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From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,38d1fe109cd56c87 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Alfred Hilscher Subject: Re: XML-HTML Forms local execution was RE: GNAT, LINUX, KDE Date: 1999/11/29 Message-ID: <3842B432.EB1903A6@icn.siemens.de>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 554500550 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr X-Trace: menuisier.enst.fr 943899086 17755 137.194.161.2 (29 Nov 1999 18:11:26 GMT) Organization: Siemens AG X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Nov 1999 18:11:26 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-11-29T18:11:26+00:00 List-Id: Hello, I think you want a http-server-part of code as the control part of your application , right ? I've wrote such a 'demo' as a quick (very,very quick) and dirty (very dirty) 'prototype' a few month ago. So if you are interested, please let me know. I will send you the (undocumented) code - without any warrenty :-), OK ? Regards, Alfred "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." wrote: > > From: Bob Leif > To: Geoff Bull, Preben Randhol, David Botton, et al. > > Firstly, I have taken the liberty of changing the name of the subject to one > that describes the content of these postings. Over the last 5 months, I have > received numerous assurances from both my friends in the Ada community and > of at least one developer of a browser that my request was quite trivial. I > have also received many suggestions. Unfortunately, none of these were > completely working examples. > > I suspect that some of the problem may be because of my lack of expertise > and also the result of differences between the various browsers and > operating systems. > > The original and current problem is: > To create Ada software for processing HTML including HTML forms that > will work totally on the client computer (PC). I wish to use HTML forms as > the front-end for a project. There is obvious commercial utility to do this > under Windows 98. However, for hard real-time applications any of the > following operating systems should permit my application to be the sole > executing software on the system. This application can not be interrupted > except perhaps by CTRL-Alt_Del or the reset button. I believe that this > should be possible with DOS, Windows CE, or Linux with an Ada core. My > application could work with Windows 98 providing it could monopolize (no > interrupts) a DOS Window for my instrument controller. There is no GUI > present when my program takes data. > > In order to be absolutely explicit, I have reproduced my form below. > The question is: How do I get the string named test into the Ada program, > HTML_Ada.exe? Is it via the command line or some other means? > > Thank you. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> > > > > > (out2) > > > > > > > vlink="#800080" alink="#ff0000"> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -----Original Message----- > From: Geoff Bull [mailto:geoff@research.canon.com.au] > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 10:41 PM > To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org > Subject: Re: GNAT, LINUX, KDE > > Robert C. Leif, Ph.D. wrote: > > > However, being neither competent in JAVA nor an expert on > > servers, I still do not know if this example is relevant to > > my question. > > > This question was initially posed to Team-Ada. > > Is it feasible to create Ada software for processing HTML > > that will work totally on the client computer (PC)? > > I wish to use HTML forms as the front-end for a project. > > Sorry, I had lost sight of your question. > > The point of the Java web server code was merely to > support David Botton's view that embedding an http server > wouldn't be "that much work", a point of view that has been > challenged. > > You need understand neither Java nor servers to see > from the Java code that an embedded http server can be very > small (even though this one can't process forms). > > Geoff