> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Kennedy > Sent: 03 August 2007 19:04 > To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List > Subject: RE: Dynamically loading TTabSheets into a > TPageControl fromexternalmodules? > > Moore, Chris ( BIUK ) wrote: > > You should write a web aware application that sits in the app tray. > > > > All of your nested apps, reports, dialogs etc could then be > hosted on > > a webserver (or even several webservers) so you don't give > a monkeys > > what language they are written in, or indeed what OS they run on. > > But now you have to make sure the server is running and > accessible. ???? And tray applications that connect to remote services do not? Think Lotus Notes, SAP etc. To quote Michael (the original poster) "one may be a form to fill out for help" so I am presuming he wants to email that request. But oh dear, Mike has to make sure that the email server is running and accessible. Another direct quote; "the application can pull in modules as they're added and put on an app server or distribution share" Mike had better make sure the server is running and accessible.
Of course you would code traps to make sure that stuff you wanted to talk to is there. > And you'd better hope the nested applications > don't need access to any local hardware (such as the disk > drive, or the printer). That's why I said "web aware *application*" and not web page. Our company uses Wyse terminals, with tiny flash memory, I have to do fandanglery on a remote server and publish as a web service. My apps strip info from the service and use it to print localy or operate sensors connected to the terminals, they have no local hard disk, but if thay did, I could write to them. I have written several applications that connect to webservices in this fashion. > And _somebody_ needs to make sure the > server supports whatever the application uses. The Server(s) can support what they like, the client needs to know nothing about the back end, that's the beauty of it, one tray application that can connect to Windows, Linux, AS400, small beepy things that are yet to be invented. Anything that can publish html is a potential data/service provider. Mike needs to draft the presentation standard, and that's it. His customers get the same experience whatever is being published. > > Reminds me of an article I read once. > > http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/03/22/558007.aspx You should read more stuff like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thinking Luvnstuff - Chris _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
