Can't get this web application to work.

From: L. Healy (L.Healy_at_occpsy.demon.co.uk)
Date: 10/31/03 

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 12:24:05 +0000

Hi,

I think this is correct place to post this, I can't find any Delphi
Internet specific groups.

I am toe dipping with Internet programming for the first time, and
working through an example in an old Delphi 3 book I have, which is
generally excellent. I don't think anything I am trying to do with D6 is
obsolete but I am having problems.

I have complied the following Web Server Application as an ISAPI/NSAPI
dll application. I am posting all the code so you can see what I have
done :

===

unit Unit1;

interface

uses
  SysUtils, Classes, HTTPApp;

type
  TCurrentTimeDisp = class(TWebModule)
    procedure CurrentTimeDispDefaultActionAction(Sender: TObject;
      Request: TWebRequest; Response: TWebResponse; var Handled:
Boolean);
  private
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  CurrentTimeDisp: TCurrentTimeDisp;

implementation

{$R *.DFM}

procedure TCurrentTimeDisp.CurrentTimeDispDefaultActionAction(
  Sender: TObject; Request: TWebRequest; Response: TWebResponse;
  var Handled: Boolean);
begin
Response.Content := '<H1>Hello</H1> <HR>' +
                    'The Current Time is '+
                    TimeToStr(SysUtils.Time);

end.

===

Now when I post it to the web server I am experimenting with, and type
in the URL ......./xyz.dll

the browser insists on downloading it and asking what I want to with it.
According to the example it should just run within the browser and show
the time.

I have set the permissions properly. But no joy. Does anyone have any
useful observations ? Sorry if this is a stupid question but I have
never tries and web programming before apart from a tiny bit of cgi. I
dont even know if it is a Delphi problem, or a server problem.

Thanks
Liam Healy

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