include contents of an .inc file as in HTML pages

Hi!

I have a .inc file, which is a plain text file, containing around 20 lines of plain text. I have an HTML page with lot of tables inside it. I need to include this plain text AS INLINE TEXT inside the html page.

How do I get this done?? Any ideas??

if you're using JSP's (Java Server Pages) -- you can use the <jsp:include> tag. But... seeing as though you're asking about plain old HTML pages,
I'm going to move this to that HTML and JavaScript forum. Hopefully they can help you out.

Could use iframes if you do not want to use server side includes.

Eric

I don't really understand which environment you are working in.
What does it means 'INLINE TEXT'
If you want to preserve formating in .inc file,
you can include within <pre> tag

<table><tr><td>......
........
<pre>
<%@include file="file.inc" %> <%-- using jsp --%>
</pre>
.....
... </td></td></table>

Hi All,

Thank u for all the replies.

By inline text, I mean...the HTML file contains all the text from the .inc file directly into it. I cannot use <@include file...> since it is plain HTML. I am not using JSP.

I am working on SeeBeyond EAI tool. Writing Java Code to put business logic into the system. SeeBeyond is an Enterprise Appln and Integration Tool developed by SeeBeyond Corporation Inc.

I cannot use JavaScript, bcos it is not supported by SeeBeyond.
[ February 21, 2005: Message edited by: JayaSiji Gopal ]

Does your server support SSI ? (Server side includes)

(even tomcat supports it via special servlet)

HTML has no inherent include mechanism. You need to use a mechanism provided by the web server for this.

So, what web server are you using? If Apache, you need to enable server-side includes.