Thanks a lot. I think that will be the way to go then. It's a pity that there is no way to implement pushing data to the browser from the server. Some event-driven model would be very handy.
Jozef Chocholacek wrote: > Ronald Wildenberg wrote: > > > ... > > What I need is a way to push the response to the browser. I > > would like the server to take the initiative in updating the browser > > window, not the user. Is this possible in any way? > > HTTP is request/response based protocol so AFAIK server has no > > possibility to initiate the connection to the browser. So in the > > initial response you must send some code saying browser to "refresh" > > the connection after a while. When browser "reloads" the page, you > > must check if the apropriate JMS answer (from remote appliaction) has > > arrived and send it to the browser, otherwise send the "refresh" > > response again. > > Tip: > Look at HTML Meta tag <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" Content="5; > URL=http://some.server.com/some/path/to/servlet";> - in the "Content" > field the number before ";" is number of seconds to wait before reload, > the URL is URL to reload. > > It is also good to show the user some text (or picture) like "Wait > please...". > > Regards, > > J.Ch. > -- > Ing. Jozef Chocholacek Qbizm Technologies, Inc. > Chief Project Analyst ... the art of internet. > ________________________________________________________________ > Kralovopolska 139 tel: +420 5 4124 2414 > 601 12 Brno, CZ http://www.qbizm.com fax: +420 5 4121 2696 > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
