Subject Re: web program getting started and very frustrated right now From <rich@autotraker.com> <<rich@autotraker.com>> Date Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:08:16 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Consider naming your .EXE as .DBW for web apps. There are several reasons to do this but one of which is to make configuration a lot easier. When you install dBASE is also configures .DBW files as a web applet so Apache knows to run it instead of downloading it. This directive tells Apache to use the extension type found in the registry (.DBW) TypesConfig  conf/mime.types Otherwise you need to make sure .EXE or .DBW are included in you AddHandler directive. AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .asp .exe .dbw You should only put your .DBW or .EXE file in the cgi-bin folder since that is already defined in your ScriptAlias directive. Unless you change the ScriptAlias directive. ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/xampp/cgi-bin/" If you change it you also have to change the Directory directive for that folder. Easier not to change it. If you are using ADO you also have to add PassEnv CommonProgramFiles(x86) to your Apache conf file. (There is other code you have to add to your program also.) So it all depends on setting up your Apache conf file properly. Once that's done then it becomes a lot easier. I'm not sure how much is covered in Ken's book but that's a good place to start. I have dBASE web applets running on my servers for years. Other than the occasional error which is usually traced back to bad code, they run great. Rich... "Richard Kuzma"  wrote in message news:z381aD9SUHA.1832@ip-AC1E04A7... hello everyone, so far i got the apache server installed and tested it and it is working, but no matter what dbase web program i try to test it juse downloads it and that is it. I am using google chrome, what am i missing please. I am compiling into exe's can someone please help me thanks. Rich