HP e3000 Web Server CGI Programming (November 2008)

separate server program and make the CGI program a small and lightweight client that

communicates with this server program via IPC mechanisms (like message files) to get the task

done. This will be simple to do with the FastCGI architecture which will become available on the HP

3000 soon. With FastCGI, your CGI program will become a true server, always running (as opposed

to being created, executed and destroyed with every request). Moreover, the design of FastCGI is

such that you can migrate your CGI program to use FastCGI with very minor modifications.

Conclusion

Overall, writing CGI programs for MPE is not very different from writing them for Unix or any other

platform. CGI is an easy way to put a universal Graphical front end on your legacy applications. The

COBOL example that will soon be included in this paper will demonstrate how to convert a COBOL

application with a VPLUS front end to a CGI program with a browser front end. At HP World '97 in

Chicago, a paper detailing writing CGI programs accessing Image data will be presented.

Watch out for more white papers like these that help you web-enable your HP 3000s and do e-

commerce on the web.

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