drawing functionality

jcrowe jason at jcrowedesign.com
Sun Nov 18 08:35:41 EST 2001


Chris Liechti wrote:
> well you don't say much about how you would exchange data between client
> and server.
> do you want to write a custom app or should the clients simply use a
> webbrowser?
> 
> i would prefer the second as it limits the programming to the server side
> and a wide variety of clients can connect.
> you can either setup a webserver and use python scripts for CGI or write
> even the server in python (realy simple to do).
> 
> for graphical data there are e.g.:
> - pdf: http://www.reportlab.com/
> - jpg, png, ...: http://www.pythonware.com/downloads/index.htm#pil
> 
> with both you can create data on the fly and embed it in dynamic webpages.
> 
> chris
> 
I am planning on a custom app for this project. I don't think i was very 
clear when I asked my question. I am wanting to give the users the ability 
to draw a small schetch when they add information to the database. 

Thanks,
Jason



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