Okay, I'm bouncing this around on a few different forums, but since I am using Perl CGI - I thought I'd brush it by ya'll too.
Problem: I have a Perl script that is creating an HTML page that includes an applet. When my browser views the page, the applet does not load and gives the following message:
load: class myApplet not found

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The Apache error_log reads: 
[Tue Apr  3 13:59:59 2001] [error] (8)Exec format error: exec of /usr/
+local/apache/cgi-bin/agency/PieChartApplet.class failed

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What I guess is trying to happen is that Apache is trying to 'execute' the applet instead of 'serving' it. I can take a static html file and myApplet into an htdocs directory and view it from a browser no problem, but not when my perl script creates the HTML page.
Question: Has anyone seen this before and is there a Perl workaround that will handle this?
I'm using the latest version of Apache and Perl (and Perl's CGI module). I believe my permissions and ownership for myApplet are correct. It looks like this might be an Apache issue, but I have not been able to find anything on it yet.
Thanks in advance.

In reply to cannot load applet using Perl/CGI by Anonymous Monk

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