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Running Script when HTML pages loads
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nochoice,
In the past I've run cgi's to generate Javascript to generate server side content as a page is loading, but what you're after is probably a server side include (SSI), or else use a CGI to generate the entire content using survey.cgi's functionality as a contribution to the HTML that is currently contained in index.html
HTH
Paul
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In the past I've run cgi's to generate Javascript to generate server side content as a page is loading, but what you're after is probably a server side include (SSI), or else use a CGI to generate the entire content using survey.cgi's functionality as a contribution to the HTML that is currently contained in index.html
HTH
Paul
It's important in life to always strike a happy medium, so if you see someone with a crystal ball, and a smile on their face ...
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I put this in at the bottom of the page and all over the place and tried removing the:
<!-- -->
but nothing worked.
I decided to use javascript which works, but I would really like to get the CGI to execute when the page is loaded, any other ideas??....
Thanks for you help guys,
nochoice
<!-- -->
but nothing worked.
I decided to use javascript which works, but I would really like to get the CGI to execute when the page is loaded, any other ideas??....
Thanks for you help guys,
nochoice
<!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/scriptname.cgi" -->
The green bits are the comment placeholders which are ignored by the browser (actually pretty much anything in angle braces is ignored by the browser) but the <#!--, and --> constructs are there for human readability as comments and for syntax checkers to change the colour of comments so thery're even more human readable.
The red bit, now that's the server side include (SSI), but your webserver has to be configured to run these. As for placement I think you can place these wherever you want the script to fire.
For more direction, advise on what webserver you're using, or go to the forum for that webserver, and see if anyone can point you in the right direction of good documentation on the subject.
HTH
Paul
It's important in life to always strike a happy medium, so if you see someone with a crystal ball, and a smile on their face ...
The green bits are the comment placeholders which are ignored by the browser (actually pretty much anything in angle braces is ignored by the browser) but the <#!--, and --> constructs are there for human readability as comments and for syntax checkers to change the colour of comments so thery're even more human readable.
The red bit, now that's the server side include (SSI), but your webserver has to be configured to run these. As for placement I think you can place these wherever you want the script to fire.
For more direction, advise on what webserver you're using, or go to the forum for that webserver, and see if anyone can point you in the right direction of good documentation on the subject.
HTH
Paul
It's important in life to always strike a happy medium, so if you see someone with a crystal ball, and a smile on their face ...
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