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July 19, 2000 at 06:18 AM
jashburn

Configuring Apache for Win32 to run CGI

by jashburn . Updated 25 years, 10 months ago

Hello,

I’m wondering if it’s possible to execute CGI/Perl scripts called from an HTML form in my local PC harddisk. My PC’s running Win98.

What I have done:

1. Installed Apache v1.3 for Windows in the root directory.
2. Installed ActivePerl in the root directory.
3. Placed a form handler (Perl script with extension .cgi) in c:/Apache/cgi-bin.
4. Placed an HTML form in c:/Apache/htdocs.
5. Uncommented ‘AddHandler cgi-script .cgi’ in c:/Apache/conf/httpd.conf.
6. Modified

AllowOverride None
Options None’
to

AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI’
in c:/Apache/conf/httpd.conf.

My problem:
I started the Apache server and loaded the HTML form in my browser (http://127.0.0.1/gestbook.htm). But when I click the submit button, I get the dialog box saying, “You have chosen to download a file from this location…”, instead of executing the CGI script.

How do Iget this to work?

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