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Common Gateway Interface, or CGI, works the same way as the ISAPI, providing identical functionality.
<A HREF="/cgi-bin/ibi_cgi/ibiweb.exe?IBIF_ex=procedure[&var=value [&var=value]...]">text</A>
where:
Is the name of the procedure to run.
Is a variable and its corresponding value. The call can include both HTTP environment variables and application variables passed to the procedure.
You can pass more than one variable-value pair, but do not include a space between pairs. Use an ampersand (&) as a delimiter to separate each variable-value pair.
If a value contains an embedded blank, substitute a plus sign (+) or the characters %20 for the blank.
Is the text on the launch page that serves as the hyperlink that runs the procedure.
Note: The maximum length of the URL can be 4K or 4,096 bytes. There is no limit on the number of the parameters, but their total length cannot exceed 4K.
<FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/ibi_cgi/ibiweb.exe" METHOD="get">
<INPUT NAME="IBIF_ex" VALUE="procedure" TYPE="hidden">
.
.
.
</FORM>
where:
Is the name of the procedure to run. The call can include both HTTP environment variables and application variables passed to the procedure.
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