hi i tried using extension xpl this time. it worked. but i dont know the reason why the extension .cgi and .pl were not working. i just renamed my same script. if anyone can tell me the reason its good. Nitesh
On Thu, 02 May 2002 Nitesh Gupta wrote : >i was having a similar problem and i came to this mailing list to >seek help. many people did suggest different things, and i am >very thankful to those who made efforts. But, finally my problem >is still unsolved. I had tried exactly the same as u did on ME >and NT workstation. The only difference was that i used only >.cgi and .pl extensions. When i open the script in my browser, >it shows in the statusbar, the page been downloading. But that >continues for ever and never shows the output/and no errors even. >Now i will try the other 2 extensions too as u say. >Sorry but i cannot be of any help to u. >Nitesh > >On Thu, 02 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : >>I'm having a strange problem w/ Active Perl. I'm using it with >>Microsoft >>Personal Web Server on Window Me. It's been fine for about a >>year but I just >>reinstalled everything and can't get the browser to run scripts. >>I added the >>.pl and .cgi extensions to the Script Map section of the >>registry but no luck >>(They were originally blank but I mapped them to >>c:\perl\bin\perl.exe %s, I >>also tried c:\perl\bin\perl.exe %s %s, but neither worked). >>Here's the weird >>part. I made up some extensions (.xpl and .zzh) and put them in >>the registry >>also (under Script Map mapped to c:\perl\bin\perl.exe %s). The >>scripts ran w/ >>these extensions but not with .pl or .cgi. To make things even >>stranger, I >>removed .xpl and .zzh from the registry completely, but the >>scripts still run >>with those extensions. I can't find the extensions anywhere else >>in the >>registry or in any files. How is PWS recognizing them as script >>extensions? >>What I really need is to get .pl and .cgi files to run in the >>browser. By the >>error messages (Error 500) I can see that .pl and .cgi ARE >>recognized as >>scripts, but they just don't run. Does anyone know why those >>extensions don't >>work and/or why the other two extensions worked and why they >>continue to work >>after being removed from the registry? Is there a hidden system >>file >>somewhere that is holding that info? Thanks in advance. >> > >_________________________________________________________ >Click below to visit monsterindia.com and review jobs in India or >Abroad >http://monsterindia.rediff.com/jobs > >_______________________________________________ >Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _________________________________________________________ Click below to visit monsterindia.com and review jobs in India or Abroad http://monsterindia.rediff.com/jobs _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
