[taher786]

Please help me anyone ... i want website to be run from CD i mean CD when installed should automatically load PWS or IIS on the client machine and user should be able to browse the contents including database from the CD as if he is browsing website ONLINE i mean CD should act as internet server How to write the code for that i mean a batch file or a dll will do that i think or else any other tool is there in ur mind let me know . I make an image of my website on CD and as u know database interaction through server side scripting is not possible if u browsing website offline i mean through the image which u have on CD . I came across software DYNAMIC CD software which solves my problem 50 % , i mean database interaction is possible now but my requirement is it should also install PWS or IIS depending on the user operating system on startup and after installing it should load the main page of our website , and from then user should be able to browse the contents of website .

[benweston]

i dont think this is possible as it would pose a BIG security risk, being able to execute and command a massive subsystem like IIS or PWS to do what it likes!!

Can't u just store the site as the HTML (or whatever) documents on the CD and make an autorun.inf pointing to the appropiate file (index.htm).

If you're thinking about running dynamic scripts like PHP and ASP on the client machine then forget it -- there's no way a CD could be inserted which could activate IIS, configure the CD drive for dynamic content and display it on the PC just like that -- not without VERY complex programming at least and even then, it would be very limited to the machines it would run on.

[Squeezer]

Well i've read an article in the PHPMagazin (a german PHP magazine) where exactely this problem is explained!
http://phpmag.de/

Unfortunately I can't find this article on their website


Yours sincerely

Marc Giombetti - www.giombetti.com