To test your interactive PDF form, you must have access to a web server. Many of these hacks use server-side PHP scripts, so your web server should also run PHP (http://www.php.net). Windows users can download an Apache (http://www.apache.org) web server installer called IndigoPerl from IndigoSTAR (http://www.indigostar.com). This installer includes PHP (and Perl) modules, so you can run our hacks right out of the box. Apache and PHP are free software.
Visit http://www.indigostar.com/indigoperl.htm and download indigoperl-2004.02.zip. Unzip this file into a temporary directory and then double-click setup.bat to run the installer. When the installer asks for an installation directory, press Enter to choose the default: C:\indigoperl\. In our discussions, we'll assume IndigoPerl is installed in this location.
After installing IndigoPerl, open a web browser and point it at http://localhost/. This is the URL of your local web server, and your browser should display a Web Server Test Page with links to documentation. When you request http://localhost/, Apache serves you index.html from C:\indigoperl\apache\htdocs\. Create a pdf_hacks directory in the htdocs directory, and use this location for our PHP scripts. Access this location from your browser with the URL: http://localhost/pdf_hacks/.
Visit http://www.indigostar.com/indigoperl.htm and download indigoperl-2004.02.zip. Unzip this file into a temporary directory and then double-click setup.bat to run the installer. When the installer asks for an installation directory, press Enter to choose the default: C:\indigoperl\. In our discussions, we'll assume IndigoPerl is installed in this location.
After installing IndigoPerl, open a web browser and point it at http://localhost/. This is the URL of your local web server, and your browser should display a Web Server Test Page with links to documentation. When you request http://localhost/, Apache serves you index.html from C:\indigoperl\apache\htdocs\. Create a pdf_hacks directory in the htdocs directory, and use this location for our PHP scripts. Access this location from your browser with the URL: http://localhost/pdf_hacks/.
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