Using Perl From Java!

Question

Hi there, i have an assignment for university, part of it is to send data to a perl script through a Java applet. My perl script works, as i have tested it with a HTML form, however when i try it with java, i get nothing, nothing, no errors or warnings. Im using JBuilder6.
I am convinced that there is a problem with my code and a connection is not being opened, my lecturer cant see what the problem is (im not too impressed!) so i come to you.
All the perl does is create a file called test.txt and print within it the name, email..etc from the applet.
Thanks in Advance, Dave Williams.
JAVA:
void btnSendPosting_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { //Send Posting Event
name = txtName.getText();
email = txtEmail.getText();
message = txtareaText.getText();
path = txtFilePath.getText();
String url = "http://localhost/cgi-bin/diag.pl";
System.out.println("Url entered");
try
theURL = new URL(url);
System.out.println("Url prepaired");
catch (MalformedURLException f)
System.out.println("Bad URL: " + theURL);
try
System.out.println("Beggining Connection...");
URLConnection connection = theURL.openConnection();
connection.setDoOutput(true);
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(connection.getOutputStream());
out.print("txtName="+name +"&txtEmail="+ email +"&txtMessage="+ message +"&txtPath="+path);
out.close();
System.out.println("End of Connection");
catch (IOException f)
System.out.println("Error Opening Connection");
} //Send Posting Close bracket

Answer 1

Hi All heres the code with the propper tags i think, as for smorgasbords comment, I realise the security issue with java, but my lecturer seems to think its a good idea. Now the java applet opens a stream to my perl script and sends it parameters which the perl script uses to create the file. So java isnt making the file on any computer, perl is creating it on the server (EasyPHP actually). The example code given by my lecturer does actually work however for reasons which neither myself or the lecturer cannot see, it just doesnt create the file (or even open the perl script for that matter, as i used a file monitor to check if the 'diag.pl' file was accessed). I hope ive cleared up any questions.
Thanks
Dave
void btnSendPosting_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { //Send Posting Event
name = txtName.getText();
email = txtEmail.getText();
message = txtareaText.getText();
path = txtFilePath.getText();
String url = "http://localhost/cgi-bin/diag.pl";
System.out.println("Url entered");
try
theURL = new URL(url);
System.out.println("Url prepaired");
catch (MalformedURLException f)
System.out.println("Bad URL: " + theURL);
try
System.out.println("Beggining Connection...");
URLConnection connection = theURL.openConnection();
connection.setDoOutput(true);
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(connection.getOutputStream());
out.print("txtName="+name +"&txtEmail="+ email +"&txtMessage="+ message +"&txtPath="+path);
out.close();
System.out.println("End of Connection");
catch (IOException f)
System.out.println("Error Opening Connection");
} //Send Posting Close bracket