[MacPerl] Re:

[ikemi@xa2.so-net.or.jp (Takashi Ikemi)]

At 11:14 AM 98.03.21, Forrest Blanton wrote:
> I was just wandering... I just recently downloaded MacPerl and can't seem
> to get it to work with netscape. How do I write scripts that, when called
> from a form with the action attribute, execute properly. Right now,
> netscape gives me an error say that the file has no length if I save it as
> a CGI script, and if I save it as a plain text document with the .cgi
> extension, when I refer to it with a form it just brings up the script in
> the netscape window. Could anybody explain to me how to get these things
> working correctly?
>


Looking back on the mailing list's archive, I found the following post from
Adam Schneider of Jan.23, answering to the same question.
Let me quote it here again because I believe this will be a help for you,
as it was a great help for me. It really works.

At 17:59 98.01.23, Adam Schneider wrote:
> You do need Web server software, but you don't need to be dialed into the Net.
>
> If you have the latest OpenTransport, you can turn AppleTalk on and use the
> TCP/IP control panel to set up a configuration called "Local" (or some such)
> as follows:
> - Configure: "Using MacIP Manually"
> - MacIP server zone: "< current AppleTalk zone >"
> - IP address: "1.2.3.4" (or whatever you want!)
> - Everything else: blank
>
> You don't need any AppleTalk hardware to do this.  (Don't ask me how it
> works; I just copied the info from someone's page.)
>
> For server software, either use Apple's Personal Web Sharing (if you have OS
> 8) or download Quid Pro Quo for free from http://www.socialeng.com.  Save the
> Perl scripts as CGI's and you're ready to go!
>
>
> Adam


Takashi Ikemi,
Technology of Asia, Co.,Ltd.



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