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Dear opus developers,

I am using Opus Pro 04 and I would like to know the following things:

Would it be possible to create a simple file upload application for a web site?

If NOT, what if I upgrade to OPUS XE 05?
Also, in Opus 05, does the Databases support have any improvements? Any possibility to create web-enabled database applications ?

Thanks

Dennis Zervas

Hi Dennis

Would it be possible to create a simple file upload application for a web site?

I'm afraid this is not possible in Opus alone

This can be done with the help of DOS ftp, or an add-on util
(Member jocy has an excellent one), or with a perl/php script and
a browser object.

Using the third method and a little CSS, you can make it appear
as if it's done in Opus alone, but until Opus grows an FTP Object
your stuck with workarounds.

Any possibility to create web-enabled database applications ?

This has always been possible with the help of perl/php and
Get/PostWebData. I believe a few database commands were added
in 05 but it really hasn't changed the web interaction.

HTH
Chris

In the mean time I did some modifications, (thought nobody would use it...)
here is a update of the file transfer application.

It will send a text file when Upload or Download is done, this is handy when you have some actions afterwards in your publication

You can use Opus script to adjust the settings in the ini file...

Cheers

example ini file

Write ini file:
[action]
language_file=english.lng // you can modify in your own language see .ing file
LoadMode=1 // 0 is upload 1 is download
Host=yourcompany.nl //set address
Port=21 // default
Username=jocy
Password=bdanmf123
Passive=1 // default
ServerDirectoryToWorkIn=/public_ftp_file/download_file/ ////files to download from server in a certain folder
LocalDirectoryToWorkIn=c:\temp\downloads\ // set SYSTEM_PUBLICATION_DIR if you want to download the files in the root folder
DeleteActionFileWhenComplete=0 //this will delete the ini file
files_to_upload=2 // if load_mode is 0 this action is starting
upload_file1=c:\temp\wall.jpg
upload_file2=c:\temp\order display.bmp
ontop=1 // set the dialog on top
dialogs=1 //1 is show dialog 0 is no dialog shown
execute_when_done_action=1 // 1 write a text file
when_done_send_txt_file=c:\temp.txt
when_done_send_write_line=ok