thanks!
At 03:47 PM 09/22/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Dale
>See comments below:
>
>> i have end users who can not use my getNetText(),
>> downloadNetThing() due to
>> routing through a proxy server.
>>
>> i see that netLingo xtra has a proxyServer() command, but it
>> doesn't really
>> explain its uses, just that a proxy server can be specified...would use of
>> this enable the user to perform these tasks?
>
>When running an application in a projector and accessing the web from behind
>a proxyserver, you will need to specify the proxy server settings. This is
>not an issue with shockwave, as it uses the browsers http to access
>materials, but a projector must rely on its own http protocol.
>
>To use the proxy server settings, you must first ask the enduser for the
>proxyserver info, the ip address and the port number of the proxyserver.
>There may be one or two proxy servers, ie. one for http and another for ftp,
>you may require both if you are using getnettext and downloadNetThing().
>Please note, projectors are not capable of https just http.
>
>Normally you would then issue the appropriate proxyServer commands in a
>startMovie script (if the info is already stored and retrievable from the
>endusers harddrive or shortly after gathering this info from the client via
>client input screens. Once set, ie. proxyServer #http,"197.65.208.157",80
>the settings remain for the duration of the session or until they are reset
>by you.
>
>Please note as mentioned previously, you may have to set both the #http
>proxy and the #ftp proxy. Some IT departments use a single setting for both
>others use different settings. In the past on Windows boxes I have used
>buddyAPI to read the registry strings to get the proxysettings
>automatically, it worked for 95, 98 and NT 4 but no longer functions under
>Win2K, and haven't tested on ME. Its not a fault of BuddyAPI, rather I use
>Buddy to read specific registry strings, however those registry strings no
>longer exist in Win2K, actually after spending the better part of an hour
>searching Win2K's registry, the only proxy settings I could locate where the
>ones being set for RealPlayer, which I can't trust to be there. So its back
>to asking the client to input the info, or if you have a specific client
>(ie. one client only) then it might be possible to hardcode it but then you
>are definitely playing with fire since the IT department could change the
>proxy settings and orphan your program. You will thus always need to
>provide an interface for the client to access/change the proxysettings at a
>later date.
>
>Does this help at all??
>
>
>Sincerely
>
>Mark
>
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