From: "Ross \"RossA\" Boast" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: (Fwd) CGI Programming Date: 23 Jan 1998 16:19:26 GMT Organization: BT Internet Lines: 93 Message-ID: <01bd281a$a2fd1e40$923563c3@default> References: <199801230705 DOT JAA13030 AT ankara DOT duzen DOT com DOT tr> <34C894C6 DOT 21422394 AT cornell DOT edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: host5-99-53-146.btinternet.com To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk > incidentally, my thanks go to rainer schnitker who put together the > rsxntdj package. i would like to point out that contrary to what i have > been seeing in this group lately, i thought the installation was a > breeze. it took less than 10 seconds after unzipping and reading the I wouldn't say it was a 'breeze', and i think for less experienced people (unlike yourself of course) wouldn't complete the installation in 10 secs, which is a tad unrealistic in both senses :). Speaking on a personal opinion i didn't get much programming done with rsxntdj, but i wasn't to happy with the changes to make itself which caused me a problem when it came to compiling allegro 3.0, but maybe i brought this on myself due to the fact that i neglected to make backups. On a much lighter note when modifying the correct files i found it difficult to actually remember the name rsxntdj, hard name to remember i think ;). I have to agree the docs did tell you everything you needed to install the package, further advice in the docs could, however, be debatable. Regards... -- Rossa :) at Rossa AT BTinternet DOT com "People who remember quotes, just have better memories not a higher Intelligence" - Leonardo Da Vince. A. Sinan Unur wrote in article <34C894C6 DOT 21422394 AT cornell DOT edu>... > S. M. Halloran wrote: > > > > A message from another list. I would like to know if someone on > > THIS list has the answer to this question myself. > > > > ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 19:37:50 -0500 > > From: TheTool > > Subject: CGI Programming > > To: CLANGSRV AT asu DOT edu > > Reply-to: TheTool > > > > How do I start programming in CGI? I want to write my own CGI > > scripts, but a friend has told me that, since I run Win95, I cannot. > > Is this true? > > > > If it is possible to Program CGI scripts in Win95, HOW? What program > > do I need? > > you start programming in CGI by reading one of the many on-line manuals > available and installing a web server that supports standard CGI on your > computer. that way you can compile and test without necessarily being > connected. try to get a server that supports a debug option for CGI > scripts which captures the input, output and errors generated by your > CGI script with windows web servers, one can also use winCGI (again, do > a web search) which makes use of stock windows ini file functions to > make the programming somewhat more straightforward (that said, there are > great libraries for CGI programming on the net.)it also means that your > scripts can be Win32 console apps which (i think)require fewer resources > to spawn. it has the added advantage that your cgi script can start life > as an, say, excel document. > > i wrote 3-4 CGI scripts with DJGPP, DJGPP+RSXNTDJ, and MSVC 4.2. that > is, i would write the standard script in djgpp, convert it to winCGI > using DJGPP+RSXNTDJ and then test using both that and the MSVC version. > i am not very proud of the scripts, but they worked. > > incidentally, my thanks go to rainer schnitker who put together the > rsxntdj package. i would like to point out that contrary to what i have > been seeing in this group lately, i thought the installation was a > breeze. it took less than 10 seconds after unzipping and reading the > appropriate instructions in the help file. so, please read the docs. > > finally, for a selection of web servers, try any tucows mirror. there > are several that are freeware, and there is one that i know of with a > GNU license at http://www.wpi.edu/~zik/fnord/ and there is some > information to get you started at > http://www.wpi.edu/~zik/fnord/doc/cgi.html > > i think my favorite server is sambar at http://www.sambar.com/. that web > site is loaded with documentation. > > hth. > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A. Sinan Unur > Department of Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology, > Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA > > mailto:sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu > http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/asu1/ >