Thanks ... that's my feeling, but the programmer is giving me push back, so I'm trying to make sure I have all of my facts before I become too obstinate about the rule.
I'm searching google for COM objects now to see if any thing might be available to do what the programmer wants. Nothing I can find. Since I posted my original message, the developer and I have exchanged more messages and he has dug in his heels a bit "no zip." I've asked him why, with no answer so far. It's getting close to time, with permission from my boss at this point, for me to become obstinate and say the "zip way or the highway" (I could just finish all the rest of my parts of the site and let the programmer figure it out from there). I'm still open to suggestions, however, if any developers reading this no of a non-file-compression solution. H. > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Grover [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:03 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: 2 Zip or Not 2 Zip > > That would appear to answer your dilemma. If you have any concerns about > this at all, zip the text file, and the other files into a single file. > Then the user will ALWAYS get that text file, and eliminate any problems > should they fail to grab it. Sounds like a business rule to me... which > overrides any individual developer's desires (as I've found out the hard > way). > > My two cents worth. > > Shawn Grover > > -----Original Message----- > From: Owens, Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:28 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: 2 Zip or Not 2 Zip > > > My concern is that users won't understand the importance of downloading > the > text file with the data files and leave the text file behind. > > H. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim McAtee [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 1:08 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: 2 Zip or Not 2 Zip > > > > Why not offer both options to the purchaser of the files? If they only > > purchase a couple of files, there's not much to be gained, but if they > > purchase a lot of files, it would certainly be more convenient to > download > > them all in one shot. > > > > Jim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Owens, Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:52 PM > > Subject: 2 Zip or Not 2 Zip > > > > > > > I need to set up a process where by a user will select (buy, really) a > > > number of data files (songs, actually). These files will be downloaded > > onto > > > the user machine where a client-side application will manipulate them > > > further. As part of the process, we also need to generate a text that > > also > > > must be transferred to the client machine. > > > > > > I can only two ways to handle this ... force the user to click > multiple > > > links to download each file, or run a server-side zip utility to zip > > > everything up before shipping it off to the client machine. > > > > > > The programmer building the client-side application doesn't like this > > second > > > option. He doesn't want to have to have the client machine unzip the > > file > > > before doing what his program needs to do. > > > > > > Is there a way to batch all of the needed files together in a single > > > download (using CF to do this) without zipping them together in any > way? > > > > > > H. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
