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hairtwoday@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Stut wrote:
Eww!! Eww!! and thrice EWW!! There is *never*, and I mean *never* an
acceptable reason to run a GUI app in response to a web request - even
on an Intranet.
*NEVER!!!!*
IMMHO
Bah. Pure ignorance.
Here's one reason. I run Apache on my PC. I wrote a Php script that I
run as a scheduled task to zip up a folder once a day. I used the
WinZip command line interface. It will not run until I allow Apache to
interact with the desktop. Simple, to the point, and it works.
WinZip is a GUI app. There are lots of CLI utilities for zipping - use
one of those! If you're doing this as a personal utility, why is Apache
getting involved in running a PHP script as a scheduled task?
Here's another. I have a photo gallery script written in Php that
triggers an Irfanview slide show. It's very efficient and simple.
Never come across Irfanview, but a quick Google reveals a GUI app for
viewing images. How is this useful for a web-based visitor?
You're Eww, Eww, Eww and Never!! rules are just so much hot air.
Maybe in your opinion, which you are entitled to just as much as I am.
However, IMHO web-based appplications and GUI applications should not
mix. Ever. But that's just my opinion. If your use is not as a web
application, but rather as a way to start processes on your local
machine I would question why Apache needs to be involved at all.
-Stut
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