Howdy

What do I use to call a program in html, in a known directory, and
then have control return to the next html step ?

Thanks tom

Tomy Jon wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Howdy
>
> What do I use to call a program in html, in a known directory, and
> then have control return to the next html step ?
>
> Thanks tom[/color]

If you want a program to execute before a Web page is loaded, use a
server-side include (SSI). Reference the SSI in the BODY of the
page. The server will execute the SSI before delivering the HTML
to your client (browser). SSIs are often UNIX or Perl scripts, but
other SSIs are possible.

Often, an SSI contains the following statements:
print 'Content-type: text/html'
print ''
followed by a print statement that embeds some text (e.g., a
counter) into the HTML being delivered. However, that is not
necessary. You can instead have an SSI that merely executes. That
SSI can, in turn, call another program that is not a script.

I'm not sure what you meant by "have control return to the next
html step". When a server delivers a file (HTML, TXT, etc) to a
client, the entire file is delivered along with any supplemental
files appropriately referenced by the requested file (e.g., CSS,
JPEG).

--

David E. Ross
<URL:http://www.rossde.com/>

I use Mozilla as my Web browser because I want a browser that
complies with Web standards. See <URL:http://www.mozilla.org/>.

Thanks Dave, I will play with SSI and learn how it works.
tom





On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:39:53 -0700, David Ross <nobody@nowhere.not>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>Tomy Jon wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> Howdy
>>
>> What do I use to call a program in html, in a known directory, and
>> then have control return to the next html step ?
>>
>> Thanks tom[/color]
>
>If you want a program to execute before a Web page is loaded, use a
>server-side include (SSI). Reference the SSI in the BODY of the
>page. The server will execute the SSI before delivering the HTML
>to your client (browser). SSIs are often UNIX or Perl scripts, but
>other SSIs are possible.
>
>Often, an SSI contains the following statements:
> print 'Content-type: text/html'
> print ''
>followed by a print statement that embeds some text (e.g., a
>counter) into the HTML being delivered. However, that is not
>necessary. You can instead have an SSI that merely executes. That
>SSI can, in turn, call another program that is not a script.
>
>I'm not sure what you meant by "have control return to the next
>html step". When a server delivers a file (HTML, TXT, etc) to a
>client, the entire file is delivered along with any supplemental
>files appropriately referenced by the requested file (e.g., CSS,
>JPEG).
>
>--
>
>David E. Ross
><URL:http://www.rossde.com/>
>
>I use Mozilla as my Web browser because I want a browser that
>complies with Web standards. See <URL:http://www.mozilla.org/>.[/color]