This particular programmer just has an aversion to running more processes on the client side than necessary. He thinks servers should do all the work. So, if the server zips the files, then the client must unzip. He wants to avoid that extra process on the client side. We've had a lot of discussion of server vs. client doing most of the processing for this package. He made reference to the idea behind .NET is that the server does all of the work. I don't know if that's true, but to me, in a shared hosting environment, I want as much labor pushed off to the client as possible. Because the IT guys who run our servers have a policy against installing extra software on the server, this will need to be primarily a client-side package (it could have been done entirely on the server).
H. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Claremont [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:21 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: 2 Zip or Not 2 Zip > > I am kinda interested in his reasons for the strong objection to > zipping. Not arguing, but merely curious. > > Tim > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Owens, Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 11:52 AM > Subject: 2 Zip or Not 2 Zip > > > > I need to set up a process where by a user will select (buy, > really) a > > number of data files (songs, actually). These files will be > downloaded onto > > the user machine where a client-side application will manipulate > them > > further. As part of the process, we also need to generate a text > that also > > must be transferred to the client machine. > > > > I can only two ways to handle this ... force the user to click > multiple > > links to download each file, or run a server-side zip utility to > zip > > everything up before shipping it off to the client machine. > > > > The programmer building the client-side application doesn't like > this second > > option. He doesn't want to have to have the client machine > unzip the file > > before doing what his program needs to do. > > > > Is there a way to batch all of the needed files together in a > single > > download (using CF to do this) without zipping them together in > any way? > > > > H. > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > ____ > > Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists > and provide more resources for the community. > http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm > > 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 > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
