Re: MV 3.12 problems with Win95. Must I switch to NT or Linux?

["Stefano Pascucci" <s.pascucci@cdq.it>]

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Hi Joe

I have the same problem with minivend... but i'm here to tell more 
about.

I have tested 3.12 version both on NT 4.0 - IIS4 machine and on 
win98 - WebSite pro 1.1g machine, with the same results.

I have installed the same activestate version as you.

The problem seems to be related to "redirection " feature of three 
pages, "frame.html", "noframe.html" and "last_search.html". The 
fist page is called from the "http://localhost/cgi-
bin/simple.exe/frames" link, too. So it seems to be a problem 
connected to redirection page & web capabilities, and strictly 
connected to that feature implemented in minivend. I can not 
understand more about (I'm not a programmer), but it probably 
should be fixed fast by a good programmer (I'm looking for it:-)

I hope it will be fixed soon


> 
> I am running Apache 1.3.6 for Win32  and Perl 5.005_02  (ActiveState binary build 509, which includes the
> recommended "standard" Perl distribution features for Win32) on a 233MHz Pentium/MMX  running
> Windows 95. I was successfully using this as a development platform with Minivend 3.11 for a few weeks
> with no problems. However, after installing and running 'makecat' for the 'simple' demo with the upgraded
> Minivend 3.12, I have been having  the following problems:
> 
> In Netscape, after clicking "frames" (http://localhost/cgi-bin/simple.exe/frames) or "noframes" (http://localhost/cgi-bin/simple/noframes), instead of the generated HTML displaying in
> the browser, the "Save As..." dialog pops up. It is as if Netscape does not understand that the
> output from simple.exe is HTML (an incorrect header?). I have tweaked the various options in
> httpd.conf, but it does not make a difference. Also, I did not change mime.types from their defaults
> No errors showed up in httpd's error_log or in the shell running "minivend -serve".
> If I save the results to disk and look at it in Netscape from disk, it looks like normal HTML and
> appears fine in the browser, so simple.exe appears  to be doing its job.
> 
> With MSIE 4.0, I get a different behavior. Instead of "Save As..." popping up, it waits for a reply
> for about 30 seconds, and then minivend shell complains repeatedly as follows:
>    " WARNING: POSSIBLE BAD ROBOT. 115 accesses with no 30 second pause."
> And then httpd's error_log includes the following:
>    " Premature end of script headers: c:/apps/apachegroup/apache/cgi-bin/simple.exe"
> 
> Is anyone running Minivend 3.12 successfully on Windows95/98 or NT for development,
> or is UNIX the platform of choice? A survey of platforms (OS, HTTP server and version, and Perl version)
> being used by Minivend 3.12 catalog developers would be very helpful to newbies like myself.
> 
> Why can Windows 95+Perl+Apache for Win32 handle Minivend 3.11 but not 3.12
> (even the non-framed version of the 'simple' demo)?
> 
> I plan to deploy the catalog on an ISP running Linux for its robustness over NT, but I prefer the
> Windows environment for development convenience if possible. I dislike having to boot
> Windows to use Dreamweaver, Excel, etc., and reboot with Linux just to modify
> Minivend tags and test the catalog configurations.
> 
> Are there revisions I can make to my Windows 95 set-up to make this work, or should I give it up and
> develop on Linux for Minivend? Or is an upgrade to Windows NT workstation 4 all I need to stay wi
th Win32?
> 
> BTW, I did search the mail server and the FAQ and found references to the robot and premature end

> of header problem, but no concrete SOLUTION seems to be posted.
> 
> Any suggestions will be *greatly* appreciated.
> 
> Thanks for the great Minivend tool, and for this useful mail list.
> 
> Regards,
> Joe
> 
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Stefano Pascucci (Resp. Tecnico)

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