Jacque- Sunday, August 7, 2011, 8:49:52 PM, you wrote:
> It sounds like I may have to ask the user to provide both paths. But > that makes everything more complex because the two paths are slightly > different, the user needs to know the distinction between web-relative > paths and absolute paths and what their web root folder is called, and > I'd rather avoid the support issues around that if I can. So here's my confusion about this: just because a user has http hosting doesn't necessarily mean they have ftp hosting or that they have an ftp account set up. And if they *do* have an ftp account and already know their username and password, wouldn't they also know the ftp address? And if they know all that (still with me?) why not just ask for four pieces of data instead of three? You might try creating a socket connection to port 21 at the server address and see if there's a response, but that still wouldn't necessarily resolve to a subdomain ftp server. Or you might get an ftp server but not the one you were looking for. I think the support issues of trying to outsmart the user might outweigh those of users asking "what's ftp?". -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
