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The Question is:

 
Can you refer me to anyone who knows how to interface Alpha Openvms to
Netscape fasttrack server. In Shell International Oil Products in Amsterdam
we have systems installed worldwide and we are connected via the shell
internal network using NetScape web b
rowser. Our legacy systems in the refineries run under OpenVms and the most
convenient way for us to export the data is via the web. Our applications
are developed using Fortran and Pascal.
 
We would like user to be able to start a program in the OpenVms system, from
his/her WNT station, via the Netscape Browser. We have chosen Fasttrack
server in our Alpha.
 
Regards,
 
James Kong
 
James.J.Kong@OPC.shell.com
James_pc_kong@hotmail.com

The Answer is :

 
  The basic technique used for this purpose uses an interface refered
  to as CGI -- writing basic CGI applications is generally quite simple.
 
  For (very) introductory information on interfacing applications to
  a webserver, see the second edition of the _Guide to Writing Real
  Programs in DCL_, available from the Butterworth Heinemann Digital
  Press imprint.
 
  Examples of DCL and OpenVMS application use of CGI are also found around
  the Internet, and have been posted to the comp.os.newsgroup.
 
  Once you understand the basic CGI operations using DCL, the creation
  of executable images that use CGI generally follows easily.
 

  
     
     answer written or last revised on ( 20-AUG-1999 )
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