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I'll like to get people's feeback on this to see if a) it's needed and b) did I miss anything. (URL) the technically inclinded I will be doing the Updater (if needed) using VB 6 Service Pack 5. Utlimatley I want to see this updater installed at the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Proposed LDraw Updater
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I wrote a program to update the LDraw library from ldraw.org about 1 year ago and Jacob even set up a directory for it on the website (don't know if it's linked to the parts tracker now). I've sent it to a few people for comments but the project (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Proposed LDraw Updater
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Hello Ahui, someone wrote already something likes this. I don't remember right now who it was. "Ahui Herrera" <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:GsH2Cu.EK5@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) For the technically inclinded I will be doing the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Proposed LDraw Updater
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In lugnet.cad, Carsten Schmitz writes: <SNIP> (...) What I meant was that the application would be coded in VB but the end result would be a .exe file. Now what you are misisng is the big picture of where this installer will be. Ldraw.org (myself (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Proposed LDraw Updater
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Leo, I used your updater (under Virtual PC on my Mac) and it worked fine. Did you ever document how it communicates with ldraw.org? What about a clear and simple protocol to put into other programs. For instance, if an update protocol is defined in (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Proposed LDraw Updater
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It uses http for everything, basically it grabs a text file from ldraw.org with a list of all parts and the dates they were updated (the text file has comments). The parts are gzipped to save bandwidth, it's pretty slow because it downloads a ton (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Proposed LDraw Updater
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The list of parts is now at (URL) add the script that updates this to my processes for releasing part updates. Each line in the file has a file subpath and name, and the value for the modified date (in seconds since January 1, 1970). When files are (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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