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COLORIT

HTML Color Generator
A Fortran GET CGI example

This program or CGI takes a 6 digit hexadecimal number and converts it to the corresponding HTML color, which is displayed in a band across the center of a table. In addition, the program calculates and displays the new color which results by increasing or decreasing each digit. These additional colors are shown in smaller squares, along with the corresponding hexadecimal number. Up to 48 additional colors may be shown. If the calculated increment is out of the hexadecimal range 0 through F, "No Color" will be shown.




   


The source code for this program (HTML and Fortran CGI) is available for download. COLORIT uses the GET method to receive data, reading the input string from the environment variable QUERY_STRING using the intrinsic routine getenv. The character string received via getenv character string is subsequently parsed to retrieve the name=value data pairs sent by the form. In a GET method string, the QUERY_STRING string consists of everything to the right of the input URL, e.g. input=8CDC5F in http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/colorit?input=8cdc6f.

  • FORTRAN:

    • The QUERY_STRING is a character string. If numbers are contained in the string, they are ASCII characters and must be converted to numbers before use.

    • In this example, the HTML output is established by the statements

          write(6,55)
      55 Format("Content-type: text/html"//)

      This code must be placed before any HTML statements are written to output. (Yes, you can change the Format statement number.) The two // are VERY IMPORTANT! Also, note the placement of the " quotation marks. Compare to the corrsponding C language statement

      printf("Content-type: text/html\n\n");

    • For HTML OUTPUT, the HTML tags are contained inside Format statements, as shown in the example Fortran code. BE SURE to have the usual HTML ending tags, or you may not see any HTML output or receive an execution error code.

    • Carefully watch use of  ' and " in Format statements: it's too easy to miss one ' or " or add too many.

    • When generating output, statements must be no longer than the 72 character limit in Fortran 77. Another Format statement or a continuation character in Column 6 may be used for longer statements.

    • A CGI can output a new HTML form, or call a CGI. The Fortran program can also incorporate subroutines, called in the usual manner, although none are needed for this example.

    • Fortran carriage control characters are unneeded when generating HTML output. Use the HTML tags to perform this function. However, to keep the browsers' source code view tidy, you can include returns at the end of HTML lines:

           write(6,111)
      111 format(" HTML text here! " /)

    • The program has not been optimized. There certainly are better ways to do some of the tasks or changes which could be made to reduce the code, but it's not necessary for this simple example. Please note that no Fortran or CGI library functions were used in the preparation or execution of this example. The program was designed as a stand-alone CGI.

    • A POST method CGI example (AMWAVE) and a combined GET/POST example (Doppler-Shift) are also available for your review.

    Dale Bickel
    Senior Electronics Engineer
    Audio Division, Media Bureau

    Original page November 1998; revised March 25, 2002



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