Visual Basic Over A Web Server
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> Hi, You might have to forgive me if I get the odd term wrong.
We all make mistakes. I think you made none though.
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> I have just completed a Thesis which discusses a relatively simple VB
> application. Its not really the central thrust of the thesis.
I've never to write a thesis including a VB program in my life. Maybe in a
couple of years' time, perhaps!
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> The examiner believes it is possible to run VB code (NOT VB Script or ASP,
> but the app code) over a WWW server so a client browser coiuld run the app
> on thier desktop.
> Frankly I doubt this - I have never heard of it bein gused until he sprung
> it on me.
is that it uses file operations and other things that use an 'intimate' part
of the system. It was decided by the powers that be that a new variant
language was to be made which excludes these forbidden commands. This was
all in the name of security.
The closest your examiner will get to such a thing is downloading an EXE
file created in VB and opening it rather than saving it to disk. Think of
the virual possibilities, or the hacking capabilities.
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> If anybody has any idea what he meant please reply.
I think he meant some kind of program run, or a VBP file opened which reads
form files and all that from a network, and therefore the Internet. I
haven't tried it, but it should be possible over a network, but I'm not sure
over TCP/IP or DUN.
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> I'm really looking for a
> web link just so I can either dismiss or mention his suggestion and then
> round of the corrections.
Try looking in a search engine for "VBScript" +"security" +"file
operations". This may not be right, but you must remember to search for the
VBScript aspect rather than the VB part. This will give reasons as to why
VBScript has replaced VB on the Internet, including security issues.
Hope this helps.
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