Y'know, it sounds to me like this special text file should be embedded into the music files themselves ? That, or the music files should be tarred or zipped or otherwise grouped into a file with thier text file. Whichever way, the C++ application should unquestionably be doing the extraction/untarring/zipping... to get out the music and encryption key for sending to the device. The last thing you want users to do is jump through hoops to get what they want, wether the hoop is having to download a mysterious text file as well as what they want, or unzip files and pass them into another application.
I would suggest that having 2 files the user must download is going to be, as you believe, confusing for Jo Bloggs. Whatever you do you have to get those files combined into one. Sounds an interesting project BTW. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Owens, Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:09 AM Subject: RE: 2 Zip or Not 2 Zip > Good suggestions this morning ... > > It's a C++ application on the client side ... manages all of the files, uses > a special encryption method to prevent swapping files between devices, > writes them to an external device that uses the files (only properly > encrypted files can be used on the ID-identified device for which they are > written). > > H. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lewis Sellers [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:24 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: 2 Zip or Not 2 Zip > > > > At 09:16 AM 4/25/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > >After thinking about it overnight, my advice is to do it the Zip way, AS > > >WELL AS whatever way the programmer comes up with. > > > > > >Then do some benchmarking analysis and see which method works best. You > > >can support this plan by saying that it really is in the best interest > > >of the client to evaluate all of your options before making a decision. > > > > > >Then make the decision as to what method works best. I have a feeling > > >that once the programmer sees the results he may very well be more open > > >to the Zip idea. > > > > > >However, since we do not have all the details of the project, who knows? > > >Maybe this guy's method really will work better. That is why the idea I > > >outlined above benefits everyone. > > > > > > > > I think one "detail" that might help the group at large here :) decide is > > what was meant by this being a "client-side application". I was under the > > impression that mean an activex COM (as Howard mentioned the word COM). If > > > > that's so, you simply throw in a generic ZIP class to the project (if it > > were in c++) and run with it. (In fact, if it's an activex control the end > > > > user might not necessarily even ever see the file). > > > > A java applet might work just as well at this point (though as .NET > > gung-ho > > as the programmer is they might not want to touch java). > > > > Anyway, if it's not activex... well... maybe something besides ZIP might > > be > > easier after all on the client end. > > > > --min > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.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
