Re: Running WebCat from a CD-ROM

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 12120
interpreted = N
texte = WebCatalog can run by itself, but only a Web server (for the most part) knows how to communicate with it. We have been told that some versions of Navigator (Mac) can communicate directly with CGI's in order to bypass the server for situations like you describe. That's not a cross platform solution, though.John.>My client would like to run a version of his website from a CD-ROM. He >doesn't want the user to have to connect to the Internet so he wants to >have the features of WebCatalog running in Explorer standalone (without >the use of WebStar or NT). To make it even worse they want this >cross-platform. > >Is there any way of doing this? The only work around that I can think of >is running FileMaker Pro standalone using the SDK. Even this is very >differcult. > >Thankyou in advance. > >Paul Keen >inter.net.uk John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software 11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #453 * Web tools for Macintosh and WinNT * San Diego, CA 92128 http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Running WebCat from a CD-ROM (John Hill 1997)
  2. Running WebCat from a CD-ROM (Paul Keen 1997)
WebCatalog can run by itself, but only a Web server (for the most part) knows how to communicate with it. We have been told that some versions of Navigator (Mac) can communicate directly with CGI's in order to bypass the server for situations like you describe. That's not a cross platform solution, though.John.>My client would like to run a version of his website from a CD-ROM. He >doesn't want the user to have to connect to the Internet so he wants to >have the features of WebCatalog running in Explorer standalone (without >the use of WebStar or NT). To make it even worse they want this >cross-platform. > >Is there any way of doing this? The only work around that I can think of >is running FileMaker Pro standalone using the SDK. Even this is very >differcult. > >Thankyou in advance. > >Paul Keen >inter.net.uk John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software 11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #453 * Web tools for Macintosh and WinNT * San Diego, CA 92128 http://www.smithmicro.com John Hill

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