Paul Rubin wrote: > goldtech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> So I can present the user with an HTML form in it - but how can I >> write the form data to a local file on my work station? > > The simplest way is with the cgi and CGIHTTPServer modules. You'd > write your form in an html file, with the target set to a Python > script that you'd write as a cgi. Then you'd write a trivial CGI HTTP > server (look at the example code in the comments) with CGIHTTPServer. > The user would point their browser at your server (you could make a > desktop shortcut for that), the browser shows the html file, and the > submit button sends the form contents to your cgi. > > This is very basic, old-school web programming, not as flexible or > high-performance as using the fancy frameworks, but a lot simpler for > limited applications like what you're describing.
CGIHTTPServer is not available on Windows (OP said they are on Win XP) due to use of fork and exec to execute the CGI. I suggested a few other options in my reply, but unfortunately CGIHTTPServer is not an option for this task. -Jay -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
