DOCUMENT:Q148750 05-MAY-1999 [iis] TITLE :CGI Scripts Compiled w/16-bit C Compilers Fail to Run on IIS PRODUCT :Internet Information Server PROD/VER:1.0 3.51 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbnetwork ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== If you try to run a CGI script on (Internet Information Server) IIS from a Web Browser using http:///Directory path>/?,, you may get the following error: HTTP/1.0 500 Server Error (The handle is invalid.) CAUSE ===== CGI scripts compiled with 16-bit C compilers may fail to execute on IIS. For example, if you compile and build an executable file out of the following C language source code using a 16-bit C compiler, and run the .exe file from a MS-DOS window of a Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51, the correct HTML output will send to the standard out. However if you place the same executable file in the Script directory of the IIS server and try to execute the same executable file from a web browser using http:///Directory path>/?, it will fail to generate to web page. #include void main() { printf( "Content-type: text/html\n\n" ); printf( "" ); printf( "This is a Test page" ); printf( "

Hello World.

" ); printf( "

End of the test page.

" ); printf( "\n" ); } RESOLUTION ========== To correct this problem compile and build the C Language Source code using a 32-bit C compiler, such as Microsoft C++ 4.0 or C++ 2.0. Additional query words: prodiis ====================================================================== Keywords : kbnetwork Technology : kbiisSearch kbiis100 Version : 1.0 3.51 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.