try use redirections.
e.g, call your php script that redirects to your pl script with all required
parameters that redirects for a resulting php script... arrrgghhhh
but i think the better way is to convert everthing to PHP or Perl
Cheers
............................................
Valter Santos
WEB/WAP Consultant
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jarosław Jankowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 8:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP] PHP and Perl
>
>
> Hi,
> I have something like this in the script :
> <?
> header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
> header("Content-Disposition:filename=$clientname.xls");
> set_time_limit(180);
> passthru("d:\\perl\\bin\\perl.exe test2.pl $var \"$query\"
> \"$query1\"");
> exit;
> ?>
> Perl script is generating Excel file.
> My question is :
> How to do it in PHP (maybe javascript) that after sending data to
> this script first I will have window with something like " Wait,
> generating file"
> and when perl script is done another window with link to
> generated file?
> Any suggestions ?
> Thx in advance.
> jarek
>
>
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