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Article #1018Re: Passing data from web to application
From: Metro
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:05
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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