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Software => HFS ~ HTTP File Server => Topic started by: nosmo on February 20, 2007, 11:40:45 AM
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Hi,
Great little app you've made, small, easy to use, no fuss installing it, etc and you've made it with good old delphi, still one of my favorite programming languages.
I guess the http protocol isnt very good in handling multiple files because of the way it is setup security wise. A browser doesnt have direct access to the client's harddisk, making it impossible to send multiple files.
I already saw some solutions using a temporary zip/rar/tar file and send that to the client, disadvantage of course is that the client needs to unpack the file himself.
There are other solutions, perhaps you already though about them, but these are the ones I thought about
- Use webdav, so the client can use their own file explorer to copy files/folders
- create a java applet as a client
- use flash, if thats even possible, for downloading a folder
- perhaps javascript can save multiple files to the client harddisk
- use a zipfile header without compression, perhaps you can "zip" a folder on the fly
- send multiple files to the client, so the client gets many "save file..." windows. hard to keep the folder structure though
oh well, im just brainstorming here
regards
nosmo
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On to-do list.
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hi, the zip archive is the solution, almost implemented but still have to work on stability before releasing it.