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An asp classic page used to find the area of a triangle
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
body {
color: black;
background: white;
white-space: nowrap;
}
h3 {
font-style: bold;
}
h5 {
text-decoration: underline;
}
h6 {
text-decoration: italicize;
text-decoration: line-through;
}
</style>
<title>Tate's Triangle Area Calculator (coordiates)</title>
<!--Project started 7-2-2014 (conversion to asp)-->
<!--Version # 10 -->
<span style="text-decoration: underline; ">
<h1>Triangle Area from Coordinates</h1>
</span>
<ul id="aboutwebpage">
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Developed By</span>: (Dustin Van) Tate Testa</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Purpose</span>: To find the area between any 3 coordinates.</li>
</ul>
<h5>input the required data into the text fields</h5><hr>
</head>
<body>
<%@ language="vbscript" %>
<%
'slope intercept vars.
Dim x, m1, m2, b1, b2, y
'coordinates (input) (holding vars.)
Dim ax, ay, bx, by, cx, cy
'triangle area formula vars
Dim base, height, area2
'other (operational)
Dim runValue 'forces cooperation
Dim runval 'forces cooperation
Dim strnone
Dim goja
goja = 0
%>
<form action="triangle_area_coordinates_web.asp" method="post">
<p>
-<span style="text-decoration: underline;">
1st Coordinate
</span>
: (<input type="text" name="ax" value="<%=ax%>" required="true" />
, <input type="text" name="ay" value="<%=ay%>" required="true" /> ) </p>
<p>
-<span style="text-decoration: underline;">
2nd Coordinate
</span>
: (<input type="text" name="bx" value="<%=bx%>" required="true" />
, <input type="text" name="by" value="<%=by%>" required="true" /> ) </p>
<p>
-<span style="text-decoration: underline;">
3rd Coordinate
</span>
: (<input type="text" name="cx" value="<%=cx%>" required="true" />
, <input type="text" name="cy" value="<%=cy%>" required="true" /> ) </p>
<input type="submit" name="areafinder" value="Find Area" onClick="<% goja = 1 %>" />
</form>
<%
If goja = 1 Then
ax = Request.Form("ax")
ay = Request.Form("ay")
bx = Request.Form("bx")
by = Request.Form("by")
cx = Request.Form("cx")
cy = Request.Form("cy")
ax = Eval(ax)
ay = Eval(ay)
bx = Eval(bx)
by = Eval(by)
cx = Eval(cx)
cy = Eval(cy)
If ax = "" Or ay = "" Or bx = "" Or by = "" Or cx = "" Or cy = "" Then
response.write("<p>something is missing</p> ")
End If
runval = by - ay
runValue = bx - ax 'Forces computer to cooperate
If ax = bx And bx = cx And cx = ax Xor ay = by And by = cy And cy = ay Then
response.write("<p></p>")
Call noarea("There is no area between the entered points.<br> They formed a line")
ElseIf ax = bx And bx = cx And cx = ax And ay = by And by = cy And cy = ay Then
response.write("<p></p>")
Call noarea("There is no area between the entered points.<br> (They Are all the same)")
ElseIf runval = 0 & by <> "" & ay <> "" Then 'error handleing2
On Error Resume Next
'process data (variable relationships)
'Change order (ABC to CBA)
base = Sqr(((cy - by) ^ 2) + ((cx - bx) ^ 2))
m1 = (by - cy) / (bx - cx)
m2 = 0 - (1 / m1)
b1 = by - (m1 * bx)
b2 = ay - (m2 * ax)
x = (b2 - b1) / (m1 - m2)
y = m1 * x + b1
height = Sqr(((y - ay) ^ 2) + ((x - ax) ^ 2))
area2 = 0.5 * base * height
'execution(forced) & output
response.write("<br>")
response.write("<h6>Please ignore this message::" &base& "::" &m1& "::" &m2& "::" &b1& "::" &b2& "::" &x& "::" &y& "::" & height & "::...</h6>")
response.write("<h3>The area of the triangle is " &area2& " square units.</h3>")
ElseIf runValue = 0 Then 'error handleing
On Error Resume Next
'process data (variable relationships)
'Change order (ABC to CBA)
base = Sqr(((cy - by) ^ 2) + ((cx - bx) ^ 2))
m1 = (by - cy) / (bx - cx)
m2 = 0 - (1 / m1)
b1 = by - (m1 * bx)
b2 = ay - (m2 * ax)
x = (b2 - b1) / (m1 - m2)
y = m1 * x + b1
height = Sqr(((y - ay) ^ 2) + ((x - ax) ^ 2))
area2 = 0.5 * base * height
'execution(forced) & output
response.write("<br>")
response.write("<h6>Please ignore this message::" &base& "::" &m1& "::" &m2& "::" &b1& "::" &b2& "::" &x& "::" &y& "::" & height & "::...</h6>")
response.write("<h3>The area of the triangle is " &area2& " square units.</h3>")
'process(normal)
Else
On Error Resume Next
'Math process(variable relationships)
base = Sqr(((ay - by) ^ 2) + ((ax - bx) ^ 2))
m1 = (by - ay) / (bx - ax)
m2 = 0 - (1 / m1)
b1 = by - (m1 * bx)
b2 = cy - (m2 * cx)
x = (b2 - b1) / (m1 - m2)
y = m1 * x + b1
height = Sqr(((y - cy) ^ 2) + ((x - cx) ^ 2))
area2 = 0.5 * base * height
'execution(forced) & output
response.write("<br>")
response.write("<h6>Please ignore this message::" &base& "::" &m1& "::" &m2& "::" &b1& "::" &b2& "::" &x& "::" &y& "::" & height & "::...</h6>")
response.write("<h3>The area of the triangle is " &area2& " square units.</h3>")
End If
goja = 0
End If
Sub noarea(strnone)
response.write("<h3>" &strnone& "</h3>")
End Sub
%>
</body>
</html>
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dvtate commented Jun 9, 2016

Yes I now know that using a server-side language for such a task is unwise. I made this in 2014, when I still used winshit...
There are so many things wrong with this...

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dvtate commented Jun 22, 2016

This code also has some security vunerabilities :T

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