Authoring Application

[jnash]

Basically i want to make some sort of publisher alternative and im just trying to get my head around the saving , say the actual document will be a dynamically created form which then will be able to have pictures placed on it,

What sort of methods would be used to save it bare in mind that i have to use a database to save it, do you save the completed form/data?? thanks alot in advance

http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=43693

 

[jmcilhinney]

What you save is completely up to you. If you're designing your own file fomat then you want to be able to save the absolute minimum information that will faithfully reproduce the original.

 

[jnash]

okay but how would i go about doing that, if everytime i created a new document (which would be a dynamically created form) then plonk images and videos onto it (like publisher) what route would i go abot saving it,
also it can be to a database
thanks
i have looked around but i need some kind of guidance from where to start

thank you
Jon

 

[jmcilhinney]

All files are just a series of bytes. Each file format specifies what those bytes mean. You need to do the same. You'd have a header to indicate that this file was a particular format. Then if you had an image you might have a specific series of bytes that indicated that there was an image and its dimensions. The following bytes would then be the data for the image itself. Etc.

 

[jnash]

okay but how do i go about doing that, i would like to use a database to store and have a login so that users can login and retrieve there presentation they have made i have looked online but have no idea where to startthanksjon