Re: XAMPP, WAMP under Windows Accessibility and Features
- From: "Richard Thomas" <rthomas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:56:26 -0500
Hi Back Nirandas:
OK, so I think I will try out either Wamp or XAMPP on my Windows Home machine.
Is there a particular reason you prefer Wamp?
I'll do some more Googling on the two products tomorrow and just flip a coin if
I can't decide between them, grin.
By the way I run Sql Express and VWD and vb.net Express so Do not hesitate to
ask me anything about them or WindowEyes as I found work-arounds for most
accessibility problems with the IDE.
I've been looking at some contracts on RAC and I think I still need to learn
allot and get allot faster, sigh.PS:
To work in the Resume or other Data Entry fields on RAC, if you arrow down past
the DataEntry field there might be a button that says something like Turn
RichTextBox Off or something like that. I turned it off and the RichTextBox
that I could'nt work with turned into a normal EditBox.
It is a JavaScript Control of some sort with an Embedded RichTextBox displayed
by a JavaScript Function call but their WebMaster provided a button to turn it
off and work with a standard TextBox or TextArea..
Rick USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Nirandas
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: XAMPP, WAMP under Windows Accessibility and Features
Hi Rick,
"will XAMPP and Visual Studio play nice if located on the same machine or
would it be better to run them on seperat machines?"
You can install xampp and Visual Studio on single computer. You can turn
apache and mysql on when require, and tern it off after.
I normally create a script file "install.php" running which creates all the
database tables etc on the client's environment.
Nirandas
----- Original Message -----
From: TJ McElroy
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: XAMPP, WAMP under Windows Accessibility and Features
Hi Rick,
You asked:
After I build a WebSite for a client is there a packaging facility to
transfer the project to the client and would I need to include any PHP or MySql
native
DLLs?
a. php is written in text files, commonly called script files. There are
no dll files needed. Compressing all of the files together into one zip file
would be a good way to transport the files to your client. Of course you could
ftp the project uncompressed is you wanted.
Second, will XAMPP and Visual Studio play nice if located on the same
machine or would it be better to run them on seperat machines?
a. I am sorry, I do not use Visual Studio yet, so I can not answer this
question.
If seperat machines, does XAMPP care if the Windows OS is Home Edition or
Pro Edition?
a. I have not run xamp on any thing other than windows pro, but I can not
think of any reason that it should not run on windows home.
hth.
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Thomas
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: XAMPP, WAMP under Windows Accessibility and Features
Good Morning TJ:
Thanks!
Only two more questions for now big guy.
After I build a WebSite for a client is there a packaging facility to
transfer the project to the client and would I need to include any PHP or MySql
native DLLs?
Second, will XAMPP and Visual Studio play nice if located on the same
machine or would it be better to run them on seperat machines?
If seperat machines, does XAMPP care if the Windows OS is Home Edition or
Pro Edition?
Rick USA
----- Original Message -----
From: TJ McElroy
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:54 AM
Subject: Re: XAMPP, WAMP under Windows Accessibility and Features
Rick,
You ask a lot of good questions.
As for running different versions of php, mySql with apache,
wamp and xamp are so small, around 200 meg installed, you can have one
install with say with version of php 4 and mySql 4
and another install with other versions.
I use the term "install" loosly, because there is no real "install"
You uncompress the xamp file into a directory and configure it with
settings in a text file.
Once you get conbfortable with the apache config file, a must read with
comments, you will need only minutes to configure another setup of apache.
If disk space is a problem, you can have one "install" of apache with
many different apache config files and load the needed one at startup.
most hosts that run apache are going to be running apache 1.3 or 2 with
php4 or 5 with mySql 4 or 5
the latest setup might be apache 2 with php 5 with mySql 5
my host still runs apache 1.3 with php4 and mySql 4which is a proven
winner
Again the best is to download wamp or xamp and start configureing it to
meet your needs.
hth
TJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Thomas
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: XAMPP, WAMP under Windows Accessibility and Features
Thanks TJ:
Can I maintain multiple versions of PHP on that setup?
Are MySql and the server backward compatible?
Isn't PHP backward compatible?
That might be a big problem for developing software on request for
clients with their own setups.
Any way around it you know of?
Rick USA
----- Original Message -----
From: TJ McElroy
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: XAMPP, WAMP under Windows Accessibility and Features
Hi,
I have not used wamp in a while, but I do use xamp.
The biggest thing to keep in mind is that you want to have the
same version of php and perl on your testing xamp machine as the server that
will eventually be running your site.
As for accessibility, xamp is primarily apache and is setup with
a text file.
I have not used phpMyAdmin on my windows machine, a program that
makes creating and managing myself data bases easier and that is the only "ui"
that I can think of involved with xamp.
php can handle all of the mySQL functions so there is no real
reason to use phpMyAdmin other than speed.
xamp is not one program.
it is a couple programs running together to provide the final
product.
here is a list of the main programs in my xamp setup:
apache http server
php
perl
mySQL data base
FileZillaFTP
Mercury Mail
phpMyAdmin
hth
TJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Thomas
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 5:46 PM
Subject: XAMPP, WAMP under Windows Accessibility and Features
Hi Guys:
Anyone worked with XAMPP Control Panels and UI or the WAMP UI and
have any accessibility issues with them?
Are there any major feature or version update issues or
advantages to either for developing ECommerce Style Sites with Membership and
Payment Processing functions??
Rick USA
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