[Techtalk] gui help cross platform

[Fredrik Wahlberg]

Hi

If I understand you correctly (please correct me if I'm wrong) you need
a button on a web page that calls a script and then presents the results.

I've done a similar application once. A test web page where you clicked
a button an a light switch went on or off. It also said if the light
were on or off at the moment. It was for a demo of an "intelligent
home", we built the coolest doll house for it.

Anyway, I used tcl as a cgi script. I set up a web server on my
workstation and when someone clicked the button (in an ordinary html
form) it called my cgi script. The script then called (through telnet)
an other computer who controlled the I/O for the lights in the doll
house. The cgi script then returned a web page to the user.

When getting a cgi script to return a web page you simply do as if you
would print stuff to the screen, but instead of just printing ordinary
messages you need the print html (so the browser can understand it).

This solution requires the use of a web server though.

Hope I've been helpfull. I'd be happy to answer if you have any more
questions.

Fredrik

> Hi  all
> First, I'll state I am not a programmer and have been assigned this project as a challenge.  I have been working at it for a month and I have one more to go.
> 
> I am trying to build a web based application that will telnet into a terminal,  query the terminal and then spit the results out to a web page.  This is supposed to end up being a test tool for our technicians.  I originally thought I would be using linux or unix.  I have been informed I need to be able to do this on a windows based laptop instead.  I have installed cygwin, perl, tk/tcl and expect on the laptop.  
> I have written the scripts in expect and tested them and they work fine.  
> 
> The problem where I need help is trying to get the expect script to be activated by a gui button and the results spit back out to a gui. I have asked some of the young programmers in my group if they know how, and the answer is no.  They say it should be possible but they have never done this. Does anyone know where I can find some information or examples.  I also gave it a shot in visual basic, but my knowledge of that is low to none and I can't find a telnet object anywhere.  
> 
> I am really grasping at straws.  Panic hasn't set in yet.
> 
> Helen
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