[Mod-pubsub-general] RE: General mod_pubsub questions

[Adam R. <Adam@KnowNow.com>]

Lucas wrote:
> Sorry that it's come to this but I've looked everywhere for the
answers
> and I have come up short.

No problem!  We love to get questions.  I hope I can answer them well --
Joyce
says that I always *think* I write better than I actually do.  If what I
say
isn't clear, please clarify the question and I will try again.

> 1. I heard rumor that the browser client works without polling. (this
is
> what piqued my interest)

It's true, the browser client works without polling.

> If so, how does it do it without client-side installs? Does it stream
a
> javascript file or something?

Close.  The PubSub Server sends down some JavaScript to a hidden frame
in the
browser page.  The JavaScript keeps the connection alive, and accepts
incoming
messages on the topics that have been subscribed to -- and then the
browser
page can do something with those messages as they stream in.

> 2. Can I run the server on IIS? The claim is made that "scripts can be
> used with other Web Servers as well." Does this mean the perl cgi?

Yes.  We eventually hope to support a native ISAPI module, but for the
meantime you can run the Perl CGI scripts to give your IIS this
functionality.
Note that we don't have much experience running in this configuration so
we'd
love some feedback...

> 3. The c++ stuff. Am I right to assume that this alone will not handle
a
> web client?

Well, the C++ stuff can be compiled so that your Internet Explorer web
client
could use it with ActiveX controls through its COM interfaces.

But you're right, the primary thing we use it for is to PubSub-enable
Visual Basic and Visual C++ applications.

   Adam



-----Original Message-----
From: Lucas W. Fletcher [mailto:lu...@de...]=20
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 11:47 AM
To: mod...@li...
Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-general] Fw: problem linking dotnet version

Thank you, I hope to...

Sorry that it's come to this but I've looked everywhere for the answers
and I have come up short. So I was wondering if one of you might take
pity on me. I have some really basic questions:

1.    I heard rumor that the browser client works without polling. (this
is
what piqued my interest) If so, how does it do it without client-side
installs? Does it stream a javascript file or something?

2.    Can I run the server on IIS? The claim is made that "scripts can
be
used with other Web Servers as well." Does this mean the perl cgi?

3.    The c++ stuff. Am I right to assume that this alone will not
handle a
web client?

Thanks again,

Lucas Fletcher
lu...@de...
http://dealersinnotions.com