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<DIV>[ sorry for the top post but not really part of the thread ]</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks I will install and test this weekend.</DIV>
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<DIV>However, one point I did want to clear up.</DIV>
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<DIV>>> I own Howie's fpWeb and like it but I don't want to use Apache as my web<BR>>> server.<BR><BR>>Well here's a silly question... Shouldn't Howie be supporting fPWeb?<BR>>Can't you ask him how to use it under IIS? :)<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Howie years ago made it clear that he was not selling or supporting fpWeb any longer. In fact several times over the past year he has seen posts of mine and (unsolicited) gave me direction.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'll let you know how the test goes.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks</DIV>
<DIV>Rick</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Fairlight <fairlite@fairlite.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> filePro Mailing List <filepro-list@lists.celestial.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Mon, March 1, 2010 4:07:54 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: IIs install<BR></FONT><BR>On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 01:28:23PM -0800, Richard Hane may or may not have<BR>proven themselves an utter git by pronouncing:<BR>> Chris,<BR>><BR>> First thanks for the info. As you can see I am also copying this to the<BR>> fp list for further input because frankly I am confused.<BR>><BR>> When using fpWeb on Apache I don't have to do anything with any of the<BR>> tables. All I have to do is load the executible batch files and a<BR>> few other files (ie. HTMLs) to a specific folder from where they are<BR>>
'called'.<BR>><BR>> I do not understand why IIs would be so different than Apache. Maybe I<BR>> don't understand what you are saying.<BR>><BR>> Anyone else want to chime in?<BR><BR>Mr. Yerry's response was..."educational". Can I say, "Avoid like the<BR>plague?"<BR><BR>The whole precept of what he was doing was trying to access fP data<BR>directly, rather than through the actual fP binaries wrapped in CGI.<BR>Altogether the wrong move most of the time.<BR><BR><BR>> I own Howie's fpWeb and like it but I don't want to use Apache as my web<BR>> server.<BR><BR>Well here's a silly question... Shouldn't Howie be supporting fPWeb?<BR>Can't you ask him how to use it under IIS? :)<BR><BR>For my part, here's my free advice:<BR><BR>1) Install filePro somewhere on a local drive (say, c:\filepro).<BR><BR>2) IIS generally has a default web server set up. The default path as I<BR>remember it is c:\inetpub. Under
that, there should be a cgi-bin<BR>directory. Any script you want run should be placed, therefore, in<BR>c:\inetpub\cgi-bin\ and called with http://host.com/cgi-bin/scriptname from<BR>the browser. Mind you, this was for the default IIS setup on Win2K3.<BR><BR>3) Your scripts should use clerk or report from the regular filepro<BR>installation directory.<BR><BR>4) You should set either all of cgi-bin, or at least the individual scripts<BR>to run as the same user that was used for installing filepro. In Apache,<BR>you'd take one of two approaches...either 1) use cgiwrap or suexec to run<BR>just the scripts as filepro, or 2) run apache in its entirety as filepro.<BR>Since Windows is at best quasi-secure anyway, I simply change cgi-bin to run<BR>all scripts as Administrator (which is what most places use to install fP<BR>with anyway), along with the password for said account. I totally ignore<BR>and override the IIS default account
for cgi-bin, since it's been the path<BR>of least resistance. (Good luck trying to find out what the web user's<BR>"real account" is, and how to install fP as that "user"...I think it's a<BR>pseudo-user of some sort.)<BR><BR>That should do it.<BR><BR>I've done IIS + OneGate + fP on multiple IIS machines. It's not hard, as<BR>long as you get the locations, environment, and permissions correct.<BR><BR>If Howie can't/won't help under IIS and you need further help, I'd be<BR>willing to help further offlist, at my normal rates.<BR><BR>mark-><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Filepro-list mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" ymailto="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</A><BR>http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list<BR></DIV></div></body></html>