Thanks for the tip. But to me, 'simple' is when I can send the browser a message, and it displays my URL. Setting up a server to handle HTML, and then having the browser poll me for work, seems not simple at all, not to mention being a waste of CPU time. Is that how things work now, and is that why the browser takes so much CPU time even when I'm doing nothing?
Still hoping for a command interface to IE, Henry Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bill lam > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:02 AM > To: Programming forum > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] How to send message to Firefox/IE? > > Just a general comment. A simple way is to set up a simple j > http-server, and > run javascript in the browser to poll the server for needed > information. I > believe ocx is a declining technology unsuitable for writing > new applications. > > just 2 cents. > > Henry Rich wrote: > > This is part a J question, part an OS question. > > > > My application finds Web pages that it wants to bring to > > the user's attention. > > > > I would like to have my app send some message to a browser, > > telling the browser to display the Web pages; optionally, > > creating a new tab. I have not been able to find how to do this. > > > > > > > > I have been displaying these in a J form that has a browser > > OCX on the form. The trouble with this is that when there is > > an error in the HTML, the form freezes, and along with it the > > application that put up the form. This is bad. > > > > Henry Rich > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
