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    Proposed LDraw Updater —Ahui Herrera
   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)
   
        Re: Proposed LDraw Updater —Leonardo Zide
      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)
    
         Re: Proposed LDraw Updater —Erik Olson
     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)
    
         Re: Proposed LDraw Updater —Leonardo Zide
      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)
    
         Re: Proposed LDraw Updater —Steve Bliss
     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)
   
        Re: Proposed LDraw Updater —Carsten Schmitz
   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)
   
        Re: Proposed LDraw Updater —Ahui Herrera
   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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