Porting a rev application to the web

[Len Morgan]

I'd be very leary of sending cgi commands that are directly executing 
commands on your server.

len morgan

Richard Miller wrote:
> I have a fairly extensive Rev multimedia application (an encyclopedia 
> on wood) which I've been selling for years via CD. I'd like to modify 
> it so it runs on the web. I'm not sure how much of the currently 
> functionality I can actually replicate via a browser, but I'm ready to 
> see how far I can go with this.
>
> I'm starting out knowing I need to use cgi functionality as the 
> gateway, and I've recently had some experience setting up a Rev-based 
> cgi server. But all of that was based on using text files, not Rev 
> stacks.
>
> If I understand the possibilities correctly, I should be able to 
> accept input from the user's browser which can be translated via cgi 
> so that it effectively sends commands to my existing Rev stacks, 
> almost as if the user was working right off the CD. I understand the 
> output will have to formatted to html... no problem on that end.
>
> It's not clear to me if it makes sense to use LibCGI in this process 
> and/or RevHTTP. And, to the extent I should use either or both of 
> these, I'm not clear on the simplest way to integrate them.
>
> Any guidance would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> Richard Miller
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