Inside ASP.NET

The Server Class (HttpServerUtility)

The HttpServerUtility object is pretty much the same as the ASP server object. It provides access to useful server-side tools for use in an ASP.NET application. A brief class overview is shown in Tables B.14 and B.15.

Table B.14. HttpServerUtility Class Properties

Property	Description
MachineName	Returns the web server’s name.
ScriptTimeout	Requests timeout for server-side scripts in seconds.

Table B.15. HttpServerUtility Class Methods

Method	Description
CreateObject(String progid)	Instantiates a COM object identified via a progid.
Execute	Executes another web page on the server and holds execution of the current page until the server has finished processing a new page on the server.
GetLastError	Returns ...