Aha. It's not merely a matter of reading, but of reading the same thing in
different forms/versions/incarnations until you FINALLY find the one where
you get ALL of the information. My problem was caused by the registry
entries, which is what I had suspected, but I had set them as documented.
As documented three places, in fact. However, the fourth document I read
added a little feature to the script path: instead of just
"C:\perl\bin\perl.exe" this document expanded it to "C:\perl\bin\perl.exe %s
%s" That was the answer.
Just thought I'd pass it along in case anyone else had similar frustrations.
It appears that PWS isn't well documented or supported out there in the real
world (as opposed to the fantasy realm where I work).
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kris Cook
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 10:31 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Testing Perl CGI scripts under Windows 98 &
> Personal Web Server
>
>
> I'm trying to test my program under Personal Web Server, and
> when the Perl script runs (called from an HTML page, with
> passed parameters), it opens a DOS window and prompts for
> input. Now, if I run it from a DOS window, with parameters,
> it runs, but prints to the DOS window. If I redirect my
> output to an HTML file, then open THAT in the browser, I get
> what I want. I've checked the script paths in the registry,
> and they're fine. I can't think what else is wrong, but
> obviously it's something in the Personal Web Server or the
> configuration of the browser itsefl. I are SO cornfuzzied.
> Any ideas, hints, tips, suggestions, comments, wild Canadian
> waterfowl of cantankerous disposition?
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