How irritating is it to have to train newbees!

[cglase]

But...this calendar is exactly what I've been looking for. I am a web developer, however not familiar with Perl implementations in an IIS environment. For the life of me I can not get the plans.cgi to execute or even come up. I'm pretty sure it's because I have to modify the first line of the plans.cgi script. I did not put the perl executable in the /usr/bin/perl location. I've looked at this script (using notepad) and can not figure out how or where to modify it? I've memorized the help documentation, but just can't get past this step. Is there a "Plans implementation for Dummies" posted anywhere? I have ASP, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, and a very little IIS experience, but continue to have difficulties with what I'm sure should be a very quick and easy implementation. Any help that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated. IIS 6.0, IE 6.0

Thanks,
Chris

[daltonlp]

> I'm pretty sure it's because I have to modify the first line of the plans.cgi
> script. I did not put the perl executable in the /usr/bin/perl location.

An understandable mistake, but that's not the reason In windows, there is no "/usr/bin". The first line of the script is also ignored on windows. It only has meaning to a unix shell, and only if the script itself is invoked. On unix, the first line is also ignored if the script name is passed to another executable explicitly, like by typing:

/usr/perl plans.cgi

(That doesn't answer your question, it's just background information).

A common problem is for IIS to not be mapping the .cgi extension to the perl interpreter. These mappings are usually created when ActivePerl is installed, but not always. Some solutions for that are described here:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePerl/5.8/faq/Windows/ActivePerl-Winfaq6.html

However, your problem may be different:

[cglase]

Thank you for the quick reply. I restored a new copy of the plans.cgi, so that if I messed it up, it's now back to its original state.

When I attempt to view the plans.cgi script in my browser I receive a
HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found. Which is strange because I can browse to it directly from the location, so I know it's there?? I am not getting the 505 server error.

I did as you asked and went to the path where I placed the plans.cgi, typed "perl plans.cgi" and it looks as if it listed the contents of the file, html as you indicated.

I still think my problem is that the .cgi extension does not seem to be recognized, however I established an extension relationship to the perl executable.

Ugh...can you think of anything else I can attempt? Thanks a million for the help. I'm determined to get this to work.

Chris

[cglase]

Got it! As I further read the "How do I configure Microsoft IIS 6 to support ActivePerl?" I found the information that I needed and now have success viewing the calendar. <relief>!

Now it's onto customization, etc. Thank you very much for your help. I hope to soon be able to post a link to our calendar on your example page.

Thanks again!
Chris