Re: WebCatalog 4.0.2b5 available
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texte = Grant -Could you confirm that you have replicated my testing below? I am getting increasing pressure from above to make our sites work with AOL 5.0 and I believe the illegal HTTP headers are at the core of the problem. I don't expect you to fix $WebCat.exe overnight, but it would be nice to get confirmation that you see that it is a problem. I just installed 4.0.2b5 on a machine with only IIS 4.0 and I see the exact same behavior when I run $WebCat.exe from the command line.Thanks muchJohn PeacockJohn Peacock wrote: > > Grant - > > WebSite allows me to save the CGI-created text as files, as they would > be sent out by WS; it's under Logging options (API/CGI Execution). I > realize that IIS should be acting the same way; is there a similar > option under IIS for CGI debugging? No other CGI emits cr/cr/lf under > WebSite, so that kind of limits it to WebCat. > > Can I run $WebCat.exe as a standalone app in a DOS box? Hmm, it appears > that I can. Look at the included file, generated by running > > $WebCat.exe > testfile.txt > > Here it is (using Less.exe): > > HTTP/1.0 200 OK^M > Content-type: text/html > Content-Length: 120^M > ^M > Error: template '' not foundError: template security preferences do not > allow re > mote access to files with that extension > > Those ^M's are embedded additional carriage returns! If I look at the > testfile.txt file in hex mode, I see the exact 0D 0D 0A (i.e. cr/cr/lf). > Why IIS is filtering these out is beyond me; normal CGI behavior is for > the webserver to transmit exactly what the CGI generates. Doesn't > suprise me that IIS is messing with the content. > > So, it has to be something in the NT version of $WebCat.exe! > > QED > > John Peacock > > Grant Hulbert wrote: > > > > >I can 100% prove that WebCat is emitting the cr/cr/lf pairs, because I > > >just turned on CGI debugging and see them in the raw file that WebCat > > >creates. WebSite only sends out what WebCat hands it; is it possible > > >that IIS actually parses through the files and fixes up the bad EOL > > >characters? > > > > WebCatalog does not create any such raw files, so perhaps it's > > WebSite's CGI->HTTP transport mechanism that's introducing them. > > Unless you think it's $WebCat.exe that's inserting them? If so, it > > would insert them under IIS too. > > > > -- > > Grant Hulbert, Director of Engineering ********************************** > > Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog) > > 16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | ------------------------- > > San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development > > Main Line: (858) 675-1106 | http://www.smithmicro.com > > Fax: (858) 675-0372 **********************************############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Grant -Could you confirm that you have replicated my testing below? I am getting increasing pressure from above to make our sites work with AOL 5.0 and I believe the illegal HTTP headers are at the core of the problem. I don't expect you to fix $WebCat.exe overnight, but it would be nice to get confirmation that you see that it is a problem. I just installed 4.0.2b5 on a machine with only IIS 4.0 and I see the exact same behavior when I run $WebCat.exe from the command line.Thanks muchJohn PeacockJohn Peacock wrote: > > Grant - > > WebSite allows me to save the CGI-created text as files, as they would > be sent out by WS; it's under Logging options (API/CGI Execution). I > realize that IIS should be acting the same way; is there a similar > option under IIS for CGI debugging? No other CGI emits cr/cr/lf under > WebSite, so that kind of limits it to WebCat. > > Can I run $WebCat.exe as a standalone app in a DOS box? Hmm, it appears > that I can. Look at the included file, generated by running > > $WebCat.exe > testfile.txt > > Here it is (using Less.exe): > > HTTP/1.0 200 OK^M > Content-type: text/html > Content-Length: 120^M > ^M > Error: template '' not foundError: template security preferences do not > allow re > mote access to files with that extension > > Those ^M's are embedded additional carriage returns! If I look at the > testfile.txt file in hex mode, I see the exact 0D 0D 0A (i.e. cr/cr/lf). > Why IIS is filtering these out is beyond me; normal CGI behavior is for > the webserver to transmit exactly what the CGI generates. Doesn't > suprise me that IIS is messing with the content. > > So, it has to be something in the NT version of $WebCat.exe! > > QED > > John Peacock > > Grant Hulbert wrote: > > > > >I can 100% prove that WebCat is emitting the cr/cr/lf pairs, because I > > >just turned on CGI debugging and see them in the raw file that WebCat > > >creates. WebSite only sends out what WebCat hands it; is it possible > > >that IIS actually parses through the files and fixes up the bad EOL > > >characters? > > > > WebCatalog does not create any such raw files, so perhaps it's > > WebSite's CGI->HTTP transport mechanism that's introducing them. > > Unless you think it's $WebCat.exe that's inserting them? If so, it > > would insert them under IIS too. > > > > -- > > Grant Hulbert, Director of Engineering ********************************** > > Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog) > > 16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | ------------------------- > > San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development > > Main Line: (858) 675-1106 | http://www.smithmicro.com > > Fax: (858) 675-0372 **********************************############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to
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