FTP?
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Hi, I am writing an application in VC6 that has a database, which needs to be updated periodically. The database is going to be .mdb, using DAO to interact with the program (I know this is supposed to be obsolete, but... i like it). To do this, I plan to get the program to connect to a web server where the new database is hosted, download it and replace the old one that is on the user’s computer. Please can you tell me if my approach is correct? Or, is there a better way to do this? How do MS Office, Adobe, win XP… etc update their programs? Thanks
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Fortitudine Vincimus!_
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Hi, I am writing an application in VC6 that has a database, which needs to be updated periodically. The database is going to be .mdb, using DAO to interact with the program (I know this is supposed to be obsolete, but... i like it). To do this, I plan to get the program to connect to a web server where the new database is hosted, download it and replace the old one that is on the user’s computer. Please can you tell me if my approach is correct? Or, is there a better way to do this? How do MS Office, Adobe, win XP… etc update their programs? Thanks
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Fortitudine Vincimus!_
Tara14 r, is there a better way to do this?
Can't you just connect directly to the database on the remote machine? You might consider fixing your user id. The <font> tag is messing replies up.
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." - Ellen Goodman
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Hi, I am writing an application in VC6 that has a database, which needs to be updated periodically. The database is going to be .mdb, using DAO to interact with the program (I know this is supposed to be obsolete, but... i like it). To do this, I plan to get the program to connect to a web server where the new database is hosted, download it and replace the old one that is on the user’s computer. Please can you tell me if my approach is correct? Or, is there a better way to do this? How do MS Office, Adobe, win XP… etc update their programs? Thanks
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Fortitudine Vincimus!_
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Tara14 wrote:
I plan to get the program to connect to a web server
Then why is the subject line of your post "FTP"? :confused:
led mike
Maybe that's the protocol he wanted to use to download the database file.
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." - Ellen Goodman
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Maybe that's the protocol he wanted to use to download the database file.
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." - Ellen Goodman
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Tara14 r, is there a better way to do this?
Can't you just connect directly to the database on the remote machine? You might consider fixing your user id. The <font> tag is messing replies up.
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." - Ellen Goodman
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
DavidCrow wrote:
Can't you just connect directly to the database on the remote machine?
I guess for that, the user would need to be connected to the internet to work with the program. I don't want it that way. Bacically, I just need to update the prices of items in the database. Something like : User selects "Update price list" item in the program's menu - a dialog appears saying 'connecting...' - on establishing a connecting dialog says 'Updateing pirces..' and closes. Thanks, Tara
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Fortitudine Vincimus!_
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DavidCrow wrote:
Can't you just connect directly to the database on the remote machine?
I guess for that, the user would need to be connected to the internet to work with the program. I don't want it that way. Bacically, I just need to update the prices of items in the database. Something like : User selects "Update price list" item in the program's menu - a dialog appears saying 'connecting...' - on establishing a connecting dialog says 'Updateing pirces..' and closes. Thanks, Tara
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Fortitudine Vincimus!_
So the machines are not on the same intranet? If not, then FTP should be a viable solution.
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." - Ellen Goodman
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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So the machines are not on the same intranet? If not, then FTP should be a viable solution.
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." - Ellen Goodman
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
DavidCrow wrote:
So the machines are not on the same intranet?
No, they are not. The program will be deployed on the users personal computer and the database that will be manually modified/updated by the company will be hosted on its webserver. Just curious: how does our operating system (win XP) automatically connect to the net and download updates? What protocal does it use? Thanks, Tara
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Fortitudine Vincimus!_
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Maybe that's the protocol he wanted to use to download the database file.
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." - Ellen Goodman
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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DavidCrow wrote:
So the machines are not on the same intranet?
No, they are not. The program will be deployed on the users personal computer and the database that will be manually modified/updated by the company will be hosted on its webserver. Just curious: how does our operating system (win XP) automatically connect to the net and download updates? What protocal does it use? Thanks, Tara
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Fortitudine Vincimus!_
Tara14 wrote:
Just curious: how does our operating system (win XP) automatically connect to the net and download updates? What protocal does it use?
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997639.aspx[^]
Tara14 wrote:
No, they are not. The program will be deployed on the users personal computer and the database that will be manually modified/updated by the company will be hosted on its webserver.
Then you have no way of knowing if FTP will be blocked by any firewalls. HTTP might be a better choice and in some cases you could even run into an HTTPS only implementation.
led mike
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Ouch, guess I picked a bad day to stop smoking crack. Thought I was back in the days when they were all separate servers :->
led mike
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Tara14 wrote:
Just curious: how does our operating system (win XP) automatically connect to the net and download updates? What protocal does it use?
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997639.aspx[^]
Tara14 wrote:
No, they are not. The program will be deployed on the users personal computer and the database that will be manually modified/updated by the company will be hosted on its webserver.
Then you have no way of knowing if FTP will be blocked by any firewalls. HTTP might be a better choice and in some cases you could even run into an HTTPS only implementation.
led mike