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numero = 11506
interpreted = N
texte = We are using the Web Commerce package but don't have an option for theuser to create a shopping cart for their download yet. I'm curious to knowif the user adds 3 items to the shopping cart to be downloaded at theirleisure, is there a way for them to download all the material at the sametime? I know you can perform multiple downloads simultaneously by makingseparate connections to the ftp site, but I was wondering if the downloadcould be connected to a script which would retrieve the items from the ftpserver based on the results in the shopping cart and eliminate the userhaving to make separate connections. Using a submit button, it would thengo to the ftp to download the first item, when done, go on its own to thesecond, third, etc., until it was completed.One programmer I talked to also suggested that the script would collect allof the material, package it, then download it onto the client machine -which seems like a lot of work as well. However, the main concern withthis would be that servers may not be able to do this with the currenttechnology as it allows the server too much power to push informationonto the client machine.I hope this is clear. Thanks for your response.Jill* * * * * * * *Jill HeckMetagraphics, Inc.831 High StreetPalo Alto, California 94301phone: 415.327.8200 email: jill@metanet.comfax: 415.323.5053 web: http://www.metanet.com/
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We are using the Web Commerce package but don't have an option for theuser to create a shopping cart for their download yet. I'm curious to knowif the user adds 3 items to the shopping cart to be downloaded at theirleisure, is there a way for them to download all the material at the sametime? I know you can perform multiple downloads simultaneously by makingseparate connections to the ftp site, but I was wondering if the downloadcould be connected to a script which would retrieve the items from the ftpserver based on the results in the shopping cart and eliminate the userhaving to make separate connections. Using a submit button, it would thengo to the ftp to download the first item, when done, go on its own to thesecond, third, etc., until it was completed.One programmer I talked to also suggested that the script would collect allof the material, package it, then download it onto the client machine -which seems like a lot of work as well. However, the main concern withthis would be that servers may not be able to do this with the currenttechnology as it allows the server too much power to push informationonto the client machine.I hope this is clear. Thanks for your response.Jill* * * * * * * *Jill HeckMetagraphics, Inc.831 High StreetPalo Alto, California 94301phone: 415.327.8200 email: jill@metanet.comfax: 415.323.5053 web: http://www.metanet.com/
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