A challenge within a challenge. Terry...
On 14/01/10 1:41 PM, "Derek" <run...@gmx.com> wrote: > > > > J. Landman Gay wrote: >> >> J. Landman Gay wrote: >> >>>> It's easy for PHP code in the landing download page to get the >>>> information >>>> that "Bob sent them" with a $GET. But how on earth will the Revolution >>>> standalone know about Bob? >>> >>> One thought: PHP gets the info and sends it to the download server via a >>> POST action to a CGI on the download server. The download server's CGI >>> parses the parameters and writes the info to a file or database. When >>> the standalone launches on a user's machine, it does a "get URL" of the >>> CGI on the download server, which looks up the data and returns it. >>> >> >> I left out something. You need some kind of identifying info so that you >> know who to look up. So unless you require a registration, where they >> enter their name on both the server and into your standalone, this >> method won't work. :( >> >> That was my last resort -- option #9! >> >> Do you really need to tie each copy to a specific user? Maybe just >> knowing that Bob referred 10 people and another server referred 40 is >> enough? >> >> In this project, I do need to match incoming users to referrers. >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >> _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution