Micah Yoder wrote: >Ok what's the deal here.... > >I got all excited about switching all my web development to XUL, and >having it communicate with server-side PHP scripts to do the database >work. > >I spent much of this week inhaling _Creating_Applications_With_Mozilla_, >which is excellent as far as it goes (thanks guys). But to my horror it >didn't have an example of doing an HTTP Post from Javascript based on XUL >widgets! > >The book talks about SOAP, which I'd really rather not deal with. > >I did a Web and Usenet search for this and came up with very little. >There's XMLHttpRequest, but it's apparently only in nightly builds -- I >want my app to work with Mozilla 1.0+ and NS7, out of the "box", without >the user having to install extra junk. Plus, it looks to be >overcomplicating things. All I want to do is construct a POST, submit it >to a server, and read and parse the server's response from JavaScript so >it can then do fun things with the DOM to make the user think they >accomplished something. > >SURELY this is possible! PLEASE tell me I missed something! If >something as basic as an HTTP Post can't be done from XUL/Javascript, we >have problems! > >
You're asking in the wrong group -- I'm trying m.dom and m.netlib, with followups-to: netlib, and cc'ing darin and dougt, who prolly know the scriptable interface to use. /be >Thanks, >Micah > > >
