Re: [school-discuss] Using Manhattan Server

[Ian Paterson <ipaterson@shaw.ca>]

jeff williams wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Speaking of using Manhattan... I recall one post saying a maintenance 
> release is coming which will allow the use of CGI scripts.  I'm very 
> interested in this because, running Linux, it doesn't look like I can 
> run a non-beta of Hot Potatos.  And, I really don't want to put test 
> questions on the network without the context of the course.  Hence, I'm 
> looking at a "roll your own" CGI script for handling tests using the 
> ubiquitous Perl and MySQL.
>
> Or, is there a quick and dirty way to link this into Manhattan even now?
Well, you could edit your src/main_menu.c and add a link to your test, 
but then you'd be dealing with authentication issues. Or rather, you 
wouldn't, which is the real problem.

The next Manhattan release will include all the gritty details to allow 
you to use outside CGI scripts, but the interface to do it with isn't 
included yet, as it's still in alpha.  If you want to play around with 
it, grab the files and give 'er a whirl.

http://www.ipaterson.ca/writings/technical/code/manhattan/current/

Feel free to mail me offlist if you have any questions about getting it 
to work.

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Ian Paterson                                  https://www.ipaterson.ca