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Bostan
Apr 13, 2002, 4:23:27 PM4/13/02
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Hello everybody!
I have been working on this website that requires a kind
of messaging capability. It has to poll the database on
the server for new messages, and if there is any new
message, it has to display a notification on the client's
screen--something like the way outlook acts. My approach
was to have a hiddin window that would refresh itself
every minute, and everytime it refreshs itself, the code
within it gets executed and the rest is just simple
programming. Well, I wasn't able to create a hidden window
because i didn't know how to; I could only create a small
size window but not a hidden one.
So I dicided to create a hidden frame in the in the main
window, and that did the trick. However, if the user loads
a different url or hits back or does anything that loses
the main window, the process is halted, and no messages
will appear. This takes me back to the original idea--a
hidden window!
This website is for an intranet in the company for which i
work. Please advise!
Thank you!
.
I have been working on this website that requires a kind
of messaging capability. It has to poll the database on
the server for new messages, and if there is any new
message, it has to display a notification on the client's
screen--something like the way outlook acts. My approach
was to have a hiddin window that would refresh itself
every minute, and everytime it refreshs itself, the code
within it gets executed and the rest is just simple
programming. Well, I wasn't able to create a hidden window
because i didn't know how to; I could only create a small
size window but not a hidden one.
So I dicided to create a hidden frame in the in the main
window, and that did the trick. However, if the user loads
a different url or hits back or does anything that loses
the main window, the process is halted, and no messages
will appear. This takes me back to the original idea--a
hidden window!
This website is for an intranet in the company for which i
work. Please advise!
Thank you!
.
gilly3
Apr 25, 2002, 1:01:56 PM4/25/02
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"Bostan" <ybo...@solomonpage.com> wrote in news:263201c1e329$11d23e40
$9ae62ecf@tkmsftngxa02:
$9ae62ecf@tkmsftngxa02:
It sounds like what you really need is an exe that lives on the client's
machine and runs in the background. A browser is intended to be a user
interface. Not using the user interface defeats the purpose of using a
browser.
good luck.
-ivan.
Dan
Jun 11, 2002, 10:40:22 AM6/11/02
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Did you try maybe using an IFrame with a height and width
of 0?>..
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