Yes, that is true but it needs to be able to run on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP. This is not possible for the 9x flavors to run IIS and I do not want to have to install any software to make this report work. That is why I was thinking of using HTML as every Windows machine has a browser.

At work we are constantly having to make sure that people do not install IIS as it is so easy to overlook on Server platform Windows versions. I am aware of how easy it is. But, like I said, 9x is also a target for this and no installation of further software. I am not going to be able to distribute IIS on floppy so this is not an option.

I do thank you for the reply as it is a very good point that is normally overlooked.

Ed

In reply to Re: Re: Re: perl cgi without webserver? by bfdi533
in thread perl cgi without webserver? by bfdi533

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