Unicode and revBrowser: "selected" property and callback messages

[Mike Bonner]

Very cool! Gonna go grab revhttp, thx Andre

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Slava Paperno <slava at lexiconbridge.com>wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
>
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