CGI issues with trial version

[Singletrack]

I'm a v7 user and cover customer. Waiting impatiently for my V8 cd and activation code to arrive :-)

Anyway, I decided to download and install the trial version and then insert the activation code when it arrives.

When installing it gave the option to upgrade from version 7 or do a clean install of version 8. The upgrade option was not available in the trial version as for some reason it said the trial period had expired and so I did a clean install and then imported my site snapshot from version 7.

But performing a web refresh comes up with all kinds of errors from error during merge request to CGI scripts are not running correctlyon the server.

It's odd since version 7 is there, using the same settings on the same server and runs fine but I can't get version 8 to work at all.

Support pointed me to the purge and refresh option in the help section but the button is greyed out. Is this function disabled in the trial version or something?

I've examined the scripts that are uploaded to my cgi-bin and they are full of NETQUOTEVAR references eg .

"#!NETQUOTEVAR:PERLPATH
################################################################
#
# SearchScript.pl - script to search for specified products
#
################################################################

#?use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);"

That's the start of one script.

Now my Perl is a little rusty but that first line isn't going to work is it?

[Bruce]

Hi Mark,

The 'purge and refresh' option is greyed out because you have not uploaded or downloaded succesfully from this installation. I would suggest first off testing the network setting to see if they work. If they pass succesfully, then you can FTP up to the server and manually delete the contents of both the 'acatalog' folder and the 'cgi-bin' folder.

Then on your PC, go into the 'Site1' folder and delete all the .cat and .fil files. Now try doing a refresh of the site ( Web | Refresh Website).

Kind regards,