Re: [MacPerl] Using NetPresenz and MacPerl to test CGI scripts

[Michael Mogitz <mmogitz@vectorfx.metatools.com>]

Hi - I have been using MacPerl for about a year to check cgi scripts before
uploading them on our unix server for production use. Usually I can do a
good job of testing and debugging on the mac. One of the tricks I use is to
just set a variable like $onMac and if it's true, I set the environment
variables that I will be using in the cgi.

Also when I am processing a form (we still use cgi-lib) I have a modified
version of cgi-lib that saves the form to a file and echos the input and
the environmental variables to the browser. I then download the file to my
mac and use a version of cgi-lib that reads it's input from the file. That
way I can use the MacPerl debugger and check any new code and nail those
bugs before they bit on the unix server.

I hope that was on target for your question.

Michael Mogitz
Web Engineer
MetaTools, Inc.


>I have installed MacPerl and NetPresenz hoping to be able to test and debug
>CGI scripts before transferring them to my WWW providers server.
>
>But it isn't working.
>
>I am able to access HTML files. But whenever I run a Perl CGI script using
>an HTML form, I get the following message in Netscape:
>
>        Error: 404 CGI failed
>
>        The CGI Application failed (error -1708).
>
>
>I have and installed MacPerl 5.1.0r2, and I'm able to check the syntax and
>run basic, non-cgi scripts with it.
>
>I was also able to correctly run "example.cgi", which is an AppleScript cgi
>included with NetPresenz.
>
>Is anyone using NetPresenz in combination with MacPerl to run Perl CGI
>scripts?
>
>Is there an easier way to run Perl CGI scripts on my Mac?
>
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