cgi binned

[james grainger]

im new to this dynamic content stuff.
using cgi and lib files move flash data to a text file. as in tutorial
on this site. It doesn't work. I suspect its something to do with
file locations and/or permissions.

where do i put my cgi bin?
how do i change file permissions (dreamweaver ftp doent seem to have an option)

cheers
jim

[asheep_uk]

Is the server Linux or Windows?

The cgi-bin goes in the root directory, but you can't just put the directory in and asume it will work - is CGI installed on the server?

TE

[james grainger]

yeah sorted the file positions out now im having another prob.
maybe you can help.flash/cgi/txt are all communicating but
cgi sends empty variables to the txt files:

cheers in advance if you can help
jim

heres the script

#!/usr/bin/perl -W



require "subparseform.lib";

&Parse_Form;





$Tex1 = $formdata{'Tex1'};

$Contact = $formdata{'Contact'};

$About = $formdata{'About'};

$News = $formdata{'News'};

$Products = $formdata{'Products'};

$Link = $formdata{'Link'};



@New = ("Tex1=$Tex1&Contact=$Contact&About=$About&Product s=$Products&News=$News&Link=$Link");



open (LOG, ">/home/htdocs/hosted/draganddrop/drag-drop.net/test/Ex2TextFile.txt") || &ErrorMessage;

print LOG "@New";

close (LOG);





print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

print "Status=Success - Your Comments have beed updated. Please return to the main area to see the results";



sub ErrorMessage {

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

print "Status=Connection Failed Please Check the path to the text File";

exit;

}