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Re: [Virtools] Deploy building block with webplayer?

link with "format c:\" and you just made a virus : - (

I don't think any Dll should be downloadable on the user computer
without some way to ensure it is harmless,

Just a thought..

+Romain

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrianus Warmenhoven" <paladin@xs4all.nl>
To: "Oliver Pavicevic" <olix@iol.it>;
<virtools-user-group@lists.theswapmeet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Virtools] Deploy building block with webplayer?


> Hi,
>
>
> > I'm afraid that you can do this only with Virtools Behaviour Server
pack.
> > There is no other way (exept that you create your instalation file and
> write
> > on your page that visitor must install it in Web Player directory.)
>
> The Behaviour Server Pack, is that sold separately from the Behaviour
> Server,
> or does it only come with the Behaviour Server?
>
> It seems to me that this is not a very good thing; what is the use of
making
> your
> own BB's if you have to spend huge amounts of money just so you do not
have
> to annoy your web-users?
>
> The great thing I thought about rolling your own BB's is that you could
add
> just
> about ANY functionality by modifying & linking opensource libs.
>
> Some ideas:
> - Link with ImageMagick; on the fly reading and converting every kind of
> fileformat
> - Link with Ogg Vorbis decoders; 3d spatial streaming sound. Or
> radiostations.
> - Link with snmp; 3d overview of all your network and seeing the load of
all
>   components in a natural way.
> - Link with Prolog/Lisp to have solid AI (specially Reflisp; realtime
Lisp)
> - Link with Basic/Perl, any interpreted language, to get more coders
> onboard.
> - Link with..... just about anything.
>
> Perhaps that is why the swapmeet hasn't really taken of; there is no point
> in
> getting other people's BB's unless you want to take a step back in time
and
> annoy your visitors with DLL hell.... :(
>
> Too bad. But hey, it is still fun to make things with virtools, pity it
only
> can
> be used as a form of eyecandy, not real apps, unless you spend lots of
> cash.
>
> Sorry for the rant guys, /me is just a bit disappointed...
>
> Greets,
>            Adrianus Warmenhoven
>
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