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David Ray
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 Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 6:53 pm Post subject: Web-based System |
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I'm thinking of a project that would be web-enabled such that users can
enter data through EITHER a client program that runs on their PC or through
a web-browser.
This is a simple application that hopefully would not take long to write;
the tables are simple and the relationships are, as well. But I've never
written any kind of "web-enabled" application, so I really don't know where
to start. Most recently, I've been developing with BCB6 but could use
something else if I needed to.
Would someone here be able to point me to a resource that might help me get
off the ground quickly with this?
TIA
David
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Hans Galema
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: Web-based System |
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David Ray wrote:
| Quote: | I'm thinking of a project that would be web-enabled such that users can
enter data through EITHER a client program that runs on their PC or through
a web-browser.
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Then you have to write at least three programs. A server, a gui-client and
a cgi-client. The cgi-client is started by a webserver upon requests
of a webbrowser.
| Quote: | This is a simple application that hopefully would not take long to write;
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Simple ? And three instead of one application ?
| Quote: | the tables are simple and the relationships are, as well. But I've never
written any kind of "web-enabled" application, so I really don't know where
to start.
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I do not know what ideas you have for a program to be 'web-enabled'.
But if your server and the gui-client communicate using sockets
and your own protocol, then the sever could be web-enabled already. Just
write a cgi-client that uses the same protocol.
So you did not write "web-enabled" applications.
Did you write web-applications ?
Did you write cgi programs ?
Do you know html and how to generate it ?
Can you manage communication using sockets ? For instance
using TServerSocket and TCientSocket ?
On which point do you need help ?
Hans.
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Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 8:39 pm Post subject: Re: Web-based System |
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"David Ray" <david (AT) timecalc (DOT) com> wrote in news:427fb17a$1
@newsgroups.borland.com:
| Quote: | Would someone here be able to point me to a resource that might help me get
off the ground quickly with this?
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http://www.atozed.com/IntraWeb
Works fine with CB6, and you can deploy it on a users machine, or run it via
web.
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Chad Z. Hower (a.k.a. Kudzu) - http://www.hower.org/Kudzu/
"Programming is an art form that fights back"
Web Development causing you headaches?
Find relief at http://www.atozed.com/IntraWeb/
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Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject: Re: Web-based System |
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"Hans Galema" <notused (AT) notused (DOT) nl> wrote
| Quote: | Then you have to write at least three programs.
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Not necessarily. CGI is not a requirement. The webserver can do the
requested work directly. And incidently, even if you want to use CGI, you
don't need to write a program for it. Just install the Perl engine from
http://www.perl.com and then shell out to it when needed.
| Quote: | I do not know what ideas you have for a program to be 'web-enabled'.
But if your server and the gui-client communicate using sockets and your
own protocol, then the sever could be web-enabled already.
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Only if HTTP were being used for that protocol to begin with.
Gambit
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Hans Galema
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 9:16 pm Post subject: Re: Web-based System |
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Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:
| Quote: | Then you have to write at least three programs.
Not necessarily. CGI is not a requirement. The webserver can do the
requested work directly.
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Ok. Three layers then.
| Quote: | And incidently, even if you want to use CGI, you
don't need to write a program for it. Just install the Perl engine from
http://www.perl.com and then shell out to it when needed.
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That would be three programs then.
| Quote: | I do not know what ideas you have for a program to be 'web-enabled'.
But if your server and the gui-client communicate using sockets and your
own protocol, then the sever could be web-enabled already.
Only if HTTP were being used for that protocol to begin with.
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Not needed.
HTTP for browser<->webserver.
CGI for webserver<->cgiapplication.
Own protocol for cgiapplication<->server. (The same as server<->guiclient).
What I meant was "web-enabling the server" by writing a cgiclient for it.
But the intention of my reply was to make it clear to David that
a lot of aspects had to be considered and to invite him to
express his needs more to the point.
Hans.
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Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 8:28 am Post subject: Re: Web-based System |
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Hans Galema <notused (AT) notused (DOT) nl> wrote in
news:427fbf31$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com:
| Quote: | I'm thinking of a project that would be web-enabled such that users can
enter data through EITHER a client program that runs on their PC or
through a web-browser.
Then you have to write at least three programs. A server, a gui-client
and a cgi-client. The cgi-client is started by a webserver upon requests
of a webbrowser.
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With IntraWeb he can make just one. It can run on the server and be accessed
remotely by a web browser, or it can run localy (Standalone deployment) on
the users machine and be accesed by a local browser. Witih umPartial and
other you can get quite close to a real windows forms experience.
--
Chad Z. Hower (a.k.a. Kudzu) - http://www.hower.org/Kudzu/
"Programming is an art form that fights back"
Build Web Applications just like normal Delphi applications
with IntraWeb for Delphi 5, 6, 7, Kylix, C++ Builder 5, 6 and Java
http://www.atozed.com/IntraWeb/
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