How to find amazing stuff (was: Re: Where do I find Trevors Enhanced QT Externals?)

[Dave Cragg]

On 23 May 2007, at 16:59, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Roger.E.Eller wrote:
>> The new Rev Search engine is nice, but like Rev Online and Rev  
>> Net, it has
>> never worked for me (while at work - where it is needed most), but  
>> works
>> fine from home. At work, there is a corporate firewall that requires
>> authentication for outgoing connections to the internet. Web browsers
>> prompt for user/pass, but Rev just sits and looks at me funny. I  
>> am willing
>> to work with you off-list to help figure out the problem if you  
>> have some
>> time.
>
> If your network setup is affecting all of these tools, I wonder if  
> it may be best to go straight to the source and see if libURL could  
> be enhanced to support what you need.
>
> Dave Cragg, any thoughts on this?  Is there perhaps something we  
> could be doing to accommodate Roger's network with what's in libURL  
> now?

Absolutely maybe.

As others have pointed out, it's probably a proxy issue.

If users are being prompted for name and password in their browsers,  
there's a fair chance (not guaranteed) it is using Basic  
authentication. If so, you're in luck.

I see the docs aren't complete about the support that libUrl  
provides. Take a look here for more details:

http://www.lacscentre.co.uk/liburl/liburldoc.html#libUrlSetAuthCallback

It has a simple example for handling Basic authentication.

If you find you need NTLM support, you can contact me off list. I  
have the external that Chipp mentioned, and some sample scripts.

Cheers
Dave