New topic: Trouble with webHTMLViewer and localhost
<http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=47752> Page 1 of 1 [ 4 posts ] Previous topic | Next topic Author Message dgdavidge Post subject: Trouble with webHTMLViewer and localhostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:17 pm Joined: Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:43 pm Posts: 200 Location: Santa Ynez, CA I have written some static help files for a web app that I display in a HTMLViewer. It works great when the html files are on the web. Quote:Sub ShowHelp (helpfile as string) dim helppath as string = "http://website.com/helpfiles/"; myHTMLViewer.URL = helppath + helpfile End subbut if you move the files to the computer where the app is running, you only get the first help file and subsequent calls to the method with different file names are ignored.Quote:Sub ShowHelp (helpfile as string) dim helppath as string = "file://localhost/helpfiles/" myHTMLViewer.URL = helppath + helpfile End suband this gets you a "Webpage Not Found" error.Quote:Sub ShowHelp (helpfile as string) dim helppath as string = "http://localhost/helpfiles/"; myHTMLViewer.URL = helppath + helpfile End subIs this a bug or am I doing something wrong? I hope there is a work around or I will end up with a help system like RS where the help never matches the version you're using except beta users. Top timhare Post subject: Re: Trouble with webHTMLViewer and localhostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:17 pm Joined: Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:21 pm Posts: 12270 Location: Portland, OR USA You should never serve up a url that refers to the local machine. That just won't work. Always refer to the website. (Unless the app is strictly for local use on a single machine.) Top dgdavidge Post subject: Re: Trouble with webHTMLViewer and localhostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:19 pm Joined: Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:43 pm Posts: 200 Location: Santa Ynez, CA This app is an electric power management app that will replace, or perhaps supplement, my present desktop app. The desktop app has all its help files on the same drive as the program. The only reason I can see to store the help files off on a website somewhere is because RS is not capable of serving them from the local drive. Perhaps I should forget about the URL and read the html data in with a textInputStream then use the LoadPage method to send it to the HTMLViewer. Top timhare Post subject: Re: Trouble with webHTMLViewer and localhostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 12:21 am Joined: Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:21 pm Posts: 12270 Location: Portland, OR USA Are you running the app standalone or using a web server like apache? If standalone, then yes, read the file itself and use LoadPage. Top Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending Page 1 of 1 [ 4 posts ] -- Over 1500 classes with 29000 functions in one REALbasic plug-in collection. The Monkeybread Software Realbasic Plugin v9.3. http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/plugins.shtml [email protected]
