I have "Played" with this kind of solution in the past. Mainly when trying to write a control that downloaded an image from a website that would be used for an advertising banner on an unreged app.
There was really only 2 issues I found. (1). what to do if the client was not online, and (2) what if the file was not availible due to teh site being down etc. Other than these issues which I managed to deal with, it was fine. I have used the TMS component "Webupdate" ? I think it is called, and it did work quite well internallay at work, but we are an ISP and I DID use an ISDN connection and a Jestream connection. but it did the job. Jeremy Coulter -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Peter Hyde Sent: Saturday, 20 October 2001 15:08 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: automated HTTP file uploads Hi folks, Slightly off-topic but: has anybody had any experience doing automated HTTP uploads using either Delphi's HTTP componentry, or any other for that matter (e.g. IMS's)? I'd be interested to know it's feasible (and with which tools) before I get much further in. I'm designing an app which requires fairly regular uploads, but not enough to support a permanent FTP connection, yet often enough that I want to dodge the FTP reconnection-time overhead if at all possible. So HTTP uploads seem like a good candidate IF the componentry supports it... TIA. cheers, peter ============================================ Peter Hyde, SPIS Ltd & WebCentre Ltd , Christchurch, New Zealand * http://BusinessDailyReview.com - daily analysis, strategy, ideas * http://TurboNote.com - sticky notes and instant messaging * Web automation for online periodicals: http://TurboPress.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
