I did it! (Robin dances around the room!!!) After having to resort to
SuperStats on other web sites due to my technological incompetence, I'm so
delighted that I've now figured out the basics for setting up this Analog
system. :)) Thanks, Aengus, for your comments and Stephen too--especially
for your program and whoever else helped create it!
It'll take me awhile longer to get adjusted to the language of the report
(like interpretting the terms used in the General Summary versus the "hits"
and "unique visitors" language that I was used to) and the ins & outs of
running reports to gather weekly and cumulative information. But, I suppose
I can find all that info on the help pages. I just wanted to thank you for
my exuberant feeling tonight before logging off for the night--in simply
getting the config file set up and using DOS to run it so simply. So, now
at least, I know what the program can do, and it looks like just enough to
match what I needed.
!!:)!!!)) in bountiful joy,
Robin
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Robin Ann Martin
Paths of Learning Resource Center
http://www.PathsOfLearning.net
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Aengus Lawlor
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 12:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [analog-help] produce stats --> save analog.exe problem
>
>
> >Second, here's the question that someone else was puzzling over which I
> >still haven't solved
> >> when I try to use anlgform.html (and anlgform.exe, renamed from
> >> anlgform.cgi), the only result is a Win95 "Save" window which wants
> >> to save anlgform.exe.
> >
> >The response in April was:
> >
> >> I assume you're getting anlgform.exe via a web server. It won't
> >> work if it's a local file.
> >>
> >> If so, you need to tell your server to run anlgform.exe, not
> >> just send it out.
> >> Normally you can put it in a folder called something like
> >> /cgi-bin/ .
>
> While not necessarily incorrect, this answer is incomplete.
>
> ANLGFORM.EXE is a CGI application - it's designed to be called by a web
> server, because there are a variety of reasons why the Web Server
> shouldn't call ANALOG.EXE directly. If you aren't already fairly
> familiar with what Analog can do, and very familiar with how your web
> server works, you're probably not going to make much progress with
> ANLGFORM. Once you get it working, of course, it can be useful for
> quickly checking different reporting options, but it's never quite as
> powerful as running ANALOG directly.
>
> >However, I wrote to my web host (who does not have a cgi-bin because he
> >provides CF hosting), and inquired about this matter. He responded:
> >
> <<I just read the help file in the Docs directory. It says
> [snip]
> >>Follow option two. that means you don't need to have CGI support, you
> >>can do everything locally.>>
>
> So ANLGFORM.(CGI|EXE) isn't an option for you on your ISPs server. You
> can make ANLGFORM work on your own computer by running a local
> Webserver, but if you aren't already running a web server, it may not be
> worth the trouble.
>
> >Ok, that sounds great. But I've ftp'ed the logs to my computer, along
> >with the full Analog 3.31, and I still get past the above saving
> >analog.exe dilemma. Also, when I do open the report.html for analog,
> >it says:
> [snip]
>
> Lets start from the beginning. Open a DOS prompt, CD to the Analog
> directory (you may find it's easier to rename the Analog directory to
> C:\ANALOG in Windows Explorer first).
>
> Then run your report by simply typing
>
> ANALOG +Olog.htm d:\db-web\log\PathsOfLearning.net.log
>
> This should create your basic report in a file called log.htm. You can
> modify the report by opening ANALOG.CFG in NOTEPAD, and making changes,
> or by creating a new .CFG file, and calling it in addition to ANALOG.CFG
> eg:
>
> ANALOG +Olog.htm +gpaths.cfg d:\db-web\log\PathsOfLearning.net.log
>
> >Kindest regards,
> >
> >Robin
>
> Aengus
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