RE: Ok, I understand much better now

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Thanks for the info robbe... ya..i am ending up having to write a local app
that will just send the file to a webservice & the local app will spawn the
web page.

Thanks for the thoughts.

Steve.

"Robbe Morris [C# MVP]" wrote:

> The browser is always going to be a problem for you.
>
> You should probably consider writing a .NET windows service to install
> on their PCs. It would use a SystemFileWatcher to sit and wait
> on new files being created by this other application. Upon
> receiving the event, your windows service could upload
> the file to your web site and pass the machine name or
> even the windows id associated with the file.
>
> You'll need to give some thought as to the way you
> want to associate your web site user accounts with the
> upload files from your service. 99.9% of the time, the
> local file should be uploaded to your web server prior
> to the user ever logging onto the web site.
>
> --
> 2004 and 2005 Microsoft MVP C#
> Robbe Morris
> http://www.robbemorris.com
> http://www.masterado.net
>
>
>
> "Steve" <Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:456EEF3E-8EEF-4370-8B22-023418557455@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thank you Arnaud for at least trying to offer a suggestion. That's all I
> > was
> > after... I know there are no Microsoft Police... i was just making a point
> > that people out here are after suggestions to there problems. FSC only
> > offers the ability to pass a string with a path & file name...no ability
> > to
> > copy or move the file.
> >
> > I was only asking for suggestions to my problem... in my first message, I
> > stated that I was probably doing something whacky....so please set me
> > straight. I have no idea how that turned into, "Stealing bankaccounts is
> > something that a lot of people want to do. By the way, people asking this
> > kind of questions are placing themselves in a kind of suspected area
> > whatever
> > they say that the reason is."
> >
> > From Cor Lighthert.
> >
> > fyi,
> >
> > http://4umi.com/web/javascript/filteread.htm for those of you dealing
> > with
> > this issue in a corprate intranet. I have also seen some sendkeys
> > solutions..both are a bit cheesy but if they work around the problem then
> > it
> > suits the business needs.
> >
> > Steve.
> >
> >
> >
> > "adebaene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Steve a écrit :
> >> > ok...so just to rest your paranoid mind
> >>
> >> <snip>
> >>
> >> 1) There is no such thing as "Microsoft Message Board Police" around
> >> here, except for the most patent spams. Be assured that your message
> >> won't be erased, stamped or placed under NSA surveillance ;-)
> >>
> >> 2) Nobody is accusing you from stealing bank accounts. People are
> >> explaining you that the possiblity you ask is a dangerous security hole
> >> that could afford to do such a thing, and that is why it is best left
> >> forbidden.
> >>
> >> 3) Try to think from a security point of view : I do not know you,
> >> neither anyone in this newsgroup. Therefore, as far as I am concerned,
> >> your explanation concerning your work could be a fairy tale and you
> >> could be just another wanabee-hacker (I am not accusing you of anything
> >> here : I am just trying to explain you the "security-first" mind you
> >> should have when dealing with Internet apps). It's not a matter of
> >> being paranoid : it's a matter of professionnal responsability when
> >> exposing company critical information to the outside world (which
> >> happens pretty much as soon as you put it on an HTTP network).
> >>
> >> This said, there are probably many workarounds to your problem : For
> >> example, can FSC be configured to copy the temp file to a network
> >> share, where it would be accessible to the server?
> >>
> >> Arnaud
> >> MVP - VC
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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