1. Offtopic - Web Stuff
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Hi Everyone,
I have been trying to find a method to directly download some PDF documents
(lots actually) from I web site in an automated way.
As part of the experiment, I tried creating a simple html page with the direct
links to the documents I require, the idea being that I could just click the link
to each document to download. Unfortunately, this did not work. However, pasting
the URL directly into IE's address bar does work.
It would seem that the "secondary" linking I tried has a problem. Does anyone
know why?
Here is an example link.....
http://dfswebapp.tabnsw.com.au/get_dfs.asp?race=01&event=SR&type=WS
I am registered to the site......a logon is required so clicking the above wont
work for anyone else.
I would be grateful if someone could explain how the link works when the server
receives it and if there is anything I can do to automate the process.
Many thanks!
Mark
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been trying to find a method to directly
download some PDF documents (lots actually) from I web site in an automated
way.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As part of the experiment, I tried creating a
simple html page with the direct links to the documents I require, the idea
being that I could just click the link to each document to
download.</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>Unfortunately, this did not work.
However, pasting the URL directly into IE's address bar does work. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It would seem that the "secondary" linking I tried
has a problem. Does anyone know why?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is an example link.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://dfswebapp.tabnsw.com.au/get_dfs.asp?race=01&event=SR&type=WS"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://dfswebapp.tabnsw.com.au/get_dfs.asp?race=01&event=SR&type=WS</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am registered to the site......a logon is
required so clicking the above wont work for anyone else.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would be grateful if someone could explain how
the link works when the server receives it and if there is anything I can do to
automate the process.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many thanks!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark</FONT></DIV>
2. Re: Offtopic - Web Stuff
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I don't know if this will help but I think you can actually download (with
GetRight)
http://dfswebapp.tabnsw.com.au/get_dfs.asp
ASP file which is made of VBScript code.
That way you can see what is going on when you click that link, if that is what
you want.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Brown
To: EUforum
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 6:35 AM
Subject: Offtopic - Web Stuff
Hi Everyone,
I have been trying to find a method to directly download some PDF documents
(lots actually) from I web site in an
automated way.
As part of the experiment, I tried creating a simple html page with the direct
links to the documents I require, the idea
being that I could just click the link to each document to download.
Unfortunately, this did not work. However, pasting the
URL directly into IE's address bar does work.
It would seem that the "secondary" linking I tried has a problem. Does anyone
know why?
Here is an example link.....
http://dfswebapp.tabnsw.com.au/get_dfs.asp?race=01&event=SR&type=WS
I am registered to the site......a logon is required so clicking the above
wont work for anyone else.
I would be grateful if someone could explain how the link works when the
server receives it and if there is anything I
can do to automate the process.
Many thanks!
Mark
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know if this will help but I think you can
actually download (with GetRight)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://dfswebapp.tabnsw.com.au/get_dfs.asp"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://dfswebapp.tabnsw.com.au/get_dfs.asp</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ASP file which is made of VBScript
code.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That way you can see what is going on when you
click that link, if that is what you want.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mabrown at SENET.COM.AU href="mailto:mabrown at SENET.COM.AU">Mark
Brown</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=EUforum at topica.com
href="mailto:EUforum at topica.com">EUforum</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 25, 2001 6:35
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Offtopic - Web Stuff</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been trying to find a method to directly
download some PDF documents (lots actually) from I web site in an
automated way.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As part of the experiment, I tried creating a
simple html page with the direct links to the documents I require, the idea
being that I could just click the link to each document to
download.</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>Unfortunately, this did not
work. However, pasting the URL directly into IE's address bar does work.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It would seem that the "secondary" linking I
tried has a problem. Does anyone know why?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is an example link.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://dfswebapp.tabnsw.com.au/get_dfs.asp?race=01&event=SR&type=WS"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://dfswebapp.tabnsw.com.au/get_dfs.asp?race=01&event=SR&type=WS</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am registered to the site......a logon is
required so clicking the above wont work for anyone else.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would be grateful if someone could explain how
the link works when the server receives it and if there is anything I can do
to automate the process.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many thanks!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark</FONT></DIV>
3. Re: Offtopic - Web Stuff
At 16:35 25/11/01 +1100, you wrote:
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Hi Mark,
A useful link is to the "graburl.exe" utility for Windows:
http://www.kiraly.com/software/utilities/graburl/
You can call this from Euphoria via a system() call.
However I think it will only work for URL's which are static in nature
(HTML pages, gifs, exes, jpegs etc). The getright utility Tone has
mentioned may be a better utility for this but you might want to experiment.
I like graburl because it is simple, is free, runs consistently on a
variety of Windows implementations and is callable from Euphoria.
Regards,
FP.
4. Re: Offtopic - Web Stuff
Tone Skode wrote:
> I don't know if this will help but I think you can actually download (with
GetRight)
> http://dfswebapp.tabnsw.com.au/get_dfs.asp
> ASP file which is made of VBScript code.
> That way you can see what is going on when you click that link, if that is
what you want.
ASP, PHP & CGI should be never allowed to download for user.
The scripts may contain passwords to some
databases or files, or reveal some info about the server, so
a good server won't you ever allow to get source of the scripts.
(MS IIS had a few such security holes 
If you d/l the .asp, you'll get just the output of the script.
Martin
5. Re: Offtopic - Web Stuff
Ok, you're right.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Stachon" <martin.stachon at worldonline.cz>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: Offtopic - Web Stuff
>
> Tone Skode wrote:
>
> > I don't know if this will help but I think you can actually download
(with
> GetRight)
> > http://dfswebapp.tabnsw.com.au/get_dfs.asp
> > ASP file which is made of VBScript code.
> > That way you can see what is going on when you click that link, if that
is
> what you want.
>
> ASP, PHP & CGI should be never allowed to download for user.
> The scripts may contain passwords to some
> databases or files, or reveal some info about the server, so
> a good server won't you ever allow to get source of the scripts.
> (MS IIS had a few such security holes
>
> If you d/l the .asp, you'll get just the output of the script.
>
> Martin
>
>
>
>
