> What's keeping DQSD from running on alterntive operating systems? Well, probably the main thing is a significant number of users trying to port it to those alternative O/S's.
Some of the stuff the DLL provides... - the mechanism for reading/writing of local files (XML files, config files, etc.), which would not normally be allowed by a browser. - the display of the menu - the hotkey support In fact, it was required/introduced when I initially pulled the searches from search.htm into separate XML files. The actually placement of the bar doesn't require the DLL. That's off the top of my head, there's probably more that the DLL does I've forgotten about. There are also alot of IE5+ dependencies in the JScript core. But, there's nothing to keep someone from porting this. The XML files themselves could be certainly be used as a basis (given work was done to get rid of IE dependencies in the search scripts). Cheers, Glenn > As far as I can tell, the main libraries of DQSD are little more than > a web-page within a box on the screen. Don't get me wrong - it's one > heck of a webpage and exposes more abilities than the majority of the > internet combined - but it really is just a web-page, right? > > I'm not very good with C++ so haven't even opened up the dll portion > in VC++ - but I imagine this is more necessary for the aspect of > placing the bar in the taskbar and handling certain clean-up routines. > > Is it possible to port this? Even if it were to be stuffed into a > web-page (I've made some progress at this, but not enough to share) > would there be any major limitations beyond the hotkey (WIN+S) and > certain OS-centric calls (like "run ...")? > > From what I can tell the page just builds itself into one REALLY big > form, then submits the alternative form itself when you type something > and press enter. > > I guess what I'm asking is if the dll really has that much glue in it > that is required in (many of) the searches themselves. Of course, > certain searches would have to be disabled for portability anyway. > > Regards, > > Shawn K. Hall > http://ReliableAnswers.com/ > > '// ======================================================== > Okay, I pulled the pin. Now what? Where are you going? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net Donation Program. Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the Open Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us add new features and functionality. Click here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ DQSD-Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-devel
