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note that most probably the reference will look something like http://srnt/cgi-bin/Zope.pcgi/ChatClub/index_html That is, you'll loose the port, but you rape your url. If you want a shorter url, you most probably have to do other (isapi like) things to IIS
I don't want any reference to the server port 8080. I have read several help documents on IIS and PCGI AND THEY ALL SAY DIFFERENT THINGS.
One document said to copy the Zope.pcgi to the IIS cgi-bin folder and another said to copy it to the IIS scripts folder.
the main point is you need _one_ (not several) Zope.pcgi file that has the proper locations of all the things needed in it. It does not matter where you put it. In your <zopehome>/pcgi/util directory there is a pcgifile.py script that will help you check the pcgi info file (that is the very Zope.pcgi file I referred to). If this doesn't report any errors, your IIS-pcgi connection will probably work.
One document showed the Zope.pcgi file path configuration completely different from mine. The document showed : PCGI_MODULE_PATH=X:\WebSite\lib\python\Main.py
And mine showed PCGI_MODULE_PATH=F:\InetPub\wwwroot\cgi-bin\ZopeSite\lib\python\Zope
this may be true, but it's a strange place for a Zope installation
The document even had files I didn't have anywhere in my directory like pcgi.soc and some in completely different folders like:
hm, IIRC the soc file is Unix only.
Help document: PCGI_MODULE_PATH=X:\WebSite\pcgi\pcgi.pid
My file: PCGI_MODULE_PATH=F:\InetPub\wwwroot\cgi-bin\ZopeSite\var\pcgi.pid
I know there must be a a simple way to accomplish this.
It can be simple, but it may turn into a nightmare if it doesn't work (you have been warned). As a comfort, it took me no more than a quarter of an hour to get it installed on several different NT machines. I just need someone
to tell me how to do it STEP BY STEP.
Your best step by step guide is on http://zdp.zope.org/projects/zbook/book/VII/PlatformInstallation/InstallDraf ts/instwindraft3/ hth Rik