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24.6.3 Class Application

The Application (gb.web) class provides information about a CGI application.

The Application class has six properties:

Property	Data type	Description
Root	String	Get the (root) path of the CGI application.
Host	String	Determines the current host.
Port	String	Get the port specified in the URL request.
LogFile	String	Get the path or set the path to the file to which the standard error output is redirected.
Protocol	String	Get the protocol or set the protocol used by the HTTP request.
Request	String	Returns the request submitted to the CGI application.

Table 24.6.3.1.1 : Properties of the Application class.

Notes:

With the CGI environment variable CGI[“SCRIPT_NAME”] you get the root path information as well.
Alternatively, you can determine the current host via CGI[“HTTP_HOST”].
You can also determine the port used with CGI[“SERVER_PORT”].
By default, 'http' is the value of the Protocol property. This property is used internally when returning the URL; as in 'Response.Redirect()'.
You can also use 'https' as the protocol if, for example, you are working behind a proxy that writes HTTPS requests to http. Then all URLs - that you use - will follow the protocol 'https'.

You can also determine the value of the Application.Request property using CGI environment variables like this:

"http://" & CGI["HTTP_HOST"] &/ CGI["PATH_INFO"] &/ CGI["SCRIPT_NAME"] & "?" & CGI["QUERY_STRING"]