sorry. Have no idea where my mind was when I was writing this. Solved all issues without server-side rebol assistance... Rishi ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 11:03 AM Subject: [REBOL] need client/server communication mechanism... > Hi. I'm planning to make a suite of utilities in R/view for my own personal use. >What I want to do > is: > > - insert log-in.r file in my webserver that runs in client and asks for my user >name/password > - after entering log-in info, log-in.r needs to communicate with another .r file on >the server. Sort > of like cgi. (don't know how to do this...) > - Once password is checked, a .r file will be outputed and run on client machine. It >will contain a > bunch of my .r graphical apps I can click on. > - These apps should have ability to communicate with a server-side .r file, meaning >it has to run on > the server like cgi. The reason for this is because I plan to save all my data on >the server. > Basically, I plan to use the server as my diskette. > > This is kind of similar to the way html works with cgi or servlets... Rebol can >currently download > scripts from the server and run them locally. It can also run remotely in the form >of cgi scripts > for html...But I don't think there is currently a way to execute rebol scripts >remotely by calling > it from a client side rebol script. > > I hope this is clear description... Help would be appreciated. If I can get this to >work...I can: > - use any computer in the lab to access my programs > - use any server as my network operating system/diskette. > - use rebol/view browser as my file manager. > > Thanks. > > Rishi O. >
