>>>> I would like to convert the anlgform.pl perl script into ASP (For
>>>> NT IIS users). Could someone please inform me as to how
>>>> anlgform.pl processes the information and passes it to analog.exe.
>>>> Are commands passed through the cfg file then ran OR can commands
>>>> be passed directly to the executable, if so, how can this be done?
>>>>
>>> They're passed through in a pipe. Effectively an extra config file,
>>> but never written to disk.
>
>Dave Cobb wrote:
>
>> Can this be piped into analog via a command prompt, e.g. MS-DOS
>> style: analog | commands....
>> or is there another way of doing this?
Jeremy replied:
>Yes, in the perl script it's done like
> open ("| analog");
>
>Which opens a pipe to which can be written the commands. I'm not sure
>this can be done in ASP (I don't think a file spec can be opened in
>any sense other than as a text stream or for file management).
Using a pipe would be a little bit more convenient than writing the
config entries to a temporary file, and deleting the file after you
called analog, but the problem (as I see it) is that ASP doesn't offer
a native mechanism for calling a .exe file (never mind capturing it's
output stream).
Any chance you'd compile Analog as an ActiveX object, Stephen :-)
Seriously, though, if you have a control like ASPExec installed,
replicating the anlgform.pl functionality isn't that difficult. But if
you are reluctant to install anything as a control on your production
servers, this doesn't really buy you much.
>If I find anything, Dave I'll post it.
Does anyone have any experience with ASPExec or other similiar controls
for tasks like this?
http://www.serverobjects.com/products.htm#Aspexec
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