Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-15 Thread Fastream Technologies
I don't want to discuss this topic anymore, by you or anyone else. This is defenitely out of topic. However you wish. You are the owner/boss here! Thanks, SZ -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-15 Thread Francois Piette
> I am sorry for disturbing you but I am not sure I understood your point. > Isn't ICS in competition with other components like The support mailing list is defenitely not the place to discuss about competitors or compare features or design decisions and goals. Use borland winsock forum or other

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-15 Thread Fastream Technologies
m and improve ours and catch them with our favorite Internet component suite that is ICS. Thanks, SZ - Original Message - From: "Corey Murtagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ICS support mailing" Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [twsocket] Is th

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-14 Thread Corey Murtagh
Fastream Technologies wrote: But this is a decision that affects ICS developers since MS is the owner of the OS and Winsock therefore can shed some light with its design. I did not have any malign intentions. Be that as it may, discussions of the /design decisions/ that lead to the current state

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-14 Thread Fastream Technologies
t;ICS support mailing" Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads? > why did MS chose threads? This is not the place to discuss Microsoft design decision. Please use a general purpose mailing list or newsgroup for th

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-14 Thread Francois Piette
quot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ICS support mailing" Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads? > You seem to be right and I can understand why Apache has chosen threaded way > (for UNIX compatibility) but why

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-14 Thread Fastream Technologies
- From: "Primoz Gabrijelcic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'ICS support mailing'" Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:59 AM Subject: RE: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads? Well, async cannot take advantage of multi-processor systems. Also for C

RE: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-14 Thread Primož Gabrijelčič
> Well, async cannot take advantage of multi-processor systems. > Also for CGI and ISAPI execution, threads seem to be a better > way. And all the commercial Web servers I know such as IIS > and Apache chose it for these reasons. You are mixing up two factors. Even on multi-processor system, o

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-14 Thread Fastream Technologies
ørnar Nielsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'ICS support mailing'" Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 10:38 AM Subject: RE: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads? The only shortcoming of ICS is the web server which has no official and/or optimized CGI/ISAPI co

RE: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-14 Thread Bjørnar Nielsen
> The only shortcoming of ICS is the web server which has no official and/or optimized CGI/ISAPI > component and by design async which is bad for a web server. SZ, why do you think async design is bad for a webserver? Regards Bjørnar -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket m

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-13 Thread Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd
> Yea, I looked into this, and the related API calls on the MSDN site. > However, I also heard that sparse files lead to bad file > fragmentation, not sure if thats true or not though. By definition, a sparse file will be very fragmented, that's how it's designed. But I doubt TStream will be u

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-13 Thread Dan
With NT and better (who really cares about Win9x any more), you can use sparse files, where the OS creates a file (potentially larger than the disk) but only allocates sectors as you write them. Once the file is complete, it would be copied to a normal file. Angus -- To unsubscribe or change your

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-13 Thread Guillaume MAISON
> > I would do it by writing to temporary files. The reason is because > > when you start writing to an offset in a new file, the write call > > will block for a long time while Windows zeroes/randomizes the > > earlier bytes so that you cant read someone elses file that was > > previously in the

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-13 Thread Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd
> I would do it by writing to temporary files. The reason is because > when you start writing to an offset in a new file, the write call > will block for a long time while Windows zeroes/randomizes the > earlier bytes so that you cant read someone elses file that was > previously in the same p

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-13 Thread Fastream Technologies
Dan - Original Message - From: "Moacir Flávio Gonçalves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ICS support mailing" Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads? Well, I'm doing a guess here, thinking that mu

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-13 Thread Moacir Flávio Gonçalves
ot;Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ICS support mailing" Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 9:27 AM Subject: Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads? I would do it by writing to temporary files. The reason is because when you start writing to an offset in a new

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-13 Thread Francois Piette
> Multiple connections are made to the server. Each connection downloads a > separate part of the file and they are reassembled when downloading is > done. Eg part 1 would be the first 33% of the file, part 2 the 33-66% > part, and part 4 the 66-100% part. You can do that more or less like i've de

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-13 Thread Dan
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ICS support mailing" Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads? Well, I'm doing a guess here, thinking that must be a clever way to do it, BUT, I think, if you create 1 file with

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-13 Thread Moacir Flávio Gonçalves
k" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ICS support mailing" Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:46 AM Subject: Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads? Francois PIETTE wrote: Some of You guys know Leechget and downloadmanager like that. They have an option to download

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-12 Thread Fastream Technologies
esday, April 13, 2005 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads? Francois PIETTE wrote: Some of You guys know Leechget and downloadmanager like that. They have an option to download a file in threads. Can you describe this feature because I don't know those

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-12 Thread Nicholas Sherlock
Francois PIETTE wrote: Some of You guys know Leechget and downloadmanager like that. They have an option to download a file in threads. Can you describe this feature because I don't know those programs. Multiple connections are made to the server. Each connection downloads a separate pa

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-12 Thread Francois PIETTE
> Some of You guys know Leechget and downloadmanager like that. > They have an option to download a file in threads. Can you describe this feature because I don't know those programs. > Is it possible with FTPCLI to setup > ranges to download a file in threads? When Yes, how? If you mean downloa

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-09 Thread Fastream Technologies
I used to do that with our FTP client. This approach requires many extra coding with critical sections and so on.. The best way that Francois convinced me is to do async coding on the client side and even on FTP/POP3/SMTP servers. The only shortcoming of ICS is the web server which has no offic

Re: [twsocket] Is there a way to download a file in threads?

2005-04-09 Thread Fredrik Bergström
Yes, Create the threads yourself and have one FTPCLI in each of them. /Fredrik Saturday, April 9, 2005, 12:13:12 AM, you wrote: > Some of You guys know Leechget and downloadmanager like that. They have an > option to download a file in threads. Is it possible with FTPCLI to setup > ranges to dow