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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