sending form data to text file on local drive

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2 total messages Started by onyx Tue, 30 Jan 1996 18:33

Author: onyx
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 18:33

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I have the need to collect form data from a html form and send the
data to an ascii file on the server. Once the data is in place I would
like for a program to print the results to a printer connected to the
server.

Does CGI support these types of functions? I have seen the results of
data from a form sent to an email address (mailto:)... the results
were the name of the field and the contents of the field, seperated by
a character (can not remember the character). Can a CGI script be told
to remove the field name leaving only the data and write the file to a
harddisk?

I would appreciate a response via email rather than to retrieve it
from here.

Thanx

onyx

Re: sending form data to text file on local drive

Author: Donald-Anthony C. Phillips
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:37

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There is considerable work being done with VB CGI.  Most Windows based
webservers now allow for VB as the CGI.  Just like you can use the
Post.c, Query.c and Util.c on Unix to aid in form data translation,
you can use a file called CGI.bas which has every thing needed to
decode form data.  Once you add this file to your project, your CGI
will have access to all the form data with little effort.

What I need to know is are you running a Windows or Unix based server.
If you'd like some more assistance in CGI programming, E-mail me with
some more details.

Donald-Anthony C. Phillips
Programmer/Analyst
 Rockwell  Automation
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        Allen-Bradley
don.phillips@ab.com

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