The ASP Response Object is one of the most used objects in an ASP application. You use the Response object when you need to send information to the user accessing your web page. The Response object is also commonly used to redirect your visitor to other web pages directly without the need for client-side scripting. The syntax, collections, properties and methods of the ASP Response object are as follows:

<%
Response.collection|property|method
%>

Collections

Collection	Description
Cookies	Sets the value of a cookie. If the cookie does not exist, it is created and the value is assigned. If it already exists, the new value you set overwrites the old value.

Properties

Property	Description
Buffer	Specifies whether to buffer the page output or not. If True, then output is not sent to the client until the script on that page has been processed, or until the Response object Flush or End methods are called.
CacheControl	Sets whether a proxy server can cache the output generated by ASP or not. Private is default and proxy servers will not cache pages with this setting. Public will allow proxy servers to cache the page.
Charset	Appends the name of a character-set to the content-type header in the Response object.
ContentType	Sets the HTTP content type for the Response object. Default is "text/html".
Expires	Sets how long, in minutes, a page will be cached on a browser before it expires.
ExpiresAbsolute	Sets a date and time when a page cached on a browser will expire.
IsClientConnected	Indicates if the client has disconnected from the server.
Pics	Appends a value to the PICS label response header.
Status	Specifies the value of the status line returned by the server.

Methods

Method	Description
AddHeader	Add your own HTTP header with a specified value.
AppendToLog	Adds a string to the end of the Web server log entry for the current page request.
BinaryWrite	Writes information directly to the output without any character conversion.
Clear	Clears any buffered HTML output
End	Stops processing a script, and returns the current result
Flush	Sends buffered HTML output immediately
Redirect	Redirects the user to a different URL
Write	Writes a specified string to the output

Examples

Here is a listing of some examples regarding the use of the Response Object and its collections, methods, and properties.

<%
Response.Cookies("firstName")="John"
Response.Buffer=true
Response.CacheControl="Public"
Response.Charset="ISO-8859-1"
Response.ContentType="application/vnd.ms-excel"
Response.Expires=-1
Response.ExpiresAbsolute=#January 10,2013 12:00:00#
Response.Status="401 Unauthorized"
Response.AddHeader "INFO","Message text"
Response.AppendToLog "Log message"
Response.Clear
Response.End
Response.Flush
Response.Redirect("http://www.itgeared.com")
Response.Write("Hello World!")
%>

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