SPUG: Using HTML as GUI

Marc M. Adkins Marc.M.Adkins at Doorways.org
Fri Jul 25 18:40:21 CDT 2003


> Here's the problem in this happy story. What if the machine does
> not have IIS? How do I run this as a localhost CGI script in that
> case? Are there tiny web servers that can be configured to just
> run a single (Perl) program? I want to keep the machine secure,
> and at the same time use a local web server as a cheap way to get
> a GUI.

Why not use HTTP::Daemon?  It comes with ActiveState.  This is what I always
use in the same situation.  It works fine, it's easy to use.  No fuss, no
muss.

It's possible to add some Win32::OLE code to start IE pointing at the
HTTP::Daemon port.  So you start your tool from a command line and it runs
and IE comes up and shows the page it vends.

mma




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