adding an include file to webexplorer.asp

I want to use a login.asp page to check a username against the database and then if succesful, direct to webexplorer.asp. This part works fine, but when I try to secure the webexplorer.asp file using an included file, example <!-- #INCLUDE FILE="../cgi-bin/functions/secure.asp" --> then the page fails to work. The login script works fine when I point it to another asp file with the include file in the same folder, but when I place the include file at the top of the webexplorer.asp file, it no longer works. Could you please help me with this situation.
Thanks

If you send me more details about your login script, I can help you.

It may be just because the file is at the cgi-bin, since its in the cgi-bin, sometimes, the file thinks its a cgi script even if it isn't...