huggymonkey
01-13-2004, 08:47 AM
Let me explain the app and hopefully someone can tell me if this can be done in a standard web browser (IE).
I have an application that is used to collect data from instruments (laboratory) over a network. The application architecture is based on a thin client set up with all of the processing done on the server. All the client does is display XML/HTML pages preconstructed and delivered by the server. The page may ask a user to place a sample on the instrument and click 'OK' to collect the data. Upon clicking, the server then sends the command to collect the data directly from the instrument. There may even be times where the user is asked to enter information. Once data is collected, the result, whether calculated by the server or not, can then be shown on the client for approval.
Thus far I have been told that this cannot be done using a standard browser and that due to the 'push vs pull' nature and limitations of browsers, we have to stick with a propietary viewer. This however is the extent of the explanation so I turn to you, is this true? Not being a developer I see lots of web sites that do much of what I describe, they may refer to a database tier for information but there is 2 way interaction.
Any help would be beneficial.
I have an application that is used to collect data from instruments (laboratory) over a network. The application architecture is based on a thin client set up with all of the processing done on the server. All the client does is display XML/HTML pages preconstructed and delivered by the server. The page may ask a user to place a sample on the instrument and click 'OK' to collect the data. Upon clicking, the server then sends the command to collect the data directly from the instrument. There may even be times where the user is asked to enter information. Once data is collected, the result, whether calculated by the server or not, can then be shown on the client for approval.
Thus far I have been told that this cannot be done using a standard browser and that due to the 'push vs pull' nature and limitations of browsers, we have to stick with a propietary viewer. This however is the extent of the explanation so I turn to you, is this true? Not being a developer I see lots of web sites that do much of what I describe, they may refer to a database tier for information but there is 2 way interaction.
Any help would be beneficial.