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File 1: (call it adrot.txt) *** REDIRECT redirect.asp WIDTH 480 HEIGHT 60 BORDER 0 * http://www.somesite.com/banner.gif http://www.somesite.com Visit Somesite Now! 4 http://www.anothersite.com/banner.gif http://www.anothersite.com Come on over to Anothersite! 4 http://www.yetanothersite.com/banner.gif http://www.yetanothersite.com Yetanothersite.com - your online widget retailer 2 *** File 2: (call it redirect.asp) <% Response.Redirect Request.QueryString("url") %> File 3: (this is the code you put wherever you want a banner displayed) <% Dim objAd Set objAd = Server.CreateObject("MSWC.AdRotator") 'Create the component Response.Write objAd.GetAdvertisement("adrot.txt") 'Get the ad from adrot.txt and write the link Set objAd = Nothing 'Destroy the object %> Submitted by Peter McMahon email this code sample to a colleague Related Articles Mar 25, 1998 - Collaboration Data Object and IIS 4.0 Collaboration Data Object (CDO) is a COM library designed to send mail through SMTP or Microsoft Exchange. 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