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Re: Planes & Requirements for a generic download-tool
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:28:03 GMT
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Michael Lachmann wrote:
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> I saw that it is possible to extract the executables Ledit.exe and
> Complete.exe using WinZip and I will check if it is also possible using GZip.
> If yes I will include gnu-zip code into the program to automatically unpack
> the packages.
There's a zip library at ftp.cdrom.com that is capable of extracting
files (doh !) and has an example for creating a win32 program. I forgot
the name but it should be very easy to find.
> Question to Tim: Would it be possible for you to activate an ftp server at
> ldraw.org where you put everything in which is download-able? This would make
> the whole thing more easy to program (at least for me ...).
> Another thing is that I would like to ask to include a certain text-file into
> the complete.exe and updates which cleary states the which update is included
> in the package so tracking would be easy.
If you're going to do a win32 program then you can use http *very*
easily, I use wininet lib to check for new versions of LeoCAD:
HINTERNET hHttpFile = InternetOpenUrl(session,
"http://www.leocad.org/updates.txt", NULL, 0, 0,
0);
Leonardo
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 | | Re: Planes & Requirements for a generic download-tool
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| Yes I know, with Win32 it's easy no matter if it's http or ftp, but is it also under Unix? I would like to keep the source as portable as possible. In general it doesn't depend on the protocol, but getting directory listings from ftp servers is (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Planes & Requirements for a generic download-tool
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| Hy, after exchanging some mails with Tim Courtney, I'm planing to write a generic download-utility for LDraw/LEdit stuff. The basic idea behind is to have a utility which can be used to download a specific program and/or the part libraries. Also an (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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