Re: Possible Perl/CGI Application

[email protected] wrote:
> I'm an engineer and I need to build a web based application for a
> customer to view results of my analysis. To simplify the problem say I
> have a duct with a length, width, and height. I have 'avi' files
> showing the fluid behavior in that duct for various combinations of
> these dimensions. The analysis package I use generates movies with the
> naming convention:
> 
> length_width_height.avi
> 
> I want to allow the customer to specify the length, width, and height
> and view the appropriate video file. Ideally using some combination of
> radio buttons, drop downs, etc.
> 
> I am experienced in Perl and have have worked with simple HTML. I was
> told CGI might be the way to go in developing such an application. My
> question is, does that seem reasonable?

Absolutely. Please study the CGI.pm docs to get started.

     perldoc CGI

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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