Hi, Does anyone have any resources about enforcing the scenario whereby "if connected to web server> use files/ data from web server. If not connected to web server>use data/files/gui from local server (like pda with Win Mobile 6)? thanks, TML
On Jan 27, 9:06 am, "Tosca Lahiri" <[email protected]> wrote: > How do I "enforce" to server from real server" > when internet connection exists or from local server if there is no > internet connection? > Do I do it somewhere when I create the localserver, or when I check whether > the server is available (using the ping code from the online docs)? I am not > sure how the bits fit together. Do you know of a tutorial or example that > enforces this scenario? > Thanks. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of sobolanul > > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:42 AM > > To: Gears Users > > Subject: [gears-users] Re: Data switch > > > If you have urls captured in local stores, that url will be always > > served from local store. you can "enforce" to server from real server > > when internet connection exists or to use local database and resources > > even if an internet connection exists. It's application specific. > > For example for a static site where all pages are static html and all > > are captured on local store, there is no need to use a data switch. > > Once captured, the site will be always served from local store at high > > speed. Just don't forget to update manifest version when you change > > someghin on server. > > On the other hand, if you have a site where online functionality is > > reproduce offline in javascript and user actually "works" on a > > resource, a data switch is recomandavbe to synchronize the on/off line > > resources and be sure the user keep working on same set of resources. > > Also on pages with high content change, getting them from online > > server even if available offline, can be enforced by setting > > store.enabled=false if internet_connection_available. > > > On Jan 27, 12:09 am, TML <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://code.google.com/apis/gears/architecture.html > > > > Hello, > > > > I read in the online docs that the architecture suggests a "data > > > switch" to switch between using the data from the server and the data > > > from the local device. > > > > Does this need to be explicitly programmed, or does using the > > > ManagedResourceStore/LocalServer combination make the switch? > > > > I have the modules (database, localserver) working in isolation I am > > > trying to put it all together. > > > > Thanks, > > > TML
