Web Server And VB-Created CGI-Scripts

[omarswan]

Hi,
Have you ever used a CGI-Script that was created in VB?

I downloaded a web-server that was written using VB and when I tried run the executable CGI-Script it forces the file to downloaded instead of being executed through the user's browser [example http://127.0.0.1/hello.exe ]. On
the other hand when I used the same executable CGI-Script
with MS Personal Webserver it didn't force the user to
download the "exe" file but instead it ran just like a normal "html" file. Why? Could some one explain? And also
how could I implement the feature that allowed the file to
be executed instead of downloaded?


Note: The CGI-Script was compiled in to a exe file using VB.

[omarswan]

Come on guys!

The server's supposed to check and see what header the file returns. You can set it to EXECUTE the file and RETURN the content of the file to the webserver, now this will not work if you don't have an HTML header which tells the browser to start showing HTML. Get it? OK I think not.

a .cgi script can not be run unless it's associated with PERL. Once associated with PERL (for WEBSERVERS THAT SUPPORT CGI SCRIPTS *hint *hint) the webserver will know that it's supposed to direct the .cgi or .pl script to the perl interpreter which on the other hand RETURNS the content of the interpreted script.. which includes all the HTML stuff. PWS is set to execute scripts, if it's in CGI-BIN instead of being downloaded it'll be executed, but That's cause the server can SUPPORT executing the files, and knows how to return the content from the file to the web browser. To be able to do that, you need to know how to do it.. and i don't know how to do it.. but though may be some explanation of this might cheer you up?