CGI Scripts

A CGI application can be written in any language that can process stdin and stdout, and can reference environment variables. Visual Basic and NT batch scripts can be used as well as lower-level languages such as C and C++. Once of the most popular languages used in CGI application development is the PERL programming languages. PERL is a very powerful language and has been ported to the Windows NT environment. Because PERL is often called a scripting language, many people refer to CGI applications as CGI scripts. Perl 5.0 is the supported level of our servers. WE recommend that you use PERL for your scripts due to their efficiency and compatibility. And of course you must have a .pl extension to your script. Any script must end in .pl to ensure execution. The Perl directory address at the beginning of your script must be left at default. CGI is programming, don't be mistaken into thinking it is as easy as HTML. It isn't.  If you are going to use Perl, buy a Perl book, . Check the listing of CGI sites on the web for assistance. Do a search at www.yahoo.com for cgi information. They have an incredible amount of sites that are dedicated to helping you set up your scripts.