And direct db access is also not possible. For that you´ll need some kind of a “db gateway” which can be done with lc server or php.
Matthias Rebbe +49 5741 310000 matthiasrebbe.eu <http://matthiasrebbe.eu/> > Am 25.07.2017 um 21:00 schrieb Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: > > Well, the sandbox is a huge issue. JavaScript is not allowed to access many > things that LC can access in the user's system. > > The sandbox protects against malicious pages. > > It is very hard to simulate the mouseStillDown handler in HTML/JS. > > My app is a hybrid of LC and html5. The pace of development for LC is easily > 10 times faster for me. > > LC text processing and array management is much much more flexible. > > "Get the keys of myArray" beats enumerating through a JS array any day. > > JS does not have true associative arrays, although you can work around that > with datamaps. > > JS does not have programmatic access to the clipboard. > > Most of the limitations are related to security issues. If the sandbox is not > an issue, then html5 will probably work, but they should expect to spend a > fortune and live with a long development cycle with painfully slow bug fixes. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 25, 2017, at 2:42 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: >> >> I have a client that wants to move our project to HTML5. I have some doubts >> about the capabilities, could someone tell me what is currently possible and >> what is not? >> >> This is a very large set of stacks, run by a standalone that loads content >> on demand from a server. It is image-heavy and interacts with a networked >> database. There is lots of navigation between stacks and many hundreds of >> cards. At any given time, there can be up to a dozen stacks held in RAM. >> There is also heavy use of visual effects and animation. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> <mailto:jac...@hyperactivesw.com> >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> <http://www.hyperactivesw.com/> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
