I had a situation where I was able to run a script with the download... message to jit.uldl when using a mac. no luck on PC.

John.

Your solution could depend on what the cgi sends back. If you are retrieving an image, jit-webimage-example.pat in the examples folder might be the simplest way to go. The code shows how simple it can be to retireve values using a URL. If anything, getting text back is even simpler, and can be done in much the same way.

For more complex HTTP requests, if you can work with Java, Jakarta Commons HttpClient can get you up and running with surprisingly few lines of code. It can also let you handle login/password access transparently.

http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/httpclient/

Sometimes it helps to debug things locally. If you're on a Mac, you can run your local web server (Personal Web Sharing in System Preferences/sharing) and set up a simple Perl script in /Library/Webserver/CGI-Executables directory.

HTH,

-- Paul

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