My boss wants me to set up a webstore on our intranet to show the marketing dept. what can be done. My problem is that I have never used perl or cgi to build a website. I always used straight HTML. He gave me the CGI/perl Cookbook which contains a webshop and all I need to get it up and running. I have until Wendsday the 13th to have something to show the managers. I think I have followed every step in the book and in the help section at the Perl website, but I cannot get the button to link to the cgi script. I get a page not found 404 error. Below is the first part of the webshop CGI and the config. txt files. We are running a windows 2000 server machine using IIS and indigo perl which uses Apache. please look at my code and help me find my mistakes. Thanks

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

######################################################################
+######
#                                                                     
+     #
# WebShop                           Version 1.5                       
+     #
# Written by Matthew Wright         mattw@worldwidemart.com           
+     #
# Created 7/12/96                   Last Modified 5/2/97              
+     #
#                                                                     
+     #
# Copyright 1997 Craig Patchett & Matthew Wright.  All Rights Reserved
+.    #
# This program is part of The CGI/Perl Cookbook from John Wiley & Sons
+.    #
# License to use this program or install it on a server (in original o
+r    #
# modified form) is granted only to those who have purchased a copy of
+ The #
# CGI/Perl Cookbook. (This notice must remain as part of the source co
+de.) #
#                                                                     
+     #
######################################################################
+######


######################################################################
+######
# Define configuration constants                                      
+     #
######################################################################
+######

%CONFIG = ('recipient', '',                    'subject', '', 
           'email', '',                        'name', '', 
           'address', '',                      'zip', '', 
           'field_names', '',                  'sort', '', 
           'print_config', '',                 'env_report', '', 
           'redirect', '',                     'required', '', 
           'error_html_template', '',          'success_html_template'
+, '', 
           'email_template', '',               'reply_message_template
+', '', 
           'reply_message_attach', '',         'reply_message_subject'
+, '', 
           'reply_message_from', '',           'log_template', '', 
           'log_filename', '',                 'log_fields', '', 
           'log_delimiter', '||',              'log_uid', '', 
           'blatemail', '',                    'mail_list', '');

# $CONFIG_DIR is the full path to the root directory under which 
# configuration files must be stored. It should end with a directory
# delimiter

$CONFIG_DIR = 'C:/indigoperl-5.6/cgi-bin/webshop/';C:/indigoperl-5.6/h
+tdocs

# $WEBSHOP_CGI_URL is the URL of this CGI script.

$WEBSHOP_CGI_URL = 'http://192.168.0.14/C:/indigoperl-5.6/cgi-bin/webs
+hop.cgi';

# $WEB_SERVER is the host name of your web server.  If the name of you
+r web 
# server is host.xxx, set this to 'host.xxx'.

$WEB_SERVER = '192.168.0.14';

# $SMTP server is the server name of your SMTP server.  For example, i
+f 
# your service provider is host.net, try setting this to host.net or
# smtp.host.net

$SMTP_SERVER = 'mail.herb-pharm.com';

# This is the directory for lock files to be stored.  It is recomended
+ that
# this be set to /tmp if you are on a Unix system or some place outsid
+e of
# the web server space.

$LOCK_DIR = 'c:/indigoperl-5.6/htdocs/tmp/';
             
# This is the maximum amount of time the CGI script should wait before
+ it
# returns an error that it could not lock the file.

$MAX_WAIT = 5;

# $REQUIRE_DIR is the directory in which all of your required files ar
+e
# placed.  On most systems, if ou leave the required files in the same
# directory as the CGI script, you can leave this variable blank.  
# Otherwise, if you move the required files to another directory, spec
+ify
# the full path here.

$REQUIRE_DIR = 'c:/indigoperl-5.6/cgi-bin';
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Config.txt

# Data File Variables

$DATABASE = 'c:/indigoperl-5.6/htdocs/database.txt';
$MAX_MINUTES = 15;
$PRODUCT_INFO = 'c:/indigoperl-5.6/htdocs/products.txt';
$TAX_TABLE = 'c:/indigoperl-5.6/htdocs/taxes.txt';
$SHIPPING_TABLE = 'c:/indigoperl-5.6/htdocs/shipping.txt';

# Page Template Variables

$BASE_PRODUCT_PATH = 'c:/indigoperl-5.6/htdocs/';
$INTRO_HTML = 'c:/indigoperl-5.6/htdocs/feedback.htm';
$REVIEW_TEMPLATE = 'c:/indigoperl-5.6/htdocs/feedback.htm';
$INVOICE_TEMPLATE = 'c:/indigoperl-5.6/htdocs/invoice.html';
$FINAL_TEMPLATE = 'c:/indigoperl-5.6/htdocs/final.html';

# Email Variables

$EMAIL_TEMPLATE = 'c:/indigoperl-5.6/htdocs/feedback.txt';
$ORDER_SUBJECT = 'FeedBack Information';
$ORDER_TO = 'eagle5@cdsnet.net';
$CC_ORDER = '';
$REPLY_TEMPLATE = 'c:/indigoperl-5.6/htdocs/feedback.txt';
$REPLY_SUBJECT = 'Order Confirmation';
$REPLY_FROM = 'Herb Pharm <wbishop@herb-pharm.com>';

1;
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