[thelist] Trying to create client/server model

Bertilo Wennergren bertilow at gmx.net
Sat Sep 28 09:07:01 CDT 2002


Joshua Olson:

> From: "Bertilo Wennergren" <bertilow at gmx.net>

>> I would use a hidden Iframe (or several hidden Iframes) and JavaScript
>> instead. Javascript has wider support in (modern) clients.

> For some applications, such as submitting forms to the server and waiting
> for a form, that model fits.  And, that's the way I normally perform
> client->server->client actions.  But, in this case I am interested in
> establishing a quasi-permanent connection between the server and the client
> that allows the server to send actions to the client at times of its
> choosing, rather than requiring the client to always request the
> information.

> For example, the store manager client has a list of products on the screen.
> Another manager adds a product.  I'd like for the 1st managers list to get
> updated automatically.  With an iframe, I'd have to intermittantly requery
> the server for additions.  I really want to avoid that.

Would such an intermittant checking at the server really be that bad?
The data transmitted could be minimal.

> Does IE have some sort of proprietary interface for doing this?

No idea.

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