Hi Ed, We use intercall.h mostly for webbased data queries. We have perl CGI pages (Linux/Apache) that first parse and validate user input. If the input is acceptable, an intercall app is executed. The intercall app then opens a connection to a limited copy our production UV server and executes a cataloged subroutine. The data is returned to the intercall program which then returns it to the CGI script which formats it for output as html. Althought this process might sound a little convoluted, it is extremely fast.
I've also used this technique to run reports that are printed to a .pdf by the rsync'ed UV back end and then 'pushed out' to the web server for viewing in a webbrowser's Acrobat plug-in. It's pretty neat to be in say, an airport terminal that has wireless access and go to your web site with your PocketPC, run a report and view it as a pdf while waiting to board your plane. Brian Grayson Ed Clark wrote: > As a curiosity, how many people have used universe gci or the unidata > equivalent with CALLC/CallBasic to extend the capabilities of U2? When I see > comments like the one below (suggesting that only newer versions of U2 let > you use sockets) I always wonder about the experiences and success stories > people have had. (though yes, it did always seem a little daunting creating > a whole new universe--very much god-stuff) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 3:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [U2] Factory Floor Automation - Serial Connectivity ? > > Replying to my own messaging... Kind of like talking to myself... > > With newer UV versions you shouldn't need the C socket program but be > able to talk to the device server directly. > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
