installed activePerl and can run '.pl' files directly from a virtual website
by invoking them directly with my browser but when i try to invoke the same
.pl file from web page with form post, i.e,
<form method="post" action="perlFileName.pl" .......
i get a 'can't find' error message
the website works ok if i use .asp files with the form, it seems iis just
doesn't know where to find the .pl
i can't find anywhere where i'm supposed to set that 'path' or whatever
anybody been thru this??

Re: perl on iis, works but not when 'called' from form by bbxrider

bbxrider
Tue Oct 21 18:54:52 CDT 2003

ok something new, i renamed my perl file to .plx and those files run ok,
direct or from the form, but since that works i would still like to find out
why the .pl doesn't work.
my application path string for the .pl is
d:\perl\bin\perl.exe "%S" %S
please note the quotes around the first %S, is that right??

"bbxrider" <bbxrider@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:eojfpnAmDHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> installed activePerl and can run '.pl' files directly from a virtual
website
> by invoking them directly with my browser but when i try to invoke the
same
> .pl file from web page with form post, i.e,
> <form method="post" action="perlFileName.pl" .......
> i get a 'can't find' error message
> the website works ok if i use .asp files with the form, it seems iis just
> doesn't know where to find the .pl
> i can't find anywhere where i'm supposed to set that 'path' or whatever
> anybody been thru this??
>
>



Re: perl on iis, works but not when 'called' from form by Jonathan

Jonathan
Tue Oct 21 19:54:52 CDT 2003

Did you set .pl to allow POST (the same dialog as you checked to see where
it was mapped to)?

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"bbxrider" <bbxrider@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:uzvIi7CmDHA.2216@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> ok something new, i renamed my perl file to .plx and those files run ok,
> direct or from the form, but since that works i would still like to find
out
> why the .pl doesn't work.
> my application path string for the .pl is
> d:\perl\bin\perl.exe "%S" %S
> please note the quotes around the first %S, is that right??
>
> "bbxrider" <bbxrider@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:eojfpnAmDHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > installed activePerl and can run '.pl' files directly from a virtual
> website
> > by invoking them directly with my browser but when i try to invoke the
> same
> > .pl file from web page with form post, i.e,
> > <form method="post" action="perlFileName.pl" .......
> > i get a 'can't find' error message
> > the website works ok if i use .asp files with the form, it seems iis
just
> > doesn't know where to find the .pl
> > i can't find anywhere where i'm supposed to set that 'path' or whatever
> > anybody been thru this??
> >
> >
>
>



Re: perl on iis, works but not when 'called' from form by bbxrider

bbxrider
Wed Oct 22 02:08:02 CDT 2003

both .pl and .plx were set up with defaults of get, head and post, by the
activePerl installation, i guess
do you know why they didn't default to 'all verbs'??
am still suspicious of the %S surrounded buy quotes in the path

"Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]" <jmaltz@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:#wriXcDmDHA.3320@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Did you set .pl to allow POST (the same dialog as you checked to see where
> it was mapped to)?
>
> --
> --Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
> http://www.imbored.biz - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
> tutorial site :-)
> Only reply by newsgroup. If I see an email I didn't ask for, it will be
> deleted without reading.
>
>
> "bbxrider" <bbxrider@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:uzvIi7CmDHA.2216@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > ok something new, i renamed my perl file to .plx and those files run ok,
> > direct or from the form, but since that works i would still like to find
> out
> > why the .pl doesn't work.
> > my application path string for the .pl is
> > d:\perl\bin\perl.exe "%S" %S
> > please note the quotes around the first %S, is that right??
> >
> > "bbxrider" <bbxrider@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:eojfpnAmDHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > installed activePerl and can run '.pl' files directly from a virtual
> > website
> > > by invoking them directly with my browser but when i try to invoke the
> > same
> > > .pl file from web page with form post, i.e,
> > > <form method="post" action="perlFileName.pl" .......
> > > i get a 'can't find' error message
> > > the website works ok if i use .asp files with the form, it seems iis
> just
> > > doesn't know where to find the .pl
> > > i can't find anywhere where i'm supposed to set that 'path' or
whatever
> > > anybody been thru this??
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>



Re: perl on iis, works but not when 'called' from form by Jonathan

Jonathan
Wed Oct 22 18:05:08 CDT 2003

Make sure the directory has execute permissions. Also, the "%s" is normal

--
--Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
http://www.imbored.biz - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
tutorial site :-)
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deleted without reading.


"bbxrider" <bbxrider@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:uVuimtGmDHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> both .pl and .plx were set up with defaults of get, head and post, by the
> activePerl installation, i guess
> do you know why they didn't default to 'all verbs'??
> am still suspicious of the %S surrounded buy quotes in the path
>
> "Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]" <jmaltz@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:#wriXcDmDHA.3320@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Did you set .pl to allow POST (the same dialog as you checked to see
where
> > it was mapped to)?
> >
> > --
> > --Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
> > http://www.imbored.biz - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
> > tutorial site :-)
> > Only reply by newsgroup. If I see an email I didn't ask for, it will be
> > deleted without reading.
> >
> >
> > "bbxrider" <bbxrider@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:uzvIi7CmDHA.2216@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > ok something new, i renamed my perl file to .plx and those files run
ok,
> > > direct or from the form, but since that works i would still like to
find
> > out
> > > why the .pl doesn't work.
> > > my application path string for the .pl is
> > > d:\perl\bin\perl.exe "%S" %S
> > > please note the quotes around the first %S, is that right??
> > >
> > > "bbxrider" <bbxrider@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > > news:eojfpnAmDHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > installed activePerl and can run '.pl' files directly from a virtual
> > > website
> > > > by invoking them directly with my browser but when i try to invoke
the
> > > same
> > > > .pl file from web page with form post, i.e,
> > > > <form method="post" action="perlFileName.pl" .......
> > > > i get a 'can't find' error message
> > > > the website works ok if i use .asp files with the form, it seems iis
> > just
> > > > doesn't know where to find the .pl
> > > > i can't find anywhere where i'm supposed to set that 'path' or
> whatever
> > > > anybody been thru this??
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>