[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change]

## Server Object

The Server object provides access to methods and properties on the server. Most of these methods and properties serve as utility functions.

###### Syntax

Server.property|method

###### Properties

ScriptTimeout | The amount of time that a script can run before it times out.

###### Methods

CreateObject | Creates an instance of a server component.
Execute | Executes an .asp file.
GetLastError | Returns an ASPError object that describes the error condition.
HTMLEncode | Applies HTML encoding to the specified string.
MapPath | Maps the specified virtual path, either the absolute path on the current server or the path relative to the current page, into a physical path.
Transfer | Sends all of the current state information to another .asp file for processing.
URLEncode | Applies URL encoding rules, including escape characters, to the string.

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