Re: Renaming users local files with WebDNA based solution

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2007

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texte = WJ Starck wrote:> I could have someone write a desktop app by showing the developer the> algorithm, but I thought I could control licensing and unauthorized> sharing of the app better with a web based solution. Also, for most> customers this would be a one shot conversion, so selling them an> installed software solution doesn't really make sense.> > Hope that's clear, I'm curious to know if it's doableNot using WebDNA it's not. WebDNA is a server-side scripting language. Youneed a client-side language (since the files are on the client). Mostweb-resident languages (like JAVA or JavaScript/ECMAScript) don't even supportaccessing local files like that anyways, so either way, you would have to writea program that the user could run locally to perform the update.It would be trivial to do in Perl and package it up as a standalone binary, butif you are concerned about distribution/licensing issues, that might not be thebest solution either.HTHJohn-- John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4501 Forbes BlvdSuite HLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5747-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Renaming users local files with WebDNA based solution ( Chris 2007) Re: Renaming users local files with WebDNA based solution ( John Peacock 2007) Re: Renaming users local files with WebDNA based solution ( WJ Starck 1969) Re: Renaming users local files with WebDNA based solution ( WJ Starck 1969) Re: Renaming users local files with WebDNA based solution ( Marc Thompson 2007) Re: Renaming users local files with WebDNA based solution ( Donovan Brooke 2007) Renaming users local files with WebDNA based solution ( WJ Starck 1969)

WJ Starck wrote:> I could have someone write a desktop app by showing the developer the> algorithm, but I thought I could control licensing and unauthorized> sharing of the app better with a web based solution. Also, for most> customers this would be a one shot conversion, so selling them an> installed software solution doesn't really make sense.> > Hope that's clear, I'm curious to know if it's doableNot using WebDNA it's not. WebDNA is a server-side scripting language. Youneed a client-side language (since the files are on the client). Mostweb-resident languages (like JAVA or JavaScript/ECMAScript) don't even supportaccessing local files like that anyways, so either way, you would have to writea program that the user could run locally to perform the update.It would be trivial to do in Perl and package it up as a standalone binary, butif you are concerned about distribution/licensing issues, that might not be thebest solution either.HTHJohn-- John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4501 Forbes BlvdSuite HLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5747-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ John Peacock

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