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I have developed a CGI program written in Delphi.  It uses Ann Lynnworth's
freeware CGIEnvData component (thanks Ann!) and does some database access
to get the info it needs to produce its HTML.  The server is WebSite, running
on a Windows NT machine.  I compile the code on my Windows 95 machine, and
the executable gets written to the NT machine's cgi-win directory.

The intermitant problem is, that when I run the program from my web browser, I get the
message "Message: Failed to create CGI process" from the server.  If I log in to the
NT console and run Delphi and then quit Delphi, but stay logged in, the program works
fine, either on a local browser or a remote one.  If I log out, it stops working
again.

I copied the example program for CGIEnvData into a different program and ran
it, and it worked fine, without having to run Delphi.

The NT machine is shared by a number of users, so I can't just stay logged in.

Has anyone come across a similar problem?  And if they have, do they know of
a solution?  Thanks for any help or insights.

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Try putting the BDE on the server and apecify the server path in the
BDE NET/DIR property.  Also add the server to the path on every local
machine.  Theoretically that should work.  I should be setting up a
similar situation in the next two weeks.  If you still have problems
please EMail me in a week or two and I should have a definite solution.

Ben
Arrow

Quote:>> The intermitant problem is, that when I run the program from my web
>> browser, I get the message "Message: Failed to create CGI process" from the
>> server.  If I log in to the NT console and run Delphi and then quit Delphi,
>> but stay logged in, the program works fine, either on a local browser or a
>> remote one.  If I log out, it stops working again.

>It sounds as if you are running WebSite as an application as opposed to a
>service (I know this problem because we do the same thing here.) Applications
>get closed down when you log out of a machine, but services continue running.
>You will need to set up WebSite to run as a service on the machine, or stay
>logged in all the time.

David

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