John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Mar 10 13:52:38 CST 2005
I just downloaded 3dFTP. Holy smoke batman, documentation! Ok a help file anyway. It sure looks good. I installed it an have code started already. Now I just need to read the api guide to see sample code. And the price is great, since I really only need a copy for my dev machine and a copy for the server at the client. Thanks again for sending that my way. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 1:18 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [AccessD] Transfer complete? Hi John OK. For the client e-mail thing I used the dll from http://www.marshallsoft.com/ Not the cheapest but it has worked without a glitch. /gustav >>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 10-03-2005 19:09:06 >>> Gustav, Thanks for the input. I will definitely check out the 3D-FTP. Unfortunately I have to ability to set up a mail server at the receiving end. In theory this whole thing will be done via FTP for the new software at their end, however I was told the other day we would still be sending email attachments for some claim types. These email TO lists can vary at a moment's notice and can have one or a dozen recipients. All I really want to know is that it made it out of my server. If it fails to be received by their end (occasionally) for some reason... then they will call and request a re-transmit. The docs I send out they know are coming and if they don't appear they ask for them. At least that is true for the Advise to Pay DOCS. The New Claim Notice docs we have set up a system for looking for a lack of a claim number coming back within X days. REALLY CRUDE. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:58 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] Transfer complete? Hi John First, I will recommend using a package for this purpose like 3D-FTP: http://www.3dftp.com and the SDK: http://www.3dftp.com/api.htm It's only USD 40 and it will save you a lot of trouble. With this you can automate the whole thing using events and methods for all sort of things. Further it runs very fast if you have to transfer multiple files and it adds a status window so the user or operator is not lost during long transfers. We have it running at a client uploading batches of more than 1000 files a time and it has run without any error for three years. Second, to do it the traditional way with command line ftp where you have no access to the ftp session, upload as the last file in a batch a small log file containing a time stamp, rename it on the remote server, download it, compare it with the uploaded file - and if they match, rename it on the local server. Now check for this file; if and when it is present, the transfer can be considered successful as the file otherwise would not be present. For mail it is much more complicated. The only method I've found is to set up a custom mail server at the receiving end configured to send back a receipt which you check for. I used Mercury/32 and Access for this. Works nice but needs a little maintenance. If you can go the FTP route, do that. /gustav -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com