Another possibility is to use IE on the client side and use one of the COM interfaces to XML-RPC. You could then use javascript/vbscript to get data as required. hth Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hannu Krosing" <hannu@tm.ee> To: "David Nimmons" <David_Nimmons@huntsman.com> Cc: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 10:16 PM Subject: Re: [Zope] XML-RPC | David Nimmons wrote: | > | > I am trying to develop a web based interface to automation equipment (Allen | > Bradley plc's in this case) to use for an operator interface. I am using | > SVG to develop graphics and want to use javascript to manipulate the | > graphics based on data from the plc. I am looking for a way to pull more | > data from the server without having to reload the page. My question is will | > XML-RPC allow this. Or does Zope have some other mechanism that would allow | > this. Thanks for any help. | | Actually this is mainly a client-side problem, on server side you have | total | freedom to serve any protocol ;) | | Often this kind of problem is solved by having twho frames and data is | aquired | by reloading the "data-page" which then manipulates the | "presentation-page" | using javascript, possibly in its onLoad method. | | ------------ | Hannu | | _______________________________________________ | Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org | http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope | ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** | (Related lists - | http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce | http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )