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-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- > boun...@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 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
