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hi folks,

i have a very basic question:

how can i launch my perl script in the browser via address bar?

I used a shell with the command "perl x.pl" and it worked. the paths
seem to be set all right.... thx in advance....


yours, kenny ajram

kenny <> wrote:

> how can i launch my perl script in the browser


You can't.


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kenny wrote:
> how can i launch my perl script in the browser via address bar?

file://c:\path\to\x.pl


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Tad McClellan <> wrote:

> kenny <> wrote:
>
>> how can i launch my perl script in the browser
>
>
> You can't.

But I can

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On Jan 15, 7:11 pm, Tad McClellan <t...@augustmail.com> wrote:
> kenny <kenny1...@web.de> wrote:
> > how can i launch my perl script in the browser
>
>You can't.
>

You can't? But you can... Here's a tutorial that explains how you can
take advantage of your Web Browser so you can use HTML GUIs. It also
tells you how to you can bundle up everything in a nice EXE...

http://simon-cozens.org/programmer/articles/webgui.pod

Bob Walton wrote:

> Well, one way would be to install a web server on your system. Modify
> the Perl script to function as a CGI program.

A webserver is not necessary if you want to run the script on the same
machine that it resides on. You may "run" anything on the localhost
with the file://whatever syntax in the browser address bar.

Of course, it won't display output to the browser... but the program
WILL run.

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David Filmer (http://DavidFilmer.com)

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:22:16 -0800, usenet wrote:

> Bob Walton wrote:
>
>> Well, one way would be to install a web server on your system. Modify
>> the Perl script to function as a CGI program.
>
> A webserver is not necessary if you want to run the script on the same
> machine that it resides on. You may "run" anything on the localhost
> with the file://whatever syntax in the browser address bar.
>
> Of course, it won't display output to the browser... but the program
> WILL run.

No it won't.

+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| You have chosen to open |
| |
| test.pl |
| |
| which is a: Perl script |
| from: /home/martijn |
| |
| +- What should firefox do with this file? -------------------+ |
| | +---------------------------------------+ | |
| | (*) Open with |OpenOffice.org Writer (default) |x| | |
| | +---------------------------------------+ | |
| | ( ) Save to Disk | |
| | | |
| | [ ] Do this automatically for files like this from now on. | |
| +------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| [ X Cancel ] [ V OK ] |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+

M4
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thanks for your help everybody! i used something like you suggested but
the browser shows me the source code of the .pl
how can i run it. i thought i would use a typically configured web
server??






>
> http://localhost/x.pl
>
> HTH
>
> BTW, if you need a free web server, I've got a 51-line Perl one.
> --
> Bob Walton
> Email: http://bwalton.com/cgi-bin/emailbob.pl

thanks for your help everybody! i used something like you suggested but
the browser shows me the source code of the .pl
how can i run it? i thought i would use a typically configured web
server??






>
> http://localhost/x.pl
>
> HTH
>
> BTW, if you need a free web server, I've got a 51-line Perl one.
> --
> Bob Walton
> Email: http://bwalton.com/cgi-bin/emailbob.pl