Problem getting output from CGI in browser

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Colin

Hi, I am new to VB ASP.NET. I have posted to this group because of VB
and ASP. If it is wrong please corrct me to the right group.

I have a third party product which gives me an application called
GETTK1.EXE

My application home directory is c:\stuff\stuff\TEST1

When I type into my browser http://localhost/TEST1/GETTK1.EXE I receive
a whole page of the file contents with all sorts of wierd characters.
The manual says I should receive back something else (printed below).
When I type c:\stuff\stuff\GETTK1 I get the following output.


<HTML>
<BODY>
Validation ok; program must be run from within browser such as IE
</BODY>
</HTML>


I want to see this text in the browser. What do I do?

Thank you
Colin
 
Colin said:
Hi, I am new to VB ASP.NET. I have posted to this group because of VB
and ASP. If it is wrong please corrct me to the right group.
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This is a .NET group, and so it isn't the best newsgroup for your question.
One of the IIS newsgroups would be best, but...
I have a third party product which gives me an application called
GETTK1.EXE

My application home directory is c:\stuff\stuff\TEST1

When I type into my browser http://localhost/TEST1/GETTK1.EXE I
receive a whole page of the file contents with all sorts of wierd
characters.
Click to expand...

Try this:

Open internet information services, Right-click on your website entry
(usually 'Default Web Site') and select properties. On the Home Directory
tab, make sure Execute Permissions is set to Scripts and Executables.

See if that works.
 
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