OpenEuphoria

Re: Upload Application

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> Nov 19, 1999
• 547 views

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to build a Windows Application that would allow a user to select a
> file from their computer and upload it to the web.
>
> For example:
>
> The user opens this program selects a jpeg from their computer and then
> clicks an upload button. and presto the file is uploaded to the website.
>
> I do not want to use FTP because this requires telnet/ftp accounts I am
> looking to build something more like the CGI scripts that let anyone upload
> a file to your server...except I want it to be a windows app instead of a
> HTML page driven by CGI.
>
> Any ideas where to start?

First of all, allowing users to upload a file does _not_ require a telnet or ftp
account on the part of the sender. Just set up an "incoming" directory on your
website and make it publicly writable. Sending the file will require use of an
ftp client, some browsers can do that., or with a _lot_ of work, you could
write a program that uses Winsock and the ftp protocol.

Of course, to get the uploaded file to show up on a web page, you'll also need
a way to include a reference to that file in your html. That brings us back to
CGI.

Regards,
Irv