Hello, Les Caudle. I'd first suggest posting this question to the reportmagic-help mail list, in addition to this list, as Wadsack-Allen & the Report Magic community are the most capable group to address a question of this type. However, since there are many Report Magic users haunting this list, I'll take a stab at answering your question.
Report Magic is written in Perl. Source code is available for your inspection. There are many Perl support libraries that are used to make Report Magic work. However, for Windows this is totally transparent because all the Perl code Report Magic needs to run is compiled into a single binary. Chances are good Wadsack-Allen is using ActiveState as the Perl to Windows executable 'compiler'. Some Windows centric code gets added during this step for run time compatibility. For Windows, simply download the distribution and run it. There is nothing to install, no Perl scripts to run, no connecting to CPAN. Of course you'll want to guard against local users accessing applications that you don't want them to have access to in a multi user environment. This is true of any program that you install. Be sure not to place Report Magic in your CGI-BIN or other publicly executable location without taking suitable precautions. My experiences with Report Magic on UNIX, Windows and Macintosh have been very good with no security problems to date. One person's reccomendation: give in to temptation. Thanks, - Jim --- Les Caudle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have Analog working well, and am very tempted by > the Report Magic > additions. > > I'm a little concerned about installing the binaries > from their site - > and any security holes that may be opened by running > all of the > additions of Report Magic (the Analog was easy to > compile from source, > so not much to worry about). > > Any comments on safety (virus free) of Report Magic > binary installs for > Windows - and effect on security of system? > > Thanks, Les Caudle > > +------------------------------------------------------------------------ > | This is the analog-help mailing list. To > unsubscribe from this > | mailing list, go to > | > http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html > | > | List archives are available at > | > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > | > http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ > | > http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 > +------------------------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
