Running a Dos EXE program (and) Serch Engine needed

[Rick Youngman]

Hi all,

A few weeks ago, I d/l the Free version of Aybss, which is perfect for what I need (a personal server), and first I have to say, this program just plain kicks butt !!

I cannot express, how impressed I am !!

I plan to use it, to do a LOT, once I have everything figgured out, but I have a few questions.

( I am running on Win XP Pro )

I have installed a few simple games ect with CGI, a forumn, a Survey, and a Chat room.. using either Perl scripts or ASP scripts. (all freeware stuff), but I am having a hard time finding a decent Search Engine I can use.

I just need a very simple one. One that will do a simple scan of a HTML document, and show the ENTIRE line that the keyword was found in. (Those html docs would be file listings of my download section, so a user can click the "hot link" and download a file.

here is a sample:(without tags)

<tag> a href= "htdocs/downloads/games1/ZIPFILE.ZIP"<tag> Game 1, Game2, Game3, Game 4 <tag> /a <tag>

whereas Game1,2,3,4, ect are the descriptions of the files included in ZIPFILE.ZIP, that would be found by the Search Engine, and a user only has to click the "hot link" to download the file.

Anyone know of an EZ search engine that can do this ?? (freeware) , or have a script ?? .... there is no need to spider the whole server, just a simple search pane, that will find a keyword in a html doc is all I need.

======= also =====

just for the heck of it, today I wanted to see if Abyss would run a DOS exe file... much to my surprise IT DID !!! ( but the window shut down, before the game could play.

The Game = a Dos text based Adventure game.

Launch from html page was:: a href="htdocs/cgi-bin/mygame/game.exe >launch game </a (ect.)

The game came up, but needs a carriage return to "start", after the intro screen. As soon as I press ENTER , the window shuts down and game window dissappears.

Any idea's as to how to keep the window alive, to let the user play the game ??? (possibly in the html that launched the game ????? I dunno .... maybe a java code launch ?????


<<<< ok I know, launching a EXE file, is probably dangerous.... if not insane, on a server... but I'm just messing with this aspect.... it seems it could be very usefull, if it can be implemented right.

Thanks in advance

Rick
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Rick Youngman
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[Axis]

Hello Rick--

I would suggest the Fluid Dynamics search engine from www.xav.com .
I have several installations of this software on many sites.

Regards,
Axis

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