Ben, please correct me if I am wrong. I believe there was a 15 second
refresh set on the display page (pull).
Yes, the gateways open a very large list "...interesting possibilities...".
Doug
Dick Applebaum wrote:
>What I was wondering is:
>
>1) Was there a browser request pending for CF Template & the server
>event satisfied the request (Pull)
>2) Was there an autorefresh in the page that made a server request
>every n seconds (Pull)
>3) Did the server send an unsolicited page to an idle browser (Push)
>
>I know how to do 1 and 2, but am hoping that Blackstone will support 3.
>
>You would likely need to authorize the server to send unsolicited
>requests, to the browser(s).
>
>But this opens up some interesting possibilities:
>
>-- Real-time status monitoring
>-- Efficient chats/whiteboards/collaboration
>-- Streamers
>-- Motion detectors & alarms
>
>
>Maybe Ben will need to answer this.
>
>TIA
>
>
>On Jul 2, 2004, at 7:37 AM, Doug James wrote:
>
>
>
>>If I remember correctly the gateway polled the directory and when the
>> file showed up it fired the appropriate event and the CF server
>>responded.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>> Dick Applebaum wrote:
>>
>> >On Jul 2, 2004, at 6:19 AM, Doug James wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> - demonstrated a file drop gateway
>> >> - produced a text file and placed it into a directory
>> >> - the gateway produced the event
>> >> - CF server responded and picked the file out of the directory
>>and
>> >> displayed its contents on the web page automagically
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >Was this an unsolicited push from a server to a client browser?
>> >
>> >TIA
>> >
>> >Dick
>> >
>> >"In times like these, it helps to recall that
>> >there have always been times like these."
>> >- Paul Harvey -
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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