Re: [Xsltforms-support] java applet in XSLTForms

[Habs <ha...@us...>]

Hi Alain

I have used local HTTP servers too, on the odd occasion.
You have given me some other ideas too re: NodeJS.

The scenario I had in mind was a facility for kind of temporary
briefcase type store for XML document produced/downloaded, should
access to the remote server from where the XSLTForm was loaded be a
problem, or the network is down and so forth.

I think an extremely light-weight local server is possibly the way to
go, but I have always, rightly or wrongly, understood that a document
could only be written back to the server from where it was loaded. Of
course in the above scenario, it is more like a document would be read
from the remote server and written/stored locally until it was possible
to push it back to the server. I just wondered if a simple and
competent solution was in use my many people already. There are other
ways to get around this issue, so I think I will play around. It seems
like it perhaps is a different function to address with other tools, 
rather than trying to do it via XSLTForms.

Regarding the Java Applet, I was actually wondering out of interest,
when the Applet code would be removed from XSLTForms altogether as a
clean up matter more than anything.

I am a regular, but not an expert, user of XSLTForms, so I am not
familiar with everything it can do.

I have found it a very, very useful provision over the time and I am
grateful for all the work that has gone in to it and it being available.

Thank you.
Habs


On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 07:59:43 +0100
Alain Couthures <ala...@ag...> wrote:

> Hello Habs,
> 
> Recent browsers now support FileReader API so the XSLTForms Java
> applet is useless for reading files.
> 
> Writing files is unfortunately not yet implemented in browsers. As
> you said, Java applets won't work in Chrome anyway...
> 
> I personally use local HTTP servers for saving files and NodeJS is
> very nice for writing a small REST one, for example.
> 
> What do you need?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --Alain
> 
> Le 09/03/2016 12:33, Habs a écrit :
> > Good day to all :-)
> >
> > Having been through a head-scratching month regarding flash plugin
> > issues on various browsers (in GNU/Linux), it seems that NPAPI is
> > 'dead'....and therefore so will be flash, silverlight and....java
> > applets.
> >
> > With regard to Java applets and XSLTForms, I'm just checking when/if
> > the applet functionality will be removed (it would make sense?) and
> > what alternative ideas for local saving and loading people use
> > currently or will use (if at all) ?
> >
> > Regards
> > Habs
> >
> >
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