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Re: Passing data from web to application

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From: Metro
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:05
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A simple solution would be to pass the information via a form on the web 
server to a text file located on the server, then read the text file into 
your application when the user runs the application,

Metro.

"Peter Stevens" <pstevens23@comcast.net> wrote in message 
news:430268be$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Hello,
> I just have a general question.
> I developed a graphics application in BCB5 that I'd like to incorporate in 
> a website, installed on a dedicated server. I want the user (website 
> visitor) to activate the application by clicking on a button in the 
> website. The application runs, and then self terminates, generating a jpeg 
> file. The important part is, two pieces of information need to be passed 
> from the web control to the application before the application is 
> activated--one is a filename generated by the website (derived from 
> username, to be passed to an Edit control), and the other is multiline 
> text (to be passed to a Memo component).
> Can we pass these two type of information from the web control to my 
> application?
> Don't need to give me any code specifics, I can't do web programming. Just 
> tell me, in principle, if this can be done.
> Thanks
> Peter
> 
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