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[ivan chason]

--- Fairlight <fairlite at fairlite.com> wrote:

> When asked his whereabouts on Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at
> 08:48:37AM -0700,
> ivan chason took the fifth, drank it, and then
> slurred:
> > 
> > Now where would using the BLOB command fit into
> all of
> > this.  I'm still hoping to some how stream line
> the
> > way that images are viewed.  Now we use a system
> > command and I would like to contain everything
> within
> > FilePro's functionality.  I just really don't have
> an
> > understanding of how the BLOB function works.
> 
> It [BLOB] wouldn't [fit into all of this], in an
> ideal scenario.
> 
> You're talking about two different aspects of
> dealing with the images,
> namely storage and viewing.  Those are
> compartmentalised operations.
> 
> Ideally, all you do is store the images somewhere on
> disk (a heirarchical
> directory structure that limits most cases to under
> 500 files per directory
> is preferable, though certainly not -necessary-). 
> In filePro, you maintain
> a table with records that simply describe the image,
> and then have a
> pathname to the actual location on disk.
> 
> Storing images in BLOBs is really a bad idea for a
> lot of reasons that have
> been rehashed in the past.  If you're interested,
> the archives of this list
> must have a good dozen discussions over the years on
> this very topic.
> Take it as a given that it shouldn't be done as a
> matter of good practise.
> 
> As for viewing, you can use any image viewer you
> like.  People have been
> over that.  But since fP (regular, not GI) has no
> functionality for viewing
> images, you're going to have to rely on SYSTEM and
> start a viewer.
> 
> As for the VPN solution...  I personally wouldn't
> like that solution.  I'm
> not a big fan of VPN's for several reasons that
> exceed the scope of this
> conversation.  You didn't mention what software you
> used for telnet.  Now
> if you could guarantee that all clients were
> something like Anzio (and I'm
> presuming, although I have a copy and have never
> actually tested it) that
> its zmodem has auto-detect/auto-start, you could
> possibly do something
> like send the image on the fly, then start the
> viewer on that file via the
> remote command escape sequence capability.  Not
> necessarily the best way
> to do it, but it's -one- idea just off the top of my
> head that illustrates
> that you don't need a VPN connection from you to
> everyone else to do it.
> Past a certain point in a scenario like this, the
> 'P' seems to disappear
> from VPN.  There are other ways to skin that cat,
> depending what software
> is involved and can be deployed.
> 
> mark->
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The software we use is Anita - Fusion.  It is a
terminal emulator for our windows machines to connect
to the unix server.  We use it both for our LAN users
and our WAN users.  
So can you think of how to skin this cat with Anita

-Ivan

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