I am attempting to try out oecgi to see if it's worth using and I have run into the following problem.

When I when I try to run custom inet procedure's they seem to cause OECGI to hang on all 3 machines.

I kept it simple to make sure it was working:

Function inet_test(Request)

html=It worked"

Return html

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Any suggestions on either or these things would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bob

Does this help:

"Forgot to grab a copies of the new RCL3, REVCAP32 and UTF8 dll's and put them into my cgi-bin along with a fresh copy of the OECGI"

From .. Tim Farmer

Don M.

Bob-

What error do you see in the browser?

No error message, the percent bar just hangs forever. OECGI runs in the background forever and never closes. (When I say forever I left for the night and it was still running in the morning)

I mapped the directory to root of OI32. So it should have all of the files it needs.

I can run inet_trace and other pre-defined inet proc's which leads me to believe it's not a setup issue on the web server. I tested it on both IIS 5.1 IIS 5.0 and Apache 2.40 with the same results.

Bob,

I mapped the directory to root of OI32. So it should have all of the files it needs.

I am not sure what you mean by this, but if you mean mapping a network drive, then I suspect that you are trying to access a network drive while running under the context of the HTTP service, which does not work.  Check out this link for more information:  [url=http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;257174]Using Mapped Drives with IIS[/url].

Pat

When I say mapped I am referring to creating a virtual directory under IIS that has execution privileges. The copy of OI32 is on the same server as IIS.

It launches OECGI and I can run predefined Inet functions such as Inet_Trace just not custom ones.

I just installed the patch from Mike but it doesn't seem to help.

Is it possible I am missing a step in creating a custom inet function? Do you have to run a function to declare an inet function before you can use it similar to the way you use Declare_FCNS?

Bob,

There really isn't anything special about custom INET functions. I am assuming that the program header identifies this as a function and not a subroutine. What happens if you call your custom INET functions from within a pre-defined one?

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SRP Computer Solutions, Inc.

Function inet_test(Request)

html=It worked"

Return html

Yes I declared it as a function and yes I can call it from the pre-defined inet functions. So I could use something like inet_aborted (which I don't think is used anymore with OECGI) modify it to pass the name of my custom inet function and it works….. But this is kind of a cheesy hack.

My guess is that OECGI is throwing some kind of error and since it is a service it just sits there forever waiting for someone to click ok or until it times out.

Bob,

Just a crazy thought, but is "It worked" valid HTML? What happens if you did this instead:

Function inet_test(Request)

html=It worked"

Return html

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SRP Computer Solutions, Inc.

Bob-

just a quick idea during halftime here- modify INET_TRACE to indicate that you are really running it, and then test the page again. I wonder if you're not hitting the engine you think you are..

My crazy thought is do you get the same effect with your own little test program under the SYSPROG application?

Pat

No it's not valid HTML but IE can display text as well as html. Although I did test it with the head and body tags to make sure.

I am using SYSPROG.

I have only 1 32 bit system on the machine. I was able to modified Inet_Aborted and pass it the custom inet function execute it and return the results. So am fairly sure it's the same engine and system.

http://localhost/oi32/oecgi.exe/inet_aborted?proc=inet_test

Is the post an error?

What do you get with

http://localhost/oi32/oecgi.exe/inet_trace

or

http://localhost/oi32/oecgi.exe/inet_test

http://localhost/oi32/oecgi.exe/inet_trace

CONTENT_LENGTH=0

CONTENT_TYPE=

GATEWAY_INTERFACE=CGI/1.1

HTTPS=off

HTTP_ACCEPT=image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*

HTTP_COOKIE=

HTTP_FROM=

HTTP_REFERER=

HTTP_USER_AGENT=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)

PATH_INFO=/INET_trace

PATH_TRANSLATED=D:\elexioVP\vp32\inet_trace

QUERY_STRING=

REMOTE_ADDR=127.0.0.1

REMOTE_HOST=127.0.0.1

REMOTE_IDENT=

REMOTE_USER=

REQUEST_METHOD=GET

SCRIPT_NAME=/oecgi.exe

SERVER_NAME=localhost

SERVER_PORT=80

SERVER_PROTOCOL=HTTP/1.1

SERVER_SOFTWARE=Microsoft-IIS/5.0

SERVER_URL=

http://localhost/oi32/oecgi.exe/inet_test

Does nothing just hangs, no error message nothing.

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