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 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 you can use > Requests or http.client) > To avoid the nightmare of writing scripts to catch save-event for all > these office program, users still have to click sync-button, or it may be > just brute force time-interval sync (cron or web2py scheduler) > > > > On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 8:45:53 PM UTC+3, Jota Pin wrote: >> >> 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 database with various >> information like the business process and deadline. >> - the confidentiality makes that only things working exclusively on >> the intranet are allowed (thus the files cannot be on a shared cloud >> service or edited by google docs or similar) >> - users want to retain the possibility to simply click and then the >> files are opened by their desktop apps (word, excel, etc) and saved from >> there without any new upload >> - there is no strict need for them to access the folder where the >> files will be stored, more, I want them to use the web2py interface so >> they >> are obliged to enter a minimum of metadata when the file is uploaded. >> >> >> Le mercredi 19 décembre 2018 18:04:59 UTC+1, Val K a écrit : >>> >>> Hi! What is type of files? >> >> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
