Downloading a Rev app from a server

[Richard Miller]

Andre,
Your response helped me see a different way of updating, by utilizing  
a small startup Rev application that opens all the main parts of our  
system as stacks, allowing for easier download and updating. Thanks  
for your response.
Richard


On Dec 18, 2005, at 3:26 PM, Andre Garzia wrote:

> 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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