I want to create a browser based application that will work from a CD, but will read in variable content from a fixed database on the CD, and also read from and write to another database, stored on the user's hard disk.
I know how to do this over the web, but I can't figure out the best way to do it offline, from a CD. Ideally I'd use asp (tho php or Perl are options) and ideally I would not want to install anything at all on the user PC (or Mac) apart from a database (and ODBC registry entries, or similar, if that is part of the solution).
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There is further clarification of the problem in my comments, below. Many thanks to all for answers so far: it seems to be something 'devoutly to be wished for'. Maybe I just have to bite the bullet and do a stand-alone thing, or use Macromedia? Hope not!
I adore XML, but I don't see how it helps in this case. If it does, I'd love to know! We could assume that most up to date browser (IE and NN/Mozilla) could be available on CD: no prob with that.
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