Re: Server Req's for Client-Side Scripting

2003-05-29 Thread WC -Sx- Jones
On Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 01:58 PM, Moshe wrote: ok, thanks for the clarification, that makes sense. Not a problem :) I changed the message on my script to alert the user that they will need to download the script locally then run it. Good, that is a step in the right direction. Now a

Re: Server Req's for Client-Side Scripting

2003-05-29 Thread Moshe
ok, thanks for the clarification, that makes sense. I changed the message on my script to alert the user that they will need to download the script locally then run it. "Wc -Sx- Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > PerlScript was designed sort of as a SSI language

Re: Server Req's for Client-Side Scripting

2003-05-29 Thread WC -Sx- Jones
PerlScript was designed sort of as a SSI language -- with all those types of problems. Anyone that allows anyone else to execute code from the Web Server on the client is a violation of trust on the part of the Web Server. Can you erase someone's harddrive with JavaScript or VBScript? No, but

Re: Server Req's for Client-Side Scripting

2003-05-29 Thread Moshe
So by default, browsers are able to run client-side javascript and vbscript. Are you saying that it is not possible to run PerlScript the same way? Even if I just want to do the same things I would via Javascript, just use PerlScript? I though that perlscript was design for use as a client-side lan

Re: Server Req's for Client-Side Scripting

2003-05-29 Thread WC -Sx- Jones
On Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 12:17 PM, Moshe wrote: I just don't understand why those hidden variables are not set on clients that do have perl and perlscript installed. They are set on my machine when I run the script from my own web server, but doesn't work when uploaded to geocities or bri

Re: Server Req's for Client-Side Scripting

2003-05-29 Thread Moshe
I'm only trying to run client-side code, just like client-side javascript + DHTML... nothing special. If you look at the source you can see that I'm running two lines of perlscript near the end of the file to set values inside HIDDEN form variables. If the variables are set, it means the client can

Re: Server Req's for Client-Side Scripting

2003-05-29 Thread WC -Sx- Jones
On Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 10:49 AM, Moshe wrote: If any of you folks out there have a ie5+ and perl installed on your machine, navigate to this url http://www.geocities.com/udeleng/regex.htm (Regular Expression Lab) and see if you can select PerlScript from the engine listbox. Oh, I can s

Re: Server Req's for Client-Side Scripting

2003-05-29 Thread Moshe
If any of you folks out there have a ie5+ and perl installed on your machine, navigate to this url http://www.geocities.com/udeleng/regex.htm (Regular Expression Lab) and see if you can select PerlScript from the engine listbox. I couldn't. I uploaded this script to brinkster (win2k) and the same t