READ ME** upload as ASCII to Front Page

["Richard Teachout" <richt@teachout.com>]

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For those who have trouble uploading in ascii to
FrontPage (those of us Perl People, well anyone
using Minivend and Front Page)
I found this on some site.. and it works.
(Another little documented Microsoft quirk)

How do I make sure that the scripts are uploaded
in the ASCII format using Front Page?

When using nonstandard files, such as CGI scripts or Perl programs that will
be published to a Unix server, FrontPage needs to know how to send the files
to the server. As CGI scripts and Perl programs are standard ASCII, their
extensions need to be added to the service.cnf file found in the _vti_pvt
directory located under the root web which is most commonly found at
drive:\webshare\wwwroot. To set additional ASCII extensions, open the file
"service.cnf" using an ASCII text editor such as Notepad. Find the entry
"vti_txtextensions" and append the file extensions for your scripts or Perl
programs. For example, in "vti_textextensions:SX|.*.txt.bas.c.h.pl.cgi.", we
have appended ".pl.cgi." Please note that the ending period is required.

I Definitely thought others could benefit from this find.. I've been
wondering
how the heck to do this for a year (so has my hosting company!!)

I am sending this to the list to document it for others!

            -Richard Teachout
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