Webwiz,
Wow! You nailed it! I was following up on past messages and after correcting
the {{cgi}} tag in main_menu.html I found that the $cgi = $ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}
wasn't being inserted into the html where the {{cgi}} tag was and left the
source code looking like <form action="" method="post">
So... even before I read your note I was concerned whether this
$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME} was being invoked correctly:
Well,
1) Removed my stupid reference in the environmant preferences (why? I did that,
I don't know)
2) I added a line: print "ENV${SCRIPT_NAME}"; in the reg_system.cgi script
just above the call to the main_menu.html line and VIOLA! ...
the reference to my cgi script appeared at the top of the html page that was
generated, BUT checking the the source still left a blank in the action=""
space. But, you were right on with your suggestions. Any thoughts as to why the
{{cgi}} reference isn't being replaced?
I'm sensing it has something to do with the %html=$cgi code in reg_system.cgi
Any hints?
Thanks for keeping this thread alive... the goal? A meaningful dialog on
getting the MacPerl/Webstar version working!
-Wes
WebWiz wrote:
> Hmmm...
>
> The assignment of $ENV{SCRIPT_NAME} to $cgi *shouldn't* require that you set
> up anything in the preferences. The script name is set up in the
> environment automatically by Perl when the script is launched, although your
> configuration of it doensn't seem like it should break anything.
>
> The broken link to logo.gif that you refer to is pretty common. I don't
> recall exactly where it needs to be stored, but it seems like you can edit
> base.html to correct the reference and you'll be fine. It's definitely NOT
> related to the problem you're having with the cgi name.
>
> For grins, try writing a little Perl program that only displays the script
> name property:
>
> print "$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}\n";
>
> which should tell you if MacPerl is properly setting that environment
> variable up when it launches the script.
>
> Do you know what version of Perl your MacPerl is based on? It's also
> possible that the SCRIPT_NAME environment variable was introduced in a later
> version of Perl...I'm no Perl guru, so I couldn't comment on when it
> appeared...
>
> (FWIW, I'm no Mac guru, either, but I've slogged through some similar
> problems in getting the scripts to run on Windows NT)
>
> Regards,
> Eric Longman
> Atl-Connect Internet Services
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mr. m" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "WebWiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 9:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Macperl Solution
>
> Thanks for the tip! Hopefully this thread will continue to evolve to
> a working installation and other MacPerl users will benefit!
>
> Changing the main_menu.html form action line back to its original...
> {{cgi}} revealed the following:
> a) I found this line in the reg_system.cgi file ...
> my $cgi = $ENV{SCRIPT_NAME};
>
> and determined that the variable "SCRIPT_NAME" needed to be defined
> in my Macperl preferences... so I went into Macperl, selected the
> preferences under the Edit menu, then selected "Environment" within
> the dialog window that popped up and created a new variable
> "SCRIPT_NAME" and selected my acgi file and entered
> http://www.mydomainname.com/cgi-bin/reg_system.acgi
>
> Now, I expected to see this url appear in place of {{cgi}} when the
> main_menu.html page was displayed.
>
> What I see is: <Form action="" method="Post">
>
> Unfortunatly the variable is not being inserted as it should be. Any
> ideas?
>
> My first thought was that the cgi wasn't working at all. However,
> the cgi IS displaying the main_menu.html with a broken Logo.gif.
> This, I think, is important because this tag is not part of the
> original main_menu.html source code and could only come from the cgi
> script.
>
> Also, a new phenomenon! before I would get a "insufficient data
> error" (see previous message) Now, I just get the main_menu.html
> document reloaded and each time I submit a possible domain I get the
> same main_menu.html page reloaded...
>
> -Thanks in advance
> -Wes
