Hiya Gang!
First off....Happy New Year! Hehehe...
Now, on to my opinions...
Glennmcc asked is there is any "practical" use for Java
inside Arachne...simple answer, correct answer...NO!!!
While it may be that Java is an OS of sorts, and some
JVMs (Java Virtual Machines) exist for various other
operating systems, in MANY years of Internet use, I have
yet to stumble across anything where it was absolutely
necessary to have JVM...over the course of my adventures
and explorations, the only Java Applets I have used were
a few simple games, prizepoint.com, and a few other small
applets...a couple are even on my first website on AOHell,
members.aol.com/GLENNRPH/glennrph.htm, a banner
for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
and a simple "news bulletin" ticker. The pages display
just fine without Java. There's my vote...no JVM for DOS!
OK, the final topic is MTA, mail transport agent...while it
is true there are quite a number for DOS, I still vote for
NetMail DOS 2.12 by Marc Ressl...it is faster and easier
to setup than any other I've tried, which includes FDSMTPOP.
As for using stricly CORE.EXE, well...if you can do it, fine.
I think though that some of us may be missing the point
entirely of WHY Arachne was developed in the first place
back in 1996...xChaos had in mind a complete "Internet Suite"
for rather obsolete DOS computers. Arachne WAS NOT
intended as a front end for any database program, nor as
a shell for DOS...though with some work it can be used as
such. For users to somehow imply that Arachne is inferior
because it doesn't interface well with XML docs, or some DB2
or FoxPro database is sort of silly, IMNSHO. What you can
do is write a simple BATCH program to launch your database
software, copy that to your Arachne\OOPS directory then rename
it to something like DATABASE.OOK, and your set...if desired you
can even assign an icon inside WWWMAN.CFG. There, that wasn't
so freackin' hard now was it?
Finally, a tip about EEK and OOK files...Read the docs folks! Plain as
day, they say that EEK files a small DOS batch programs which CAN
pass DOS variables to CORE.EXE or other executables...OOKs are
BATCH programs which run completely outside of Arachne.
OK, enough for todays lessons...Happy New Year!
Wiz <{;-)
Glenn
