i'm still pretty newbie for them.. but i'll try to search.
On Jan 2, 11:42 pm, Ross Peoples <ross.peop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, you can, though it's much more difficult to stream it live to a web > page. You would need to use JavaScript (comet or polling) to get the output > as it is generated and display it in the browser. There are many ways to do > this, but it's not the simplest thing in the world. > > Off the top of my head, I can think of a few different ways to implement > this (though each has pros and cons): > > - Simplest: load a page as usual with an <iframe> tag that runs the command > and streams the output as it happens > - Better: Start the process and just AJAX calls to grab latest output and > display > - Best/Hardest: Use comet (AJAX push) to push output to the web page > > Using <iframe> is sometimes frowned upon as it's seen as the "easy way out" > of doing complicated tasks. Using JavaScript offers some extra flexibility > on how the output is displayed in the browser (and could even allow the > user to interact).
