Web Installs????

[rjolda]

Hi
Trying to get this Web Installs going.
I have installed the files using FTP to my web server ( Unix ) hosted by NSI.com. They are installed in the directory \htp\pdmguser
The files are there...
Now, I point the Installprogram to my web page.
I log them on with administrator password and logon
I give them the directory \htp\pdmguser

The install runs but says it cannot download or access the files from
www.pdmg.com/htp/pdmguser

I don't think that they are running IIS on their web server so I do not have that checked.

What are the essential ingredients to make this work?
How can I see exactly where this is failing?
TIA,
Ron Jolda

[linder]

Ron,

Check the following first. Try to download the server manifest file and one cluster file (.00001) using, say, Internet Explorer. Does this work?

Friedrich

[rjolda]

Friedrich,
How does one do this?

does the address look like:
http://www.pdmg.com/htm/pdmguser/program...0001
i.e. the domain name and the directories and then the file name??
The end user really should NOT need password access to the system to download these as one would need with FTP - is that correct?
thanks,
Ron

[linder]

Hi Ron,

It's completely your decision. You can store the files wherever you want on your server. And if you do not add a password to the web folder then no password is required to download it.

For example:
http://www.pdmg.com/webupdate

BTW, the following seems not to exist on your server:
http://www.pdmg.com/htm

And this folder seems to exist, but is access is forbidden.
http://www.pdmg.com/html

Friedrich

[rjolda]

Friedrich,
So the logon and password are a function of the DIRECTORY SETUP on the server and really have nothing to do with IIS - is that corrrect?

Doing a web install as opposed to the web update,
using IE.
to test the address would be:
www.pdmg.com/htm/pdmguser/program1.....0001.
Is that correct?
Thanks,
Ron

[linder]

Ron,

You can use directory based authentication in IIS. But this is optional.

Let us assume, your web update is named update.exe. Then you have several "cluster" files, e.g. update.00001, update.00002, update.00003, etc.

If you upload it to www.pdmg.com/htm then the direct download address would be:

www.pdmg.com/htm/update.00001

Friedrich