[web2py] Re: edit uploaded files

2018-12-20 Thread Jota Pin
Hi, am I right that such a solution requires a locking system for the files? (otherwise conflicts/overwrites will happen soon). Since we are in an intranet, both clients (users) and the server can access the same files repository, so maybe there is no need for a complicated client/server soluti

[web2py] Re: edit uploaded files

2018-12-19 Thread Val K
Note that 'web2py as client' could be running as daemon (service) along windows booting, so users will not feel the difference. On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 10:10:30 PM UTC+3, Val K wrote: > > I thought about the same problem and only see the following dropbox-like > almost universal sol

[web2py] Re: edit uploaded files

2018-12-19 Thread Val K
I thought about the same problem and only see the following dropbox-like almost universal solution: web2py as server + web2py as client (under latter I mean .exe-distributive on the shared drive, so it will running on client machine and has access to filesystem, to connect with central server

[web2py] Re: edit uploaded files

2018-12-19 Thread Jota Pin
Hi, - any type of files, but most common are the usual office ones: .doc, .docx, pdf, xls, xlsx. - currently people are using simply a shared drive, with an unmanageable number of files and subfolders, they want to shift to a structured approach, were files are linked to a datab