Every technology will require a poll to the server, to pull the data in...


On 7/10/07, Tom King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have a project:
> I need to create an in and out board (i.e a webpage/application which
> sits on a tablet PC by an entrance to a building);
> The app needs to show a list of names, populated from a MySQL
> database, and on click, update the time signed in to the database,
> and change the color of the name to indicate whether they're in the
> building - that part is easy - however, the app needs to work
> multiple machines:
>
> Hence, you have data which needs to be "pushed" out to the other
> devices on the other entrances, so the record of when someone is "in"
> or "out" is identical.
>
> Previously, this has been done by making every click a form
> submission, and then each version of the page would use a Meta
> refresh every 30 seconds to update their displays;
>
> There's got to be a cooler way of doing this: Any ideas?
>
> Spry/Flex/Flash may be the way forward, and I'm intending to use it
> as a training exercise, so willing to learn, but would like a nudge
> in the right direction!
>
> Ta
> T
>
>
> 

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