Unicode and revBrowser: "selected" property and callback messages

[Slava Paperno]

Wow, what a concept. I'll play with that.

I'll put revHTTP in the subject line if I need help or have something to
share,

Slava

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Todd Geist
> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 6:33 PM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Subject: Re: Unicode and revBrowser: "selected" property and callback
> messages
> 
> >
> > 1) can a JavaScript function in the Web page that is displayed by
> > revBrowser
> > send a message back to the stack, and pass a parameter with that
> message?
> > Something like onmouseclick="CallMotherStack(myValueStr)"?
> >
> 
> 
> Yes it can!
> 
> This is something I have been messing with lately. I have a proof of
> concept
> working. Its pretty cool and I think it opens the door for a new kind
> of
> hybrid HTML/LiveCode app.
> 
> Here is what I do.  I start up an HTTP server in my stack.
> 
> revHTTP is full http server that takes about 450 lines of xTalk.  You
> can
> get from Andre's web site.
> 
> Once I have revHTTP server running along side my revBrowser, I can use
> standard HTML / Javascript to exchange data back and forth between the
> embedded browser and my stack.
> 
> I can serve pages from my Stack to the browser. I can send AJAX
> requests to
> my stack and the stack can respond with XML or JSON.  From the embedded
> browser I can call any handler in any stack that is in memory.
> 
> revHTTP is single threaded and blocking. It would probably have
> difficulty
> handling a busy web site. But I am only using it for one user at a
> time, so
> it should be fine.
> 
> I haven't subjected this to rigorous testing, I just have the proof
> working.
>  But so far it seems to work pretty well.
> 
> If I can get it a bit further I will post the code
> 
> Todd
> 
> Todd Geist