Subject Re: database in Dropdown list From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> Date Mon, 17 Aug 2020 21:47:35 -0700 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 8/17/2020 2:25 PM, Gaetano wrote: > There is one more query I have which I posted in the website group. > Irrespective of the above mistakes, if I use the signup.exe file that > came with dBase and put it under c:\xampp\cgi-bin, the web app > signup.exe generates an access denied error. If I just rebuild the > executable without any changes to the PRG or CC files, it works fine. > The rebuilt executable is more than twice the size of the original one. > Does that make sense to you? Is it a requirement to rebuild the EXE > files for the program to work? If so, could you explain the reason? The web apps have to be .exe files ... as to why the size is different between versions, I don't know. The reason for the rebuild most likely has to do with what version the signup.exe was built under and the runtime version of dBASE you have available. If they don't match, the program won't run. One thing to note when rebuilding is that there are some web flags you can use so that things like the resource.dll file (actually it might need to be there for text strings) are not included, parts of dBASE that deal with the user-interface as the UI is not standard dBASE, the that kind of thing. Look at help for the BUILD command. That *might* explain the difference in sizes of the .exe files. Ken -- *Ken Mayer* Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm