At first I thought, hey an excellent place for Call Worker or Call Form. Then
after thinking it though decided that would be more complicated then needed.
If it were me, I would put an object field in a table, in my case my constants
table, and pass the status in that field. Using this field there would be many
options to monitoring the status of the web server from any 4D client or 4D
server at any time. The field can be updated by the web server client when
starting and shutting down itself and/or the web server, making it’s status
known to all clients and 4D server in real time without any communications. If,
as in your case, you need to periodically check to see if the Web Server is in
fact still running or has crashed, you can use EXECUTE ON CLIENT…
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//Web ServerClient On Startup
REGISTER CLIENT(“WebServerClient”)
Start Web Server
C_OBJECT($oWebServerStatus)
OB SET($oWebServerStatus;”Status”;”Running”;……more info aa needed)
READ WRITE([Constants])
ALL RECORDS([Constants]) //only 1 record in constants table
[Constants]oWebServerStatus:= $oWebServerStatus
SAVE RECORD([Constants])
UNLOAD RECORD([Constants])
READ ONLY([Constants])
//Client doing the checking
READ WRITE([Constants])
ALL RECORDS([Constants]) //only 1 record in constants table
OB SET([Constants]oWebServerStatus;”Status”;”Testing”)
SAVE RECORD([Constants])
UNLOAD RECORD([Constants])
READ ONLY([Constants])
EXECUTE ON CLIENT(“WebServerClient”;”WebServerStatusMethod”)
ALL RECORDS([Constants]) //only 1 record in constants table
While (OB GET([Constants]oWebServerStatus;”Status”)=“Testing”)
Pause process …. ?maybe not needed?
All records([Constants]) //only one record in the constants
table. Need this to reflect any changes made by the WebServer Client
End While
If (OB GET([Constants]oWebServerStatus;”Status”)=“Running”)
//Do whatever if running
Else
//Do whatever if not running
End If
//Web ServerClient WebServerStatusMethod
ALL RECORDS([Constants]) //only 1 record in constants table
Case of
:(OB GET([Constants]oWebServerStatus;”Status”)=“Testing”)
C_OBJECT($oWebServerStatus)
Test web server
If (web server is running)
OB
SET($oWebServerStatus;”Status”;”Running”;……more info aa needed)
else
OB SET($oWebServerStatus;”Status”;”Not
Running”;……more info aa needed)
End If
READ WRITE([Constants])
ALL RECORDS([Constants]) //only 1 record in constants
table
[Constants]oWebServerStatus:= $oWebServerStatus
SAVE RECORD([Constants])
UNLOAD RECORD([Constants])
READ ONLY([Constants]
End Case
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John
> On Oct 4, 2017, at 8:41 AM, Randy Engle via 4D_Tech <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Those of you who have 4D Client acting as web server:
>
> I've got 4D client working great as a web server.
>
> Now I like to "know" that the web server is running from another client.
>
> I'd love to have the same functionality as the Execute on Server attribute
> But for a specific client
> Not available, that I know of
>
> I've got a few options that I can think of:
>
> I'm not enthused about any of them
> I'd like to think there's a much easier way.
> Hopefully I'm just being dense.
>
> 1. Get the "Registered Name" of the Web server client
> Send an EXECUTE ON CLIENT asking Web client if server is running
> Send back an EXECUTE ON CLIENT to the "calling" Client with the results
> (would require a "Delay" until received info)
>
> 2. Get the "Registered Name" of the Web server client
> Send an EXECUTE ON CLIENT asking Web client if server is running
> Have the client send an object with the web server info using SET
> PROCESS VARIABLE to the Server
> (or EXECUTE ON SERVER)
> Have the original calling client GET PROCESS VARIABLE from server
> (would require a "Delay" until received info)
>
> 3. Have the Web Server client continually loop (every minute or so)
> And have the client send an object with the web server info using SET
> PROCESS VARIABLE to the Server
> (or EXECUTE ON SERVER)
> Have the original calling client GET PROCESS VARIABLE from server
>
> 4. Do an HTTP Get on the Web Server Client
> NOTE:
> OK if the web server is running
> If web server not running, there is a long delay before HTTP get
> returns with the status code.
> So, not an option
>
>
> Any other ideas from the 4D Brainiacs?
>
> Gracious Thanks!
>
> Randy Engle, Director
> XC2 Software LLC – XC2LIVE!
>
>
>
>
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