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osvaldur
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 Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:02 am Post subject: RUNNING EXE FILES |
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I need dummie info (step by step) Howto run exe files (application) on my server.
cheers
Osvaldo
ps. I know allowing EXE files to run on my your server can be dangerous |
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TRUSTAbyss
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:24 am Post subject: |
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Create a folder in your htdocs called "cgi-bin" and add your EXE CGI apps to
that folder. Set "/cgi-bin" as a "Script Path" in "Scripting Parameters"
Now all exe files in your cgi-bin will execute. |
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osvaldur
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:45 am Post subject: Re: RUNNING EXE FILES |
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| osvaldur wrote: | I need dummie info (step by step) Howto run exe files (application) on my server.
cheers
Osvaldo
ps. I know allowing EXE files to run on my your server can be dangerous |
HI TRUSTAbyss
Your addvise help me a little bit. But the problem is now when users on my intranet, click on exe. files the application execute on myhost computer not theirs.
hope you understand my poor english.
Cheers
Osvaldo |
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cmxflash
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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As I understand it, you want the application to execute on the server and send the text the program generated back to the client.
The way TRUSTAbyss describes it wont work since the exe-extension doesn't have "Text/HTML" as its MIME-type, and instead prompts the user to download the file.
There are two ways of solving this. One is to add a custom header in Abyss for /cgi-bin named "Content-type" and set it to "Text/HTML".
The other way is by using some script language (PHP, for example).
| Code: | <?php
//example code
echo shell_exec("myprogram.exe");
?> |
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Niels H. Veldhuijzen
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Location: Arnhem, The Netherlands
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:22 pm Post subject: Cannot run EXE file |
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Dear all,
I am a newbie to this forum, and to Abyss as well. I read this thread, but it didn't help me much.
My EXE-file is a Fortran program writing HTML to the standard output console. It catches the QUERY_STRING variable and echoes it (I'm just trying, so there's nothing interesting yet). But instead of getting a reply, the message "page not found" is issued. I added the custom header "content-type: text/html"
Of course, you want to know my settings in the server. As a newbie, I don't know what settings you like to see; so please tell me.
The server is running locally, no network and internet connections. I know nothing about script languages.
The form I'm using is:
| Quote: | <html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<form name="form1" method="get" action="Antwoord.exe">
Vul je naam in:
<input type="text" name="textfield">
en druk op de knop.
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Verstuur">
</form>
</body>
</html>
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The Fortran code is:
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program antwoord
implicit none
character(len=1023) :: query
call get_environment_variable('QUERY_STRING',query)
write (*,'(''Content-type: text/html''//''<body>''/''The string is: '',a/''</body>'')') trim(query)
end program antwoord
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Would you be so kind and help me on my legs?
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Niels H. Veldhuijzen
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roganty
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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Niels H. Veldhuijzen, I haven't used Fortran myself, but when sending the "content-type:text/html" you will need to add two new lines after it
For example, I am using perl to demonstarte
| Code: | print "Content-type:text/html\r\n\r\n";
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the characters "\r\n" creates a carrage reurn (\r) and a new line (\n)
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aprelium
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:06 pm Post subject: Re: Cannot run EXE file |
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Niels H. Veldhuijzen,
You should also add the virtual path of the .exe file to the Script Paths table (Consoel > Hosts - Configuration > Scripting Parameters > Script Paths - Add : next press Browse next to virtual path and locate your .exe). By doing so, you instruct Abyss Web Server that this file is to be executed on the server.
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Niels H. Veldhuijzen
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| Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:00 am Post subject: |
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Dear all,
The last two replies to my question were very helpful: everything is OK now.
Roganty: yes, I made a simple coding error in my Fortran source.
Aprelium: all right. But what if I want to execute ProgramA in replying to formA, and programB in replying to formB?
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Niels H. Veldhuijzen
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aprelium
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Niels H. Veldhuijzen,
Add those two programs to the Script Paths and link to them in your forms (by referring to each of them in the ACTION parameter of the FORM tag). If you have too many .exe files in the same place, you can use wildcards and not declare each of them explicitly: for example, if your .exe are in /apps/, you can add /apps/*.exe to the Script Paths and Abyss Web Server will consider any .exe inside /apps directory as a server-side executable file.
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Niels H. Veldhuijzen
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:19 am Post subject: Running exe-files |
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Dear all, and especially Aprelium,
Thanks very much for your help. The last post let me to read the manual very carefully again, and yes: it is all there. It took me some time to come to understand some of the terms and phrases used; that is because I am not a very versed server user.
At the moment I am only using "localhost" in order to verify my code; I am afraid to open my home-PC to the world.
For the moment, I will not bother you again. Thanks again!
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Niels H. Veldhuijzen
Arnhem, The Netherlands |
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