Can you have links to pages other than your GWT application page load in an iframe created within your application? This way you can allow users to navigate your site without navigating out of the application.
On Feb 9, 10:51 pm, asdf_asdf <denis.ergashb...@gmail.com> wrote: > My original design was similar to what you suggest. I had everything > in one application. > The reason I am asking about interframe communnication is to ensure > that the cache does not have to load all the information all over > again causing long start-up time (since there are a lot of objects to > get from the server and store in cache) if a user leaves this exact > webpage to go say to the feedback section of the same website but then > comes back. The active cash implementation should be hidden somewhere > and keep on working so long the user has one of the website's pages > open. > > On Feb 9, 4:19 am, Dan Ox <danoxs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Is there a reason why you cannot implement this using a single frame > > containing two GWT scroll panels. > > > In one pannel is all your regularly refreshing content, in the other > > is the content the user is interested in. This way your object model > > is shared across the application and there is only a need for one. > > > You are correct in your understanding of entry points. One entry point > > specifies on GWT application. Using multiple frame would require > > multiple GWT applications. You could potentially share data across the > > applications using native javascript. But this seems like a very > > complex and error-prone implementation to me. Keeping your whole user > > interface in one application is the most logical and simplest > > approach. > > > On Feb 9, 11:35 am, asdf_asdf <denis.ergashb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > His, > > > > Will try to follow some ideas > > > fromhttp://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit/browse_thread/threa...... > > > and "GWT in Action" to share objects across an iframe. Maybe anyone > > > has already tried this with frames and could share experience? > > > > One more thing regarding interframe communication. I feel a somewhat > > > confused about EntryPoints. Is a single EntryPoint essentially meant > > > to correspond to a distinct webpage? If so, than I would need a > > > separate EntryPoint class for every html page needing GWT support... > > > what would be a proper way than to have an iframe that holds an active > > > cache and does not get reloaded when user clicks a link. > > > > My initial approach would have been to have an EntryPoint with logic > > > for the active cache defining an iframe to host other pages (that > > > would do actual presentation and utilize data from the active cache). > > > Could you please suggest if that would be a correct approach? What > > > would be the way than to specify a webpages that they should be > > > enbedded in a iframe element of the existing page? > > > > Thanks. > > > > I feel somewhat confused about architecture > > > > On 5 Feb., 23:29, asdf_asdf <denis.ergashb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks Damien, > > > > > No, unfortunately plugins are not an acceptable solutions. I feel > > > > nevertheless that there should be a way to communicate between frames. > > > > Preferably without JSNI? > > > > > On 5 Feb., 18:48, Damien Picard <picard.dam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > If you can accept browser's plugins in your project, take a look at > > > > > Google > > > > > Gears. With this, you can take a better control of locally stored > > > > > data and > > > > > much more ... > > > > > >http://gears.google.com/ > > > > > > 2009/2/5 asdf_asdf <denis.ergashb...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > His, > > > > > > > Read some posts in the group and still wondering if implementing > > > > > > such > > > > > > a scenario would be possible with GWT: > > > > > > A web page is served which contains two frames - one for presenting > > > > > > the stuff and the other one to constantly make requests to the > > > > > > server > > > > > > (a timer) and maintain latest of data (lots of objects, so only the > > > > > > new data is added / removed and not everything at once). > > > > > > > Is there a way for one frame to get a reference to the other where > > > > > > the > > > > > > current data resides? The obvious benefit would be that when user > > > > > > clicks a link and goes to a different page the data is still in the > > > > > > other frame and there is no need to load everything over again. Has > > > > > > someone maybe already done that or experienced a similar challenge? > > > > > > > That's my view on the problem. But maybe there can be another way to > > > > > > retain pieces of working logic and current data without frames when > > > > > > a > > > > > > user jumps to physically distinct html page. > > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > Denis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. 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