CGI-scripts
CGI-script is used to process data received from submitted web forms. The Web Form Toolbox is designed to work with certain formats of submissions. This is why specialized CGI-scripts are required for web form processing. The difference in CGI-scripts is caused by the fact that the data entered in the web form fields, when received, is marked by special tags.
 
A sample of this is when a user enters his e-mail address in the "e-mail" field ("office@eglum.com"). A regular script will translate this data into the following line :
email : office@eglum.com

A specialized script will present this data as :
<!email>office@eglum.com</!email>
 
If you have a script that was custom designed for you, or you have a specialist who can properly modify the regular script that you use, you can make minor changes to your script without any problems. However, the easiest way is to use ready-made scripts that you can download for free on this page.
 
After you have downloaded the script, you need to :

make minor changes in the file settings (please see the instructions below);

place the script in the cgi-bin directory on your server. This directory can also be called cgi-local, cgi-win, etc. - depending on your server provider. The point is that this directory should be designed to support CGI-scripts and that you should be able to place your script into this directory.

 
Perl script
This CGI-script is written with Perl and made for web form processing. It is designed mostly for Linux & Unix based servers, although it is supported by Windows-servers as well. The major requirement is that your server should support CGI-scripts written in Perl. As Perl is a standard language for writing CGI-scripts, usually most servers support such scripts. You can use the script downloaded from this page as it is, without any additional changes. It is ready for work and you can just place it on your server.
 
In order to install the script you need to :

Download the file wftmailer-unix.zip to your computer and unzip it. As a result, you will have the file wftmailer.pl.

By using an FTP, download the file wftmailer.pl into the CGI-directory (cgi-bin, cgi-local, etc.).
 

Last update : May 03, 2003
Size : 3.66 Kb
Platform : web servers with Perl support
Terms of distribution : free

download Perl script

 
Windows script
If your web hosting server works with Windows and for some reason does not support Perl, you can download the script as an exe-file. This CGI-script is designed for processing web forms located on Windows-based servers. In order to install the script you need to :

Download the file wftmailer-win.zip and unpack it. As a result, you will have two files: wftmailer.exe and wftmailer.txt.

Open the file wftmailer.txt (with Notepad).
 
Then perform the following operations :

In the line ">I>Host=your domain" instead of "your domain" enter the domain name of the provider whose SMTP mail server you will be using for sending your replies to the web forms. For example, for Eglum software this server is www.eglum.com, so the line will look like: "Host=www.eglum.com".

In the line "Port=25" change the port number to the one that is used by your SMTP mail server. Please note that 25 is a standard and most commonly used port number for SMTP servers, and you most probably won't need to touch this line.

Place the script wftmailer.exe and reference file wftmailer.txt into the cgi-directory on the server.
 

Last update : May 03, 2003
Size : 236 Kb
Platform : Windows based web servers
Terms of distribution : free

download script for Windows

 
If you need assistance with setting up CGI-scripts, we can offer you one of our Program Setup services, which include web form and CGI-script installation and configuration.