Bill, Do you need to run WebStar, or are you willing to use Apache that is built in? I have some Applescripts that I use to build our business cards in Quark that I drive from a web page. I have Perl handle the cgi call and reformat the database query result to text and store it as a file, and then use a system call to execute the Applescript. For low volume, it "works", a bit of a kludge, but it does the job. I changed the group the www user runs under so that it can access the gui otherwise it will not do anything because of access priviledges. OS X server is supposed to have the apache plugin to allow it to execute Applescripts directly, but I am not sure what it does about scripts that access apps as the apps need access to the gui. Lloyd > From: Bill Steele <[log in to unmask]> > Date: May 17, 2007 12:23:36 PM EST > Subject: WebSTAR AppleEventExample > > > In the WebSTAR cgi-bin, as installed, we find AppleEventExample.acgi. > Pointing a form at it does nothing. Trying to open it in Script > Editor does nothing (perhaps saved as run-only, a lovely way to supply > an example). > > Anybody know what this thing is? > > What I really want is the syntax for an Applescript CGI with WebSTAR 5 > on OS X. Does it still use "on handle CGI request searching for path > args..." etc.? or is there some new syntax for stdin or some such? > > When I use one of my old OS 9 CGIs, it runs and appears in the > toolbar, but doesn't do anything. Googling the topic produces tons of > information on using Applescript CGIs with Machttp. Plus a lot of > stuff in German and Japanese. > -- >