[AccessD] Downloading

That is interesting but it is not quite what I mean. Within the download
process an interruption may occur at any time. 

Many years ago when modems were the only access methods to the internet, a
protocol named zmodem was commonly used as it could recover from a download
interruption and then continue the download process, picking the file at the
point of interruption with no data loss.

Though the RAR method might be effective as the user can just start over at
the last completed segment and at the end of the process just stick all the
components together, I do not want the user to have to manage or manipulate
the data in this fashion as the likelihood of error is in the extreme.

What the client needs is a application the will handle all these complex
issues...restart, if necessary and reassemble without involvement.

Jim


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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of David McAfee
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 12:31 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Downloading

If they have WinRar they can Rar the file into many smaller pieces.

I've used this method many times.

WinRar will extract it all into one file on the other end, no need to
manually reassemble.


On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi All:
>
> Can anyone recommend a app that a client can use to stabilize a long
> download that may drop a few times and need to be resumed with no lose of
> data.
>
> There use to be a application called Vampire that would retry again and
> again on a long modem download, but that was many years ago. In this
> circumstance I can not get direct access to the client so they will have
to
> install and setup such an app themselves...
>
> I have been come so use to stable or managed data streaming that I have
not
> thought about dropping connections for a while so any thoughts would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
> Jim
>
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