Disable the spatialdirect.pl Perl script in a DDE installation

Summary

These instructions for disabling the spatialdirect.pl Perl file are for a default Data Delivery Extension 9.1 installation. This should also be enough information to make the changes for any distributed configuration as well.

Procedure

1. Edit the DDE Translation Servlet properties. For a default DDE installation, using the supplied Tomcat servlet engine. These will be defined in the file: <DDE>\tomcat\webapps\servlet\WEB-INF\web.xml. If the default is not being used, then determine where/how these properties are defined for the servlet engine. Find the servletURL param and change its value from:
   
   

   Code:
   http://<hostname>:80/cgi-bin/DDE/spatialDirect.pl

   
   to:
   
   

   Code:
   http://<hostname>:<servletEnginePort>/servlet/translationServlet

   
   
2. For each ArcIMS website that has been integrated with the DDE, edit <ArcIMS>\Website\<mapName>\FME\fmeDownload.htm. Find and change the following line from:
   
   

   Code:
   <form name="FMEDownload" action="/cgi-bin/DDE/spatialDirect.pl" method="post" onSubmit="return validateForm(this)">

   
   to:
   
   

   Code:
   <form name="FMEDownload" action="http://<hostname>:<servletEnginePort>/servlet/translationServlet" method="post" onSubmit="return validateForm(this)">

   
   
3. Edit <WebServerDocRoot>\safeViewerHTML\javascript\spatialDirectHeader.js. Find and change the following line from:
   
   

   Code:
   var servletURL="http://<hostname>:80/cgi-bin/DDE/spatialDirect.pl";

   
   to:
   
   

   Code:
   var servletURL="http://<hostname>:<servletEnginePort>/servlet/translationServlet";

   
   
4. Edit <WebServerDocRoot>\safeViewerHTML\javascript\translationSuccessBody.js. Find and change the following line from:
   
   

   Code:
   var servletURL="http://<hostname>:80/cgi-bin/DDE/spatialDirect.pl";

   
   to:
   
   

   Code:
   var servletURL="http://<hostname>:<servletEnginePort>/servlet/translationServlet";

   
   
5. Edit <WebServerDocRoot>\safeViewerHTML\javascript\translationFailureBody.js. Find and change the following line from:
   
   

   Code:
   var servletURL="http://<hostname>:80/cgi-bin/DDE/spatialDirect.pl";

   
   to:
   
   

   Code:
   var servletURL="http://<hostname>:<servletEnginePort>/servlet/translationServlet";

   
   
6. Edit <WebServerDocRoot>\safeViewerHTML\login.html. Find and change the following line from:
   
   

   Code:
   <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="http://<hostname>:80/cgi-bin/DDE/spatialDirect.pl">

   
   to:
   
   

   Code:
   <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="http://<hostname>:<servletEnginePort>/servlet/translationServlet">

   
   
7. Once all updates have been made, save the changes, stop and restart DDE.
8. To ensure that the spatialDirect.pl script is no longer being referenced, rename or delete it from its current location:
   
   

   Code:
   <WebServerRoot>/cgi-bin/DDE/spatialDirect.pl

   
   
9. Clear the browser cache before loading the ArcIMS web map page to ensure that it loads the correct reference in the fmeDownload.htm page.