Re: HTTPAPI to SSL Website

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Juracich, Jon wrote:
> I understand what you're saying. I guess the best way to describe what I
> was hoping for was a "plain English" overview of the HTTP protocol,
> maybe.
> 
> Sorta' like, to build a subfile you:

There's an important difference between a network application and a 
subfile -- and that's that the network program is talking to a different 
computer program that's outside of your control.  It has to do what that 
other program is expecting, or it will fail.   Since that program was 
written by another programmer, who has the flexibility to design the 
code any way he/she wants to, there's a lot of variations on what must 
be done.

A subfile, by contrast, doesn't need to communicate with another 
programmer's work.  Therefore, the decisions about how to make your 
program flow are entirely up to you.  You can simply lay down guidelines 
that say "clear, loop (read recs, increment RRN, write rec), display 
footer, display sflctl".   That way will always work, because there's no 
variable process that it has to conform to.

The HTTPAPI process is dependent on the web server.  The subfile isn't.
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