When you are talking about the GUI program, is it an executable (an app written in VB or some such, and run as an .exe)
or is it a web app, where you go to a web page, choose which graphics to download, and they magically appear? Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/24/02 10:29AM >>> Hi All, Here is my dilemma. I'm working with a client in the real-estate industry. They plan to download MLS (Multi-Listing Service) data from the local MLS provider, including images. The data files are located on an FTP server, so downloading them and performing a mass import into a database is no problem. To get the photos the client uses a GUI interface. They enter a sign-in and the photos automatically download to the specified location. We want to be able to automate the photo download process. We were told that the photos were not available on FTP and that the GUI program was the only way to get them; there was no command line version. My client thinks he was told a mistruth. I do believe that the GUI program has to go out to some type of server (even if it isn't FTP) on the internet to download the files. Question 1: Are there any utilities that allow me to monitor the outgoing traffic on my machine? Something along the lines of "The machine sent X request to X IP / port." I figure I can run the program and see where it is going. Question 2: Is there a way to automate a GUI program? ( Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a GUI program in the first place? ). -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Need a Web Developer? Contact me! AIM: Reboog711 | Fax / Phone: 860-223-7946 -- My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
