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Can I use cgi? &nbsp;I am not running a web server from this particular machine. &nbsp;I read another post where it said to use image which will then run the script. &nbsp;Would that be a possible solution?
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Can I use cgi?  I am not running a web server from this particular machine.  I read another post where it said to use image which will then run the script.  Would that be a possible solution?

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Yes, an &lt;img src=&quot;something.cgi&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot;&gt; would work well too.<br />
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Now, if you are not running a web server then how do the pages get to the client?<br />
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You will need a web server so that the computer that is to run the script can actually receive and know what to do with the requests generated on the web page. &nbsp;It would be VERY SCARY if there were some way round that. &nbsp;COnsider the possibility of web pages writen by others executing code on your computer!<br />
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Yes, an <img src="something.cgi" width="1" height="1"> would work well too.

Now, if you are not running a web server then how do the pages get to the client?

You will need a web server so that the computer that is to run the script can actually receive and know what to do with the requests generated on the web page.  It would be VERY SCARY if there were some way round that.  COnsider the possibility of web pages writen by others executing code on your computer!



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good popint I did forget that file:// is a legitimate protocol for most browsers. &nbsp;But I doubt that he is doing that
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good popint I did forget that file:// is a legitimate protocol for most browsers.  But I doubt that he is doing that

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How do I launch a perl script from an html page?????<br />
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How do I launch a perl script from an html page?????



Run a perl script from an html page.

Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming languages with over 25 years of development. Perl 5 runs on over 100 platforms from portables to mainframes and is suitable for both rapid prototyping and large-scale development projects.  Perl gained widespread popularity as a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripting language, in part due to its regular expression and string parsing abilities. In addition to CGI, Perl is used for graphics programming, system administration, network programming, finance, bioinformatics, and other applications.