Mark Hensler — Tue, 20 Mar 2001 07:07:09 +0000

mission: accomplished

Well, sorta. I had to do it in a round about way....
HTML form is submited to a PHP script (CGI and ASP versions planned), which then sends data to an IP on a port.
I then made a VB app that listens to that port and takes in the data. The application then sends the data out the COM ports to the hardware, which then moves the RCM.

I kinda like this setup better, because I can add additional features to the VB app. But this method is also quite a bit harder because of all the mediums I have to go through. But the end result is the same, the cam moves from the web, so I guess it's all good.

This project is far from over. I've completed (half?) of a prototype application, and stoped. I've started a completely new application which I hope will be the version that we'll use.

Mark Hensler — Fri, 09 Mar 2001 19:01:29 +0000

I found this: http://www.zend.com/codex.php?id=114&single=1
It makes a Word object in PHP, so you can create Word files. Do you think that this uses the same file as ASP to make the object?

Peter J. Boettcher — Fri, 09 Mar 2001 13:43:07 +0000

Mark,

It's to bad you're not running an IIS setup, you could take your VB app compilie it as a dll then use it as a com component, with very little modification. I'm not sure how you would achieve this with PHP, but it should be possible.