Invoking perl and .cgi scripts

[Gary White]

"kferrans" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>
>Is there a way to invoke a perl script from my
>html using relative path addressing? Currently
>a visitor clicks on a link, a new widow opens
>and the script begins. In Dreamweaver, I've
>accomplished by adding an action
>(OpenBrowserWindow) on Event (OnClick). The
>current OpenBrowserWindow asks for the URL,
>thus I've entered
>'http://www.mystuff.com/cgi-bin/script.pl' and
>everything works fine.

I don't understand why you're using the full address. Why not just use a
relative (either document or site root) one?

Gary

[kferrans webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Gary,

I have tried using a relative address. Maybe I've done something wrong, but the OpenBrowserWindow action requires (or seems to) a URL address. One can not enter [url]http://../../myscripts.pl[/url]

When I enter just '../../myscripts.pl' upon invoking the script with a browser the browser shows the actual script text. When invoked via [url]http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/myscripts.pl[/url] it runs the script. I'm looking for a way to both 'Open a New Window' and invoke the script with a relative address.

-kjf



Ken Ferrans, Jr.
&quot;At the start of every day
a child begins to play,
and all we need to know
is that the future is a friend of yours and mine&quot; -Anderson

[Gary White]

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 01:23:31 +0000 (UTC), "kferrans"
[email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

>I have tried using a relative address. Maybe I've done something
>wrong, but the OpenBrowserWindow action requires (or seems to) a URL
>address. One can not enter [url]http://../../myscripts.pl[/url]
>
>When I enter just '../../myscripts.pl' upon invoking the script with
>a browser the browser shows the actual script text. When invoked via
>[url]http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/myscripts.pl[/url] it runs the script. I'm
>looking for a way to both 'Open a New Window' and invoke the script
>with a relative address.

Hmmm... I've converted all my server side code to PHP and it's been a
while since I've used Perl, but I'll have to try that. I don't
remember it being a problem. It will be tomorrow before I can test it
though.


Gary

[Gary White]

"kferrans" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have tried using a relative address. Maybe I've done something wrong,

but the OpenBrowserWindow action requires (or seems to) a URL address. One
can not enter [url]http://../../myscripts.pl[/url]


No. If you enter the "http://" then you MUST enter the domain name.

> When I enter just '../../myscripts.pl' upon invoking the script with a

browser the browser shows the actual script text. When invoked via
[url]http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/myscripts.pl[/url] it runs the script. I'm
looking for a way to both 'Open a New Window' and invoke the script with a
relative address.


Here's where I don't see the problem. I don't have DW here, so I cannot use
the actual MM Open Browser Window, but all it does is call a JavaScript
window.open method. This simple example opens a simple Hello World Perl
script and appears to work for me using either site root relative, or
document relative addressing:

[url]http://apptools.com/newsgroup/perl.html[/url]

Gary

[kferrans webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Gary,

Thanks. The open.window code works great. This board continues to be a great source of help.

Ken Ferrans, Jr.
&quot;At the start of every day
a child begins to play,
and all we need to know
is that the future is a friend of yours and mine&quot; -Anderson