I stand by my comments, but I wasn't able to '[read] the primary
gotcha' of your original post because there wasn't enough information.
You should be ready for the ire of open-source developers (especially on
a PHPUG list) when suggesting that JS can't do the job, while searching
for an (closed source) Active-X solution instead. Good solutions were
being posted, but without your feedback or consideration.
If you have an embedded browser in some kind of software (one again we
have no information), you can run a Java applet to communicate with both
the browser and client-side devices like USB.
-Stig
AaronC wrote, On 6/10/2010 9:23 AM:
Thanks Keri,
Point noted. But I don't think that offers much defence to Stig's
comments. I wasn't discounting the suggestions that were given one
bit.
Big misunderstanding on both sides, and I should have been clearer on
why javascript is a limitation going forward. I may have posted in the
wrong forum on this one, but PHPUG is one of my more active groups and
I thought someone may have already gone down this path without JS
(e.g. a known ActiveX control).
I don't underestimate the power of JS, I've worn my ExtJS/Qooxdoo/
Jquery hat many times and love the stuff. It's just in this instance,
due to hardware and software (browser) constraints, we require an
alternate method. I should have been clearer that that was all I was
asking.
Actually, I assumed this was a dead thread, I sent that response two
days ago. We've made ground elsewhere, so thanks for your time
everyone.
Cheers
A
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