Advice on sending images to clients over network

[Jorge Godoy]

Paul McNett wrote:

> Paul Rubin wrote:
>> Frank Millman <frank at chagford.com> writes:
>>> Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
>> 
>> Why on earth don't you write the whole thing as a web app instead of
>> a special protocol?  Then just use normal html tags to put images
>> into the relevant pages.
> 
> I believe he has a full desktop client app, not a web app. Believe it or
> not, there's still a solid place for desktop applications even in this
> ever-increasing webified world.

He's using wxPython and already has network connectivity to access the
database server.

> Use the right tool for the job...

Yep...  I also believe that a HTTP server is the right tool. :-)