Hello, I've just started Perl programming, am learning with a NT Server, and am doing all my programms on windows. I am trying to upload a simple hello program to my server and have uploaded it successfully. The problem is that when I try and open the file from a browser I do not get hello world written on the screen but a box asking where I want hello.perl.exe saved. Perl.exe is the extension to be used for my server and there is no directory needed. I can save and open this file but it just show's the programm I have written to put Hello world on the screen. Here is a copy of my programm I was wondering if I'm doing something wrong or if anyone else has had this kind of problem and can help? 
#!/usr/bin/perl.exe -w
use CGI qw(:standard);
use strict;

print header;
print "<B>Hello, World!</B>";

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Is there something I must do to run the program through the server? It seems as if it's only letting me access the program instead of it running the programm for me, (I have tested it in ms dos and the program does work on my system). I'm typing in www.myserver(my web domain name).com/Hello.perl.exe and that is when I get the dialog box asking where I want to save the file. I have uploaded the file by cuteftp, with the perl.exe extension on the end. Thank you for your help, Monkette!

Edit: chipmunk 2001-03-07

In reply to Win. Ftp. Files, Browsers by kdelph

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