> 4) When using IE on an ASP application, there is a way to click on a word > document in the browser, it brings up Word to edit the document, and when > you save the document in Word, it uploads it back to the website. > > a. Is there a way to do this in the J2EE world? > b. And if not, what is the best way to provide similar functionality? I > dislike the idea that they save it locally and then need to browse for the > saved document to upload it - most people have no idea where their temporary > folder is.
You can try an ActiveX control and use javascript to interact with it. I am not too sure if anything in "J2EE" gives you something "out of the box" for this situation. > 6) I will have to create a jpg file that is displayed with some pages. I > want to delete the jpg when it is no longer needed. If the user hits refresh > on their browser, I still need it. Should I delete when the user's session > ends (timeout or logout)? Or regenerate that image if not too expensive an operation and is possible. > 7) What do you think of hibernate? I have used it once and it seems to me > that it moves the work, but does not reduce it. Hibernate is a good OR mapping f/w if you have control over your table structures and if you are building everything from scratch. Some people complain that it tends to "dictate" the DB schema design to a certain extent. Honestly, for the value it brings to the table, I do not see that the little 'intrusion' is really bothersome. It ofcourse reduces work. Try implementing caching and other stuff all yourself, and you might well be re-inventing the wheel ! Try using XDoclet to generate your mapping files and it should be quite convenient to maintain it too. I have not worked on iBATIS but I hear that is also a very good f/w that you may want to look at and consider. ~raghu --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
