[thelist] multiple documents into 1 download
Lindsay Evans
lindsay at redsquare.com.au
Tue Dec 11 22:32:53 CST 2001
> Situation = we have a form interface, and the user is to select
> the files they want via checkboxes, then click the download
> button to get them all in one go. The compiling of many files
> into one needs to be done automatically server-side.
depends what server side language you are using, really.
cold fusion - look into cfx_gzip, cfx_zip or cfx_jzip on Developers
Exchange - we've successfully used cfx_zip for almost the exact same purpose
on a rather large site.
asp - I've used DynaZip in the past and it works well
[http://www.innermedia.com/html/dynazip.htm]
php - take a look at the gz* functions:
[http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.zlib.php]
or on any of them just make a system call to your favourite command line
compression/archiving tool
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Lindsay Evans.
Developer,
Red Square Productions.
vox: 8596.4000
fax: 8596.4001
web: www.redsquare.com.au
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