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At least now I know I have to have cURLpp & BoostlibWhat for? You can create a C++ program to do what you need with dirent.h (which is generally available on POSIX machines) and your choice of CRC generator.
Alright, I'll go check on that right now. I was under the ipression that I would be needing the cURLpp & the boostlib in order to do the HTTP request. Honestly, if they are not needed, than I wasted 1 day out of my life that I won't get back.
It's possible to call a compiled executable; here are some notes on a relatively simple way to do it.
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/cgic.html
This may be easier than having your C++ program also mess around with the web side of things - you can use tools better suited to that to do the web bits, and leave the C++ side to do the number-crunching.
This is a problem with a bazillion solutions, though! Just pick one that's not overwhelming and get coding.
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/cgic.html
This may be easier than having your C++ program also mess around with the web side of things - you can use tools better suited to that to do the web bits, and leave the C++ side to do the number-crunching.
This is a problem with a bazillion solutions, though! Just pick one that's not overwhelming and get coding.
I just compiled and ran my first program using your advice. Got the "Hello World" thingy from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirent.h
It simply just output the contents of the DIR that is was in. See, I told you I would do my homework. Its a LONG way from what I have to do, but I will take all the advice you want to send. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirent.h
It simply just output the contents of the DIR that is was in. See, I told you I would do my homework. Its a LONG way from what I have to do, but I will take all the advice you want to send. :)
Chops,
Wow! I'm looking over the link that you sent. Basically, is that saying that I can talk my C++ program and use it server side too? Like a cloud app? Is that basically what this is saying?
Wow! I'm looking over the link that you sent. Basically, is that saying that I can talk my C++ program and use it server side too? Like a cloud app? Is that basically what this is saying?
"Cloud app" is far too modern for me to understand, but if you're asking if you can put an executable on a server and run it, then yes :)
That link is definitely something of an old-school way of doing it, and if you need to pass in more than a couple of parameters, it can be a bit of a pig. I'm sure the kids have all sorts of clever modern ways of doing it.
That link is definitely something of an old-school way of doing it, and if you need to pass in more than a couple of parameters, it can be a bit of a pig. I'm sure the kids have all sorts of clever modern ways of doing it.
I'm reading.
This basically looks like into to CGI? See I've never used CGI. I always have used Pph. I just code my php scripts right on whatever server I maybe working on using gedit, then just refresh browser to make sure all is running smoothly. That is great for "Server Side".
My issue is I need my server (my Website) to be able to retrieve data from a folder which resided on the vistor's pc. This will need to be done each time the visitor arrives at my site. This is why I think my plan of attack might be a browser extension. That should grant me access to the needed files by use of the browser. I am wanting my "extension" to check the CRC of those files on the visitors PC if you recall. To the best of my knowledge, I should be coding the extesion/program in C++.
This is why you have been seeing me around here for 2 days, LoL. I am going about this the right way, right? Comments?
This basically looks like into to CGI? See I've never used CGI. I always have used Pph. I just code my php scripts right on whatever server I maybe working on using gedit, then just refresh browser to make sure all is running smoothly. That is great for "Server Side".
My issue is I need my server (my Website) to be able to retrieve data from a folder which resided on the vistor's pc. This will need to be done each time the visitor arrives at my site. This is why I think my plan of attack might be a browser extension. That should grant me access to the needed files by use of the browser. I am wanting my "extension" to check the CRC of those files on the visitors PC if you recall. To the best of my knowledge, I should be coding the extesion/program in C++.
This is why you have been seeing me around here for 2 days, LoL. I am going about this the right way, right? Comments?
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