| Re: ftp protocol [message #41716] |
Sun, 21 November 2004 22:31 |
Jim Pendleton
Messages: 13
Registered: July 2001
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I admit to putting some work into an FTP client, but I will also admit it
is not fully featured. Neither time nor funds have allowed for such
exercises. It's for that reason that I (and by inductance RSI)
am not releasing the source, or even the stand-alone functionality, to the
general public.
Getting a full-featured version of an FTP or HTTP client into IDL proper
is a non-trivial task requiring an act of sales and product marketing, with
the
associated engineering, documentation, QA, and tech support.
What you see on the codebank is what you get. No warranty. No
merchantability. The webimage application offers only the ability to
look at a street scene in Boulder, Colorado (among others), when the
camera's on, and your internet connections are working.
That's why the HTTP and FTP clients, such as they are, live a happy,
functionally challenged, anonymous life in the codebank, embedded in
a larger application whose behavior is moderately-well-defined. By me.
If you have a time-critical need for a feature in an RSI product that
just isn't there presently, RSI's Global Services Group often has the
ability to provide such support. (http://www.rsinc.com/gsg sorry about
the
shameless plug.)
If you can wait a release or two for a feature in a product such as IDL
or ENVI, you should contact your RSI sales person who will advocate
on your behalf with product marketing. These folks ultimately make the
decisions about what's in and what's out. Sending a note to my good
friends in RSI's tech support organization (support@rsinc.com) is also
a good way to ensure your request is entered into the appropriate
decision-making stream.
Jim P.
"Andrew Cool" <andrew.cool@dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote in message
news:c6d70400.0411211804.44a3d2c9@posting.google.com...
> Robert Barnett <retsil@zipworld.com.au> wrote in message
> news:<419E99D5.7000905@zipworld.com.au>...
>
>> I was wondering if anyone has written a full implementation of a FTP
>> client?
>>
>> I've hacked together my own one for use in distributed computing, but I
>> was keen to eventually write something which might be useful for others.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> nrb@
>> Robbie Barnett
>> imag
>> Research Assistant
>> wsahs
>> Nuclear Medicine & Ultrasound
>> nsw
>> Westmead Hospital
>> gov
>> Sydney Australia
>> au
>> +61 2 9845 7223
>
> Hi Robbie,
>
>> I was wondering if anyone has written a full implementation of a FTP
>> client?
>
> RSI has. But they're being a little tight fisted with it. Something
> about wanting $$$ for it.
>
> If you download from the RSI User Contrib site Jim Pendleton's
> webimage program, and do a Help,/Source once you've Restored the SAVE
> file, you'll see a host of http/ftp Object routines.
>
> You might want to email RSI and add some pressure to get their
> http/ftp
> package released, either as is, or in the next version of IDL maybe.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew
> DSTO,Adelaide, South Oz
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| Re: ftp protocol [message #41718 is a reply to message #41716] |
Sun, 21 November 2004 18:04  |
andrew.cool
Messages: 47
Registered: July 2003
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Robert Barnett <retsil@zipworld.com.au> wrote in message news:<419E99D5.7000905@zipworld.com.au>...
> I was wondering if anyone has written a full implementation of a FTP client?
>
> I've hacked together my own one for use in distributed computing, but I
> was keen to eventually write something which might be useful for others.
>
>
> --
>
> nrb@
> Robbie Barnett
> imag
> Research Assistant
> wsahs
> Nuclear Medicine & Ultrasound
> nsw
> Westmead Hospital
> gov
> Sydney Australia
> au
> +61 2 9845 7223
Hi Robbie,
> I was wondering if anyone has written a full implementation of a FTP client?
RSI has. But they're being a little tight fisted with it. Something
about wanting $$$ for it.
If you download from the RSI User Contrib site Jim Pendleton's
webimage program, and do a Help,/Source once you've Restored the SAVE
file, you'll see a host of http/ftp Object routines.
You might want to email RSI and add some pressure to get their
http/ftp
package released, either as is, or in the next version of IDL maybe.
Cheers,
Andrew
DSTO,Adelaide, South Oz
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