It would be similar to a back orifice style system without the negative
connotations I would hope :)
Matt.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grant Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 9:38 AM
Subject: RE: [DUG]: Dialup.
> Why Async Pro when the ICS component can handle 100/1000's users & already
> comes with sample FTP clients and Servers?
>
> Looking at the suggestions for using pc-A (which I have also used & like
for
> support), I must have mis-understood the orginal post.
>
> Are you trying to roll your own Back Orifice style system where by you can
> dial into a remote PC & browse & transfer files, or trying to implement
> automated store & forward file transfer system?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leigh Wanstead [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 18 February 2000 10:28
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Dialup.
>
>
> In that case, I would use TurboPower Async Professional FTP component to
> develop a FTP server. APD FTP component has one shortage, only allow one
> connection at server, but I suspect it will not be the probem for you.
>
> Best Regards
> Leigh Wanstead
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matthew <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Comb
> To: Multiple <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recipients of list delphi
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 10:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Dialup.
>
>
> Thanks Jeremy,
>
>
>
> yer we use PCA here as well for fixing our machines in Oz, works really
> well.
>
>
>
> In this scenario the receiver would not be able to have PCA, so I think I
> might try the FTPapproach, what I was more getting at was handling the
> dialup connection if the receiver has 95/98 - it does not have RAS does it
> or am I out of the loop so what do I look at to program the receiving of
the
> connection etc.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Matt.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Jeremy Coulter <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> delphi
>
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 8:34 AM
>
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: Dialup.
>
>
>
>
> I suspect that the best thing to do would be to use the FTP protocal for
> sending and receiving files.
>
> You could write an FTP server for the dailup machine. Then the client
could
> then be any ftp program.
>
>
>
> BUT from my own excepriences here, you might be best to go one of these
> following ways:-
>
>
>
> 1. Use an NT or Linux box to do the dialing part and authentificaion and
use
> the above FTP idea.
>
> 2. Purchase something like PCAnywhere which will then give you a nice
> GUI(but slow) interface, and also does authentification etc. and use its
> file transfere part, which also does SpeedSync. which only uploads the
> changed bytes of the program...IF it exists alreadyon their machine,
> therefore cutting back on traffice, and obv. time.
>
>
>
> I have used both methods, but it really depends on the $$ involved, and
the
> type of interface you want your client to have/see.
>
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Jeremy Coulter
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Matthew Comb
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 10:23 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: [DUG]: Dialup.
>
>
>
> Hi Guys,
>
>
>
> if you had to write an app to allow someone dialling in to connect then to
> copy files back and forth where would you start?
>
>
>
> I assume I would have to write an app for both ends. The receiver would be
> 95/98/NT but the dialler would be NT based.
>
>
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Matt.
>
>
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