PERL CGI Freelance - returning rtf

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returning rtf

Antonio

2004-03-27, 12:02 am

I'm sorry for the triviality of the problem: I'm new both to perl and to
cgi.

I need to return an rtf document; I've it on a file, so there are many ways
to do it; but first I tried the simplest thing:

open RTF, ...;
print "Content-type: application/rtf\n\n";
while (<RTF> ) {
print;
}

but the browser (IE6.0) asked me for downloading ... the .pl program itself.
I'm using an apache server and ActivePerl under W98; my mime.types seem to
be correct. Can anyone show me where I go wrong?

Thanks,
Antonio.

Tintin

2004-03-27, 12:02 am

"Antonio" <ng72aV31bo46@fastwebnet.it> wrote in message
news:GdH8c.10261$jY1.6072@tornado.fastwebnet.it...
> I'm sorry for the triviality of the problem: I'm new both to perl and to
> cgi.

and to the concept of what "freelance" is.

>
> I need to return an rtf document; I've it on a file, so there are many
ways
> to do it; but first I tried the simplest thing:
>
>
> open RTF, ...;
> print "Content-type: application/rtf\n\n";
> while (<RTF> ) {
> print;
> }
>
> but the browser (IE6.0) asked me for downloading ... the .pl program
itself.
> I'm using an apache server and ActivePerl under W98; my mime.types seem to
> be correct. Can anyone show me where I go wrong?

Open the ActiveState Perl documention and go down to "ActivePerl FAQ"-"Web
Server Config"

Any more questions all we'll have to charge you.

Vorxion

2004-03-27, 12:02 am

In article <c40tm8$2d303j$1@ID-172104.news.uni-berlin.de>, Tintin wrote:
>
>"Antonio" <ng72aV31bo46@fastwebnet.it> wrote in message
>news:GdH8c.10261$jY1.6072@tornado.fastwebnet.it...
>
>and to the concept of what "freelance" is.

No doubt.

>Any more questions all we'll have to charge you.

I think we should have charged anyway. Not RTFM'ing: $275.

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Vorxion - Member of The Vortexa Elite

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