Downloading a Rev app from a server

[Andre Garzia]

Richard,

best way is not to generate the standalone and use the single file  
stackfile, this way a simple GO STACK URL will do... if you must  
generate a standalone, then zip it beforehand, then transfer, create  
a routine that will unzip it and load, but that sucks because you'll  
end up with duplicate memory use for engine since (it's two  
standalones in memory), and the file will be bigger... and will not  
be cross platform, using the plain rev file is better as it works  
everywhere and loads faster.

cheers
andre

On Dec 18, 2005, at 6:12 PM, Richard Miller wrote:

> I'm having difficulty downloading a Rev application from our  
> server. After trying the standard "put url" and LibURLDowloadToFile  
> commands, and not having those work, I've come to the conclusion  
> the problem is probably with the structure of a Rev-created  
> application (in that it's a package.... not just one file).  
> Apparently, those commands just can't grab the package.
>
> I then thought about compressing the Rev app first using the  
> compress() commands, but "compress" doesn't seem to want to grab  
> the entire package either. So I'm stuck.
>
> I could use Stuffit to compress the file on the server, but I would  
> need to unstuff it on the local side "on the fly" from within a  
> running Rev application... and that would appear to be a tricky issue.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Basically, a Rev application on the local side needs to download a  
> Rev application from our server and then launch it locally. What's  
> the best way to do that?
>
> Thanks.
> Richard Miller
> Imprinter Technologies
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