they might be already in the archive of the components Tracey. IF you are stuck, email me priv. and I will send the dir I have here that has the comps. and demos too.
Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: "Tracey Maule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:29:57 +1300 Subject: Re: Re: [DUG]: boss's lates idea > Well, thanks for all your replies guys.. sorry i wasnt at work on > friday to > answer all your comments earlier (i work gentlemens hours lol) > > 1. I would not want the users to necessarily know this is happening... > is > there a way this service (or startup program in 98) could be running > and > detect when the modem connects to the internet, then quietly sends the > info > to my web server. > > 2. What data then can i send to indicate the location of this machine? > IP > addresses will vary as they have dynamic (modem ) IP's. Email addys > can be > set up on any machine... etc etc.. any ideas here? > > 3. I can find any demos on this site... two of u have mentioned them.. > what > am i missing? I know its monday but...... > http://www.ararat.cz/synapse/index.htm > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "vss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 4:19 PM > Subject: Re: Re: [DUG]: boss's lates idea > > > > I guess the thing is, no matter what, there are pitfulls. > > If the client in not connected to the internet, your stuffed, if they > > are, you need to check if they go online and then send the data etc. > > Its kinda tricky, but hopfuly you have got enought ideas to make a > > decission. > > > > You could always put a wee GPS tracking unit on the machines :-) > > > > Jeremy > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt Dee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:05:58 +1300 > > Subject: Re: Re: [DUG]: boss's lates idea > > > > > > Will the customer know that this is happening? If so than using > email > > > is > > > > a > > > > very simple way of doing it (probably only a few minutes work). > If > > > not > > > > the > > > > idea is full of problems, many clients who have internet will > also > > > use > > > > proxy's / firewalls etc which could all cause problems. > > > > > > There's a possible pitfall if using email - if you hard code the > > > program to > > > use a certain SMTP server (say your ISPs when you're testing it) > and > > > the > > > customer connects to the net via a differnet ISP then your requests > to > > > the > > > SMTP server may be ignored. Most ISPs only allow their SMTP server > to > > > respond to IP numbers from within their own address range (i.e. > their > > > customers). This is basically so people cannot use their servers > to > > > send > > > off spam. > > > > > > You'll either have let the customer set the SMTP server, or find > out > > > beforehand what their ISP is going to be. (Or set up your own > server > > > in > > > which case you might as well just write a client server app > instead.) > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ---- > > > 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/ > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > 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/
