Jim Sanford wrote:
Is there a way to allow or force a frame or window to wait indefinitely for a response to it's request? If so, could not a small window or frame be created at the beginning of a session that sends a request to the server containing info about who is now connected. The method activated by the request would log the request particulars in either ZODB or a backend db. When an event ocurs that the server needs to notify the client about it retrieves the info about the open request and uses that info to generate a response. The response could also reset the state of the window/frame to again send another request and begin waiting indefinitely. This request would be more along the lines of an aknowledgement that the client is still connected and has received the response.
Does this seem possible??
Netscape Server Push - introduced in ver 1.1 - seems to be what you mean: http://www.netscape.com/home/demo/1.1b1/pushpull.html Still work with version 4.7, although the animation at the above URL doesn't. Try http://www.theriver.com/trwrc/serverpush.html for a demo. No idea about Mozilla. -- -= This is NOT a pyramid scheme =- The SNAFU Principle: True communication is possible only between equals Itamar S.T. itamars@ibm.net