Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Paul
Shure this works, but we have a secure solution for Windows that's used by enterprise clients. Unlike all other programs available, we don't use a P2P connection between the computers. All data goes through a central server and both the contol-console and client-console are https-clients connect

Re: [fpc-pascal] string variant

2008-08-28 Thread ik
Hi Thanks, the text editor indeen placed a unicode char of ' of a non ascii value. Ido On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Jonas Maebe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 27 Aug 2008, at 07:16, ik wrote: > >> I've made the following example: >> >> program test_variant; >> uses variatns; >> >> var >>

Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Paul
Jonas, http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Security/Conceptual/authorization_concepts thanks for these links, wonder why this site was not listed the mac developer forums .. And he can of course also look at the source code of existing VNC servers, e.g. http://sourceforge.net/project

Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 28 Aug 2008, at 08:11, Paul wrote: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Security/Conceptual/authorization_concepts thanks for these links, wonder why this site was not listed the mac developer forums .. A lot depends on who, how and where you asked. And developer.apple.com is the

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Socket library for Mac OS X

2008-08-28 Thread Paul
Hi Jonas, Probably because none of them use it. If you want help with Pascal programming on the Mac, this is where you need to be: http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/mac-pascal I know this list, but it's almost dead... Paul ___ fpc-pascal ma

Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Paul
Jonas, A lot depends on who, how and where you asked. And developer.apple.com is the very first site you get when googling for "mac programming" or "apple programming". To be honest, I also thought you already knew about that site, but simply did not know what exactly to look for there (e.

Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Damien Gerard
Le Aug 28, 2008 à 9:29 AM, Jonas Maebe a écrit : On 28 Aug 2008, at 08:11, Paul wrote: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Security/Conceptual/authorization_concepts thanks for these links, wonder why this site was not listed the mac developer forums .. A lot depends on who, how a

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Socket library for Mac OS X

2008-08-28 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 28 Aug 2008, at 08:30, Paul wrote: Probably because none of them use it. If you want help with Pascal programming on the Mac, this is where you need to be: http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/mac-pascal I know this list, but it's almost dead... It's generally low traffic, but very f

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Socket library for Mac OS X

2008-08-28 Thread Tobias Giesen
> I never used synapse before (only ICS with Delphi), so I don't know > exactly what you mean with "a C compatible library" Well on Windows, it uses the Windows sockets and on Mac OS X, it uses the standard Unix library units that come with FreePascal. So you don't need to worry about libraries a

Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 28 Aug 2008, at 08:47, Paul wrote: It does not mean that your "client" can't simply enable a local VNC server, open a https tunnel to the server and simply tunnel VNC over this connection. Of course, no one can stop you from reimplementing everything, but it's probably going to be quit

Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Paul
I was not suggesting to tunnel over your server, but to your server. Your server already contains a control infrastructure. If you'd go this route, your server would translate your proprietary protocol into VNC commands and back. Depending on the complexity of your protocol, this may be

Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Damien Gerard
Le Aug 28, 2008 à 10:26 AM, Paul a écrit : I was not suggesting to tunnel over your server, but to your server. Your server already contains a control infrastructure. If you'd go this route, your server would translate your proprietary protocol into VNC commands and back. Depending

Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Paul
I don't see the problem if you use a good and strong VPN. If was the case in my last job and we worked for a bank. Probably not if properly setup on both sides by IT personnel. But what if you want a 100% save connection with someone that has never seen a computer in Zimbabwe, completely

Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Paul wrote: > > > > >I don't see the problem if you use a good and strong VPN. If was the case in > >my last job and we worked for a bank. > > Probably not if properly setup on both sides by IT personnel. > > But what if you want a 100% save connection with someone tha

Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Paul
It's a special breed of client... Michael. No need to tell me, but they are not the only ones. Our largest client (car manufacturer) is even worse... Paul ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/ma

Re: [fpc-pascal] fpc 2.2.2 failed to compile extpascal

2008-08-28 Thread Bee
actually I don't quite understand how to read dtruss output, so I was just guessing based on "readable" text of it. :-D In case there's somebody would like to help me, here's the dstruss output... simba:extpas bee$ sudo dtruss /opt/local/apache2/cgi-bin/ExtPascalSamples.fcgi SYSCALL(args)

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Socket library for Mac OS X

2008-08-28 Thread Luca Olivetti
El Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:39:56 +0200 "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I never used synapse before (only ICS with Delphi), so I don't know > exactly what you mean with "a C compatible library" I used ICS when it was called Fpiette components suite (it's the same thing, right?). When I wanted t

Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 28 Aug 2008, at 09:26, Paul wrote: That would be almost impossible: a session is running with 8 https clients communicating to the server. The server has to have certificate that can be checked continuously at the certificate authority. It's a complete different model than all existing so

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Socket library for Mac OS X

2008-08-28 Thread Paul
Hi Luca, I've used ICS a lot. It's a very good library, but only for Delphi. Synapse doesn't work with FPC on Mac though, only on Windows and Linux. Same for Indy. So I'll try with lNet pointed by Damien. thanks, Paul ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fp

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Socket library for Mac OS X

2008-08-28 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:16:03 +0200 "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Luca, > > I've used ICS a lot. > It's a very good library, but only for Delphi. > > Synapse doesn't work with FPC on Mac though, only on Windows and > Linux. Same for Indy. > So I'll try with lNet pointed by Damien. I use

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Socket library for Mac OS X

2008-08-28 Thread Paul
I've asked the Synapse list and since Lukas is answering on the list but got no answer, I assumed it wouldn't work. It's also listed on his website/l only Windows and Linux. What has to changed to use it with Mac OS X then ? TIA, Paul - Original Message - From: "Mattias Gaertner" <

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Socket library for Mac OS X

2008-08-28 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:57:22 +0200 "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've asked the Synapse list and since Lukas is answering on the list > but got no answer, I assumed it wouldn't work. He has no Mac so he can not test it. > It's also listed on his website/l only Windows and Linux. No one t

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Socket library for Mac OS X

2008-08-28 Thread Paul
Ok thanks, I'll try it also, I'm still waiting for my Mac though, so for the moment I can't test anything at all :-( Paul - Original Message - From: "Mattias Gaertner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:44 PM Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Socket library fo

Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Damien Gerard
Le Aug 28, 2008 à 8:09 PM, Jonas Maebe a écrit : On 28 Aug 2008, at 09:26, Paul wrote: That would be almost impossible: a session is running with 8 https clients communicating to the server. The server has to have certificate that can be checked continuously at the certificate authority.

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Socket library for Mac OS X

2008-08-28 Thread Damien Gerard
Le Aug 28, 2008 à 9:49 PM, Paul a écrit : Ok thanks, I'll try it also, I'm still waiting for my Mac though, so for the moment I can't test anything at all :-( In the worst case you can install Darwin in a VMWare on your win/nux distrib to make tests. It will be exactly the same, howev

Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OS X api cals

2008-08-28 Thread Paul
However, as a bank, they only trust on themselves. And they like to reinvent a broken wheel :) exactly :-) they also like many custom features .. Paul ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/li