() in dirsc0.js?

Apparently you have to separate out some of the characters...Weird. Check out this very cool link for several ways to do it:
include js with js.

Good luck,
-SN

THank you, it looks interesting.

Something else that may be of use that I did not see mentioned on that page is that you can dynamically change the src for a javascript include (as opposed to writing ina new one) by using the following:

[script language="javascript" src="file1.js" id="jsInclude"][/script]

Then later you can change the source that was loaded with:

document.getElementById('jsInclude').src = "file2.js";

I used this on a photo gallery page to dynamically load a different photo album without having to reload the page.

Michael J