Re^2: interaction or verify with users pc

lol... the login and cookies is already made and there is no problem in that....

what I am after is a way to access a file on a users pc that holds config setttings or what not and to use them in my scripts...

this file or all files for that matter is 'not unknown' by the users at all.. they will be the ones putting them there themselfs... there is nothing shady about this at all... the installer I am talking about I might make is a user executed one and they know what they will be putting it on there system... none of the files it will install are executable files that get put on thier pc unless this is the only way to do this where my scripts could read from it.. and they would be informed of this anyhow... then I would need to know where to find that info...lol

with IE you can create a dir on your pc and a websites graphics can be pulled from that location on the pc by using the location of the files in the HTML or perl generated HTML with the html IMG SRC tags as long as those images are there. IMG SRC=C:\TEST_DIR\THE_IMAGE.jpg
this makes for no loading time at all as the files are on the users pc already
I have used this method before with all success (except on netscape it wont work at all)

I am wanting to access a file of settings (not an image) and take them settings and have my scripts work with the file on the users pc... I will only read it from my scripts and not update it.. they will do that part themselfs
I am pretty sure a java applet would have to be used to do this but I am at a loss of where to even find any info like that...lol

The reason I stated to another about an online game needing this function is to limit that only 1 player name uses one pc to play the game and keep from one person having ten accounts.. yes they could still use another pc to create another player name etc but the purpose still worked as he then will only have 2 accounts or as many as he has pc's to use and NOT 10 on one pc

I need a way to verify the files are there before the html pages are generated or things will be X'ed out as well as holding custom values for these images and the way my scripts will handle them.

Thanks for your reply and if anyone can steer my in the right direction of where to go to do something like this it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks !!

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Re^3: interaction or verify with users pc by Joost (Canon) on Mar 13, 2005 at 00:00 UTC
MG SRC=C:\TEST_DIR\THE_IMAGE.jpg Will only work with extremely low security settings on IE, wont work on mozilla at all, and anyway, standard browser caching will take care of the reloading issues. Java applets can't access local files either because of the same security issues. There is no way to limit any application to one physical person. I've got 5 PC's at home. You might be able to limit access to one simultanious run per account, though. You're still really vague about what your application is doing, why you would need all this "security" in the first place (since you claim it's not a game). Maybe I'm being paranoid, but your username is not exactly giving me confidence either, so I'll proably not be posting in this thread anymore. All information you'd need for a well-working usable system is in this thread or easily found on CPAN anyway. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re^4: interaction or verify with users pc by Evilzz (Initiate) on Mar 13, 2005 at 00:51 UTC
the exact location is C:\Program Files\TEST_DIR and it works with pretty high settings (atleast what mine are and they are pretty tight and it still worked the many times I have changed them on my other pc's) and all the way down to webtv for that matter as I used webtv in a setup I did for this way about 5 years back and it still works with it even since webtv is now msntv think what you will on the security settings as nothing in this is shady or not known by the user and if it did come down to the security level on the users browser then, a duh ya they will have to adjust to be able to use what I have been building or NOT use it... it all be thier choice and no I will not explain what I am building in my project or what my project is... simple fact is it is my idea to go along with an EXISTING thing I have already with many users I dont know where all this thinking I needed 'high security' came into question here... I only asked in a poor manner of what I wanted to do... sorry if many of you are use to reading more into things than what it is.. I was not looking for a hacker forum I referenced the game part as that is how http://mobfather.com does it to limit players so please dont tell me it cant be done.. they will be closed lip about how they do it as they are building sitebadge.com I have already asked them to get no reply sorry if I wasted any of your guys time... I am asking this in a wrong place place I see now if my name scares you run a search for evilzz on google Thank you all and have a great day !	[reply]
Re^5: interaction or verify with users pc by Joost (Canon) on Mar 13, 2005 at 01:18 UTC
You might not be asking in the wrong forum, but you are really asking the wrong kind of question, or at least you're not clear about what you want to achieve, which makes it hard to give you a helpful answer. We are a helpful bunch, but please read how (not) to ask a question, and How To Ask Questions The Smart Way. It'll probably help you to get the information you want. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re^6: interaction or verify with users pc by Evilzz (Initiate) on Mar 13, 2005 at 02:13 UTC
Re^7: interaction or verify with users pc by Joost (Canon) on Mar 13, 2005 at 13:44 UTC