On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:50:10 -0600, Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>PaulS wrote:
>> Connecting to a Linux server from XP pc using a telnet program, I run a
>> report and convert it to a pdf document(using Reportlab) which I need to
>> display. The pdf is on the Linux server. Ideas how to display to the pc
>> would be appreciated. thanks, paul
>>
>>
>You will need webserver running (Apache?) on Linux server that shows a page
>that
>has a link to the pdf file that you created.
>
>Alternatively you can use SimpleHTTPServer module or Twisted to make a more
>stripped down webserver but it is probably easier just to use Apache.
Serving static files with Twisted is pretty easy:
twistd web --port abcd --path /foo/bar
I don't think any way you can set up Apache is easier than that. ;)
>
>You didn't say if the Linux server was local or not. If local, you could use
>SAMBA to create a SMB share and have the XP PC get to it that way. There are
>other ways, but these should get you started.
>
>-Larry
Jean-Paul
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