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Rubes_sw · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 1:51 pm Post subject: Please help with CGI program :-(

I have tried and tried and i cant figure out how to write a CGI program.

This is what i would like it to do:

You must enter your information into the following fields:

Name (your name)
Email (your email address)
Country (the country you are in)
Code (the code that was supplied to you)
Key (the key that was supplied to you)

The hit the Submit Button

(CGI Program will do this)
If they have entered all the correct information
DO a mathimatical function like so:
:genbutton
%c = @dlgtext(e4) (Code)
%d = @dlgtext(e5) (KEY)
%%a = @fdiv(%c,100)
%%b = @fsub(%%a,%d)
%%c = @fsub(0,%d)
%%d = @fadd(%%b,%%c)
%%e = @fsub(%%d,10000)
Display : Thank you for registering %%NAME Here is your Serial No. %%e
And then send me an email of their details inc. the Date.

Can anyone help me, or give me the bare bones and i will try and firgure it out. ???

Help

Rubes_sw

Skit3000 · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 3:01 pm Post subject:

Did you already tried Tommy's vdsdll (version 2.7) ???

http://www.vdsworld.com/index.php?page=download&fileid=44

Or are you already at the Serial Number stuff?

Garrett · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 6:20 pm Post subject:

What have you figured out on this so far? Also, which dll(s) are you using?

-Garrett

nick · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 8:01 pm Post subject:

Hello:
If you use Tommy's vdsinet dll you can use the net cgi function to parse incoming data and do what ever you want with it in vds. If everything is alright with the data you can use the net smtp (found in the same dll) to send out the email.

I have two reservation programs running on the net using this GREAT dll.

If you have any questions let me know.

Nick

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

Hi Nick,

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

Tommy · Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2002 9:29 pm Post subject:

I think that Parcom.net did while Prakash was using it. I'm not sure though what kind
of package he selected with them...

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

I have already tried Parcom, apparently they do not let you use the DLL's for your EXE's anymore, they have to Install them on their server and they do not Install Custom DLL's... Sad

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1566

Parcom never allowed custom dll's to be on their servers. It may lead to a destabilization of IIS and crash the whole server. You have to realize the servers Parcom hosts are shared servers, so other people's sites also run on the same machine. This is one reason I had to move pgware/vdsworld off Parcom and go to a dedicated server as my sites began to take up way too many resources.

Contact DAVE at Parcom and ask him if you can run the custom dll's. Provide him with the links to dialogscript.com and assure him that the vdsrun30/40.dll are valid extensions. You will also need to intially provide them with some source code of your cgi's to prove that your not trying to hack or destabilize their system. They allowed me to run several vds .exe cgi scripts up there. Try to contact them directly and explain your needs, I'm sure once they see your an honest person they will simply allow it.

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

Thank you PGWARE... I have already contacted Dave Parmlee and he said that if more people requested it, they would seriously consider installing the DLL's. I provided them with the links; they said that there would be licensing requirements to do that...That leaves part of it up to S.A.D.E. ... Neutral

I suppose I will see what happens...

Tommy · Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2002 9:56 pm Post subject:

The VDS runtime DLLs are redistributable royalty free... I don't think S.A.D.E. really could or
would disallow it.