If you don't mind running another server and compiling to swf, you could try running red5 and use rtmp. It's meant for audio/video streaming, but it's not limited to that :).
On 1/4/08, Anthony Bargnesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Laszlo Users! > > Need help on alternative approaches to persistent connections! > > I am creating a tool that require every laszlo app instance to send events > to each other much like a chat room. Naturally I gravitated to persistent > connections, but I read everywhere that they are not fully supported in all > browsers, and some browsers will behave differently. Since I want this > laszlo application to run in all major browsers I think I better stay away > from persistent connections. > > With that said, is there another "Tried and True" solution to this using > the latest OL (4.0.7)? The alternative I was thinking of would be to use > web services calls on the *back-end* server to send messages and then have > each laszlo app instance poll the server for the latest messages. The > problem I see with this is that polling the server unnecessarily will bog > down the server and the polling isn't really real time...meaning laszlo app > instances will incur some lag. > > Does anyone else have a solution that they used that has found to perform > well when needing to send messages in real time to all laszlo app > instances? Also, is the solution scalable for multiple "chatrooms" (so to > speak)? > > Thanks very much, > Anthony Bargnesi > -- lp, Anže
