Site powered by WASD and VMS    Welcome.  This page provides some basic information on, and access to, the "WASD VMS Hypertext Services" package,*  version 5.1

All of the software and documentation in this package is Copyright © 1996-1998 Mark G. Daniel, licenced under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License, or any later version.

You should read this first.

After that you can read the Technical Overview, the Environment Overview, and if so inclined a little about the server's Nuts and Bolts.

If upgrading, consult the list of significant changes in the server, its configuration or environment.

Of course you may just wish to browse the directory tree.

Demonstrations

All of these should work when using the FREEWARE_DEMO.COM procedure. When on an installed server some may be disabled completely or configured to require authorization in line with local requirements.

Basics

Some Scripts

More Scripts and Other Miscellanea
  • DCL SHOW is a simple DCL script showing the ease with which useful scripts may be produced   [CGI script]
  • Calendar (next/last year ... is even correct for 2000 :^)   [CGI script]
  • Charset shows your browser's rendering of the characters &#1 through to &#255.
  • Colors displays text and background in the range of the 216 "standard" colours.
  • HTTP cookie support   [CGI script]
  • CGIplus demonstrations   [CGIplus scripts]
  • DECnet and OSU scripting is possible (though may not be configured for this server)
  • Have Java on your Alpha system? If so check out the Java-enabled scripting environment   [CGI/CGIplus scripts]
  • If Perl is available on the system this script shows the scripting environment's configurable, transparent activation of interpreters, in this case Perl. This script is much the same but using persistent CGIplus (note the "again"), and this one that the ".PL" extension is optional. Here is the hellothere.pl source.
  • Ever had to go to extraordinary lengths to find out exactly what your browser was sending in a request? Use the echo facility. The complementary facility is Xray, which provides you with a plain-text document containing the full response header and body. The where facility provides a mapped VMS file specification from a path!   [all internal]
  • Trouble reading a file type the server is not configured to recognize?
    Well, specify your own!
    Here's HT_ROOT:[000000]*.* set up to return every file as text/plain!
  • List graphics used in this package   [CGI script]
  • Search WASD VMS Hypertext Services documentation for ...
      [CGI script]

Download

As of the date below, the following is the primary distribution site for full packges, new versions, updates, bugfixes, other support packages, etc.

Mark G.Daniel
Mark.Daniel@dsto.defence.gov.au
Last revised 4th July 1998