> This begs the question, "What exactly does web-enabled" mean. > > I always thought that web-enabled means that I would have to use the > browser to render it; however, that would suck. Trying to keep state > between screens and all of the problems of sloppy browser controls > would make it a completely different app.
I believe when most _users_ talk about web-enabled, they mean that you can access the system through a browser from anywhere on the internet. We do a lot of web-based application development, much of which uses SQL Server as the back-end. To do this, we have developed our own server-side software. However, there are many solutions out there, like Cold Fusion, Server-side JavaScript, ASP, and PHP for implementing the back-end. It is not difficult to make fully functional applications that work well in a browser provided the app uses the simple controls supported by HTML. To avoid the screen repainting most people associate with these kinds of apps, you can use client-side code in JavaScript and XML conversations with the server. We (and others) have been doing this for some time, but there is now a new buzz word for it: AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML). See Google maps for an example of how a browser based application can act very much like a native Windows program. Glenn Lawler ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/i7folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
