form - cgi

[jrod]

im creating a form in dreamweaver. in the property inspector, there's a field for ACTION -- what should i put in here? i did some research and i'm supposed to put the cgi. can anyone explain where i find the cgi or give me an example?

thanks!

[BLiZZaRD]

cgi is a file type. You need to use that if you are using PERL for the form.

2 things for advice:

1) STOP using dreamweaver. There are many reasons, MANY, but the most important is it screws up your pages, content and whatever you make with it. The only reason to have it around is for a file viewer to get line numbers etc, but notepad++ does this too, without the extra crap being put in automatically.

2) Find a tutorial for DW. Find one that masks the project you are working on. like this one then follow the tut, then make changes, then build your own.