EPIC Web Utilities -- AnyURL CGI forms utility

The basics are pretty easy, but things can get sort of complicated because of (1) the use of the control string, and (2) work-arounds for deficient browsers.

You should be able to view the source for this HTML page with your browser's "View Source" option.

Simplest example - a SELECT to choose a complete URL from a list.

ftp://www.pmel.noaa.gov/OCRD/webutil/AnyURL/AnyURL.txt http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/realtime.html http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/mpeg/TAO_TOPEX.mpeg

Same example, but with menu labels instead

AnyURL.txt TAO Home Page A TAO plot A TAO animation

Same example, but with the extra stuff required for deficient browsers

AnyURL.txt realtime.html A TAO plot A TAO animation .........................

Frames example

You just need to add a FRAME=framename to the FORM tag.

Example with user-typed input

Control string is: "@{method}://@{node}/@{file}".
Check box to turn debug option on

Method: http ftp gopher

Node:

File:

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For more documentation and more examples, please see:

• AnyURL.txt.
• The AnyURL home page.
• Use of AnyURL at other sites

If you do use AnyURL, we'd like to hear about it. Please send mail to epic@noaa.gov.