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David Ray wrote:
> I'm thinking of a project that would be web-enabled such that users can
> enter data through EITHER a client program that runs on their PC or through
> a web-browser.

Then you have to write at least three programs. A server, a gui-client and
a cgi-client. The cgi-client is started by a webserver upon requests
of a webbrowser.

> This is a simple application that hopefully would not take long to write;

Simple ? And three instead of one application ?

> the tables are simple and the relationships are, as well.  But I've never
> written any kind of "web-enabled" application, so I really don't know where
> to start. 

I do not know what ideas you have for a program to be 'web-enabled'.
But if your server and the gui-client communicate using sockets
and your own protocol, then the sever could be web-enabled already. Just
write a cgi-client that uses the same protocol.

So you did not write "web-enabled" applications.
Did you write web-applications ?
Did you write cgi programs ?
Do you know html and how to generate it ?
Can you manage communication using sockets ? For instance
using TServerSocket and TCientSocket ?

On which point do you need help ?

Hans.

"David Ray" <david@timecalc.com> wrote in news:427fb17a$1
@newsgroups.borland.com:
> Would someone here be able to point me to a resource that might help me get
> off the ground quickly with this?

http://www.atozed.com/IntraWeb

Works fine with CB6, and you can deploy it on a users machine, or run it via 
web.


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"Hans Galema" <notused@notused.nl> wrote in message
news:427fbf31$1@newsgroups.borland.com...

> Then you have to write at least three programs.

Not necessarily.  CGI is not a requirement.  The webserver can do the
requested work directly.  And incidently, even if you want to use CGI, you
don't need to write a program for it.  Just install the Perl engine from
http://www.perl.com and then shell out to it when needed.

> I do not know what ideas you have for a program to be 'web-enabled'.
> But if your server and the gui-client communicate using sockets and your
> own protocol, then the sever could be web-enabled already.

Only if HTTP were being used for that protocol to begin with.


Gambit

Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:

>>Then you have to write at least three programs.
> 
> Not necessarily.  CGI is not a requirement.  The webserver can do the
> requested work directly. 

Ok. Three layers then.

> And incidently, even if you want to use CGI, you
> don't need to write a program for it.  Just install the Perl engine from
> http://www.perl.com and then shell out to it when needed.

That would be three programs then.

>>I do not know what ideas you have for a program to be 'web-enabled'.
>>But if your server and the gui-client communicate using sockets and your
>>own protocol, then the sever could be web-enabled already.
> 
> Only if HTTP were being used for that protocol to begin with.

Not needed.
HTTP for browser<->webserver.
CGI for webserver<->cgiapplication.
Own protocol for cgiapplication<->server. (The same as server<->guiclient).

What I meant was "web-enabling the server" by writing a cgiclient for it.

But the intention of my reply was to make it clear to David that
a lot of aspects had to be considered and to invite him to
express his needs more to the point.

Hans.

Hans Galema <notused@notused.nl> wrote in
news:427fbf31$1@newsgroups.borland.com: 
>> I'm thinking of a project that would be web-enabled such that users can
>> enter data through EITHER a client program that runs on their PC or
>> through a web-browser.
> 
> Then you have to write at least three programs. A server, a gui-client
> and a cgi-client. The cgi-client is started by a webserver upon requests
> of a webbrowser.

With IntraWeb he can make just one. It can run on the server and be accessed 
remotely by a web browser, or it can run localy (Standalone deployment) on 
the users machine and be accesed by a local browser. Witih umPartial and 
other you can get quite close to a real windows forms experience.


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  with IntraWeb for Delphi 5, 6, 7, Kylix, C++ Builder 5, 6 and Java

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