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jules · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:43 am Post subject:

Thanks for the help. After I finally figured out how to run these test exes on my IIS 6 server, I found that it really is a web server issue.

Your scripts do indeed run under IIS 6, without any modification of the EXE header. Using BRS WebWeaver, which I was using to test this locally, the CGI would only work when the VDS EXE header was modified to mark it as a console application.

Incidentally, two other free web servers I tried, RIT Labs Tiny web server and AnalogX SimpleServer don't work with any of the VDS CGI exes, modified or unmodified. So there is obviously more to this that I have yet to discover. I was actually looking into the possibility of developing a utility that could be run on any web server, not just mine.

At least I figured out how to make VDS able to create console applications. Now all we need is a compiler option to set the required bit in the EXE header.

vdsalchemist · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:20 pm Post subject:

jules · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 5:47 pm Post subject:

Thanks. I would be interested to see those.

Actually, I made a version of the VDS IDE that supports creating console applications. Hopefully, CR will agree to release it at some point. If they did, it would probably make sense to incorporate some console I/O commands into the VDS command/function set as well. In the meantime, your DSU would be useful.

vdsalchemist · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 6:40 pm Post subject:

Jules,
You should have the PM now with everything you asked for. Let me know if you have any questions.

Garrett · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:01 pm Post subject:

Servers I just tested yesterday and previously:

BRS WebWeaver V1.25 on WinME:
All my cgi exe's in VDS 5 worked

Abyss Web Server X1 V1.2.2.2 on WinME:
All my cgi exe's in VDS 5 worked

Xitami V 2.5c1:
All my cgi exe's in VDS 5 worked

OmniHTTPd V1.01:
No cgi exe's in any versinon of VDS would work

OmniHTTPd Professional v2.10:
When it was available, exe's in VDS 4 and below worked.

KF Web Server V2.5.0:
Had problems trying to get VDS 5 exe's working. That, and I just
didn't like this server

Sambar Server:
Used in the past, and had no problems with VDS exe's

I have tried so many others in the past, but do not remember my
results. I just found out yesterday though, that Savant has been
updated by another programmer, so I'll be testing that today.

jules · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 8:11 am Post subject:

Interesting that BRS WW worked under Win Me. I have never tried any of the others. I'm using Win XP here, so I'm guessing that the OS may have something to do with the problem.

I like RIT Labs Tiny Web Server. It's written in Delphi, and you can download the source code of it.

Skit3000 · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 8:36 am Post subject:

Maybe you could try the latest version of the Abyss Web Server (website)? That one works over here without even having to change any settings, etc... Smile

jules · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 9:29 am Post subject:

I just finished doing that when I read your post. Yes, Abyss works with VDS CGIs under XP, and it's also a much nicer bit of software than BRS WebWeaver, which is just about to get uninstalled.

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Garrett's example Guestbook CGI scrips runs fine on my server - though
it is compiled with VDS 4... This probably isn't much help but at least it
shows it runs.

BTW I use Abyss Web Server (that's what this is running on)
I highly recommend this server software as it is safe, stable, fast, and
extemely easy to manage.

http://ffvdsworld.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/vdscgi.exe