--- Jacob Sparre Andersen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Maybe we are doing this the wrong way. What prevents > us from > implementing whatever services we want as a simple > HTTP > daemon? For sure! > Then we would just have to ask the user to > launch > the approppriate version of the daemon (OS > dependent), which > would bind to a local IP port (#1815?), where > interactive > links would point. Or better yet just launch and Ada program that starts the browser (in Win32 you can start the registered browser easily IE or Netscape with a shell start api call) and then generates then index file with a simple meta tag that just refers back to itself with its local IP port. Example generated file: <HTML> <HEAD> <meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="0; URL=http://localhost:1234"> </HEAD> <BODY></BODY></HTML> Where 1234 is generated on the fly based on the port it uses. The entire httpd engine can just be a simple set of packages that you register code with ala call back style. > > We would even get the benefit of finding the URL of > the > files on the CD through the "referer" header. Not needed if you integrate everything in to the Ada program. David Botton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com