Rev on Web?

[Devin Asay]

On Apr 3, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Dan Friedman wrote:
> Devin,
>
> No, no... Not a stack, an application!  Basically, we're  
> replicating a web
> app with no install.
>
> On Windows, I can put "http://www.mydomain.com/myapp.exe" in a web  
> browser
> and run it (ya have to click "run").  Can you do something similar  
> for the
> Mac - where no install is needed, or "player".

Ah, I understand now. There is no way I know of to do this on a Mac  
that I know of. You pretty much have to have a Rev engine running  
locally, which means an install would be required.

Devin

>
>> Dan,
>>
>> Can you explain more about what you mean by "run it from the
>> internet"? There should be no difference between the way this works
>> for Mac vs. Windows. The most common way to do this, Mac or Windows,
>> is to create a small standalone that simply opens a stack that is
>> stored on a web server with the command:
>>
>>    go to stack URL "http://myserver.domain.com/mystack.rev"
>>
>> If it's working for you in Windows but not in Mac, the most likely
>> culprit is that the internet libraries are not being packaged with
>> the standalone. In the standalone applications settings window, make
>> sure that the Internet library is selected under Script libraries.
>> (You'll have to Select Inclusions manually to be able to do this.)
>>
>> Let us know if it works out.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Devin
>>
>> Devin Asay
>> Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
>> Brigham Young University
>



Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University