<% ' Every time we count a user we will put the ' latest count value in the session variable "TotalCount" ' If Session Variable TotalCount is empty ' that mean this user is new and session variable ' But if Session Variable already has the value ' Then we will not count this user again. If IsEmpty(Session("TotalCount")) Then Call CountThisUser End If ' It is good practice to use Functions and Sub procedure ' Because all the variables being used in sub or function ' are automatically destroyed when Sub or Function finish ' processing the code. ' So you can use these Variables again in other functions Sub CountThisUser() Dim objFSO ' FileSystemObject Dim objTS ' TextStreamObject Dim strFileName ' Counter text File Name Dim intOldCount Dim intNewCount ' Specify the Text file to store count value ' Because We Set Create = True ' File will be Created if it does not exist strFileName = Server.MapPath("OARS_hit_counter.txt") Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") If objFSO.FileExists(strFileName) Then Set objTS = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFileName, 1) Else Set objTS = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strFileName, True) End If If Not objTS.AtEndOfStream Then intoldCount = objTS.ReadAll Else intoldCount = 0 End If objTS.Close intNewCount = intOldCount + 1 ' Store the value of intNewCount in Session Variable ' So you can use it on different pages Session("TotalCount")= intNewCount ' Write intNewCount value back to text file Set objTS = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strFileName, True) objTS.Write intNewCount objTS.Close Set objFSO = Nothing Set objTS = Nothing End Sub %>