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embed a CGI script inside an HTML page 3

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nix45

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I have a Perl/CGI script that generates a drop down list (form) after gathering certain information from the OS. I want to add this script to the top of a regular HTML page and have it execute before the HTML page loads. Right now, I have to call it manually in the browser, I did a little research and it looks like I might be able to do this with an 'include' statement, but I think that only works with SHTML pages. I'm not that familiar with SHTML.

What are my options here?

Thanks,
Chris
 
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You can either call your script from a Server Side Include

<!--#exec cmd=&quot;your script here&quot;-->

or

embed your HTML page within the script


#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

print &quot;content-type:text/html\n\n&quot;;
print <<EOF;
<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>

<select type=1 name=pulldown>
EOF;

####################################

sub { Add your perl logic here }

####################################

print <<EOF;
</select>

</body>
</html>
EOF;




 
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New to SSI?

You'll need to make sure that your server permits SSI (Server Side Includes)

SHTML is basically the extension you give a HTML file with an embedded SSI, so the webserver knows that it has to do something different

Check the documentation for your webserver

Regards
--Paul
 
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If you use SSI's, do you have to use the .shtml extension?

Thanks,
Chris
 
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If you're using apache I think you do, but I'm not 100% sure

What webserver are you using?

--Paul
 
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YOu define in the httpd.conf what file extensions get processed as SSI. It defaults to .shtml but you can add others (.html if your masochistic).

Like Paul said ,Docs..
 
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