Re: flexfax: Design for a portable Java hylafax clients: i want your opinions, please!

[Ulrich Eckhardt <Ulrich.Eckhardt@transcom.de>]

Bernd Proissl wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ulrich.Eckhardt@transcom.de [mailto:Ulrich.Eckhardt@transcom.de]
> 
> >
> > what about corba ? There are free corba implementations for Linux
> > and windows available.
> yes, i have CORBA in my mind also, but no broad experience, e.g. how to
> setup
> naming services, whether they are necessary at all in this environemnt...
> 
> Do you have experience i CORBA? If you want you may send me private email
> to discuss this?

Hi,

i have only a very limited theoretical background. I would love
to have more time for experimenting with corba.
 
> > > why do you want to use ole on windows and no ole on unix?
> >
> > ... pipes does not work on Windows.
> Please, can you be more specific?

Whats the problem with "does not work on Windows" ? Ok,
Windows NT has some sort of strange pipes, but not
Windows 95/98.

On Unix you can simply say something like <programm a> | <programm b>
where programm a may be the print spooler and programm b your 
programm (including some commandline parameters).

On Windows you have to implement an OLE or ActivX server in
programm b. Programm a should store the main data to a
temorary file (depends on the size of the data) and pass the
parameters via ole/active x. 

Uli
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