Re: want to download .txt on unix server from form

From: Paul G Young <pgy_at_magma.ca>
Date: 1998/10/01
Message-ID: <01bdecd8$a42c4e20$7005bfce_at_default>#1/1

Another architecture would have you launch a text editor with the file name from Forms. The problem is that the data is actually on the server. SAMBA is excellent freeware that runs on Unix which file shares with Windows.

We've run this architecture with PFE (freeware) and HP/Lanman (proprietary SAMBA) from Forms with Unix in the background It's pretty slick, fast and reliable. It's easy from an application perspective but takes a little effort to set up.

SAMBA (http://www.samba.bst.tj/samba/samba.html) PFE (http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/pfefiles.htm),

Hope this helps.

PGY

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ªü´ö Thenardier <Thenardier_at_POBoxes.com.hk> wrote in article <360fbf0c.71184_at_news.netvigator.com>...
>
> hello,
>
> there is a .txt file generated by text_io with concurrenct manager
> in oracle appl. the output is saved in a directory on the unix
> server. now i want to get the .txt file (name predefined) directly
> from the server to a client pc using form. for security's sake, the
> users are not allowed to user any ftp software and are not allowed
> to know the logon name and password of the server.
>
> dont want to run the file generation process from form on pc. it's
> going to occupy the machine for a whole day. u know, forms dont
> run at the background. :(
>
> i really wonder how form can deal with such situation.
>
> thanx!
>
> rgds,
> thenard
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> Pls remove .hk in reply
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  Received on Thu Oct 01 1998 - 00:00:00 CEST