-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Rich,
>> At the time when the author had made that announcement, I recall [..] >> web based applications from within the Delphi environment without a >> steep learning curve > > Looking at their web site http://www.deltasoft.hr/rtc/index.htm I > don't see any particular advantage over the free Indy components. > Have you used the Indys in D7? I found those very easy to use. Why > would RTC be a better choice than Indy? Because Indy doesn't easily do what Robert was originally intending. Indy is a fantastic component suite for developing low(er) level TCP/UDP projects - writing HTML servers, peer-to-peer clients, etc. - whereas Robert was looking for a way to use Delphi to serve his webpages. His solution would most likely lie in writing an ISAPI extension. For comparison, RTC's nearest competitors would be Atozed Software's IntraWeb, RemObjects Software's RemObjects SDK and Components4Developers' kbmMW. There may be others but I'm not currently aware of them and I welcome comment from other readers. Of those mentioned, RTC would most likely be the easiest to learn and would give Robert the best mileage - especially when combined with something like Zeos Database Objects for the MySQL access. An alternative to RTC would be the opensource project DelphiWebScript. But, this would require Robert to develop his ISAPI extension using Delphi's own built-in TWebModule. This approach has a steeper learning curve and is a nuisance to debug. RTC side-steps the debug issue by allowing one to create and debug one's code first as a webserver before converting it into a true ISAPI extension. Another issue for Robert to consider is that some ISPs won't allow you to place your own ISAPI extensions on their servers. It will depend on his hosting agreement with his ISP and he should check this before embarking on any development. Frankly though, based on his initial posted requirements, Robert should consider using the best tool for the job: PHP (he could use ASP but I'm afraid I'm not an MS pundit). Essentially all Robert wants is to serve several pages - some of which will have data retrieved from and sent to a MySQL database. PHP does this very well. My 5c worth, Cord -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) iD8DBQFDXVwvsGiH6D6ck0ARAoX/AKCOF5E5rtGpU+cYYamkv2HVKXydeQCeJN2q 4HxzlRIkt8ZgPBvaBaLZnTo= =fqtg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
