HTTPView, Javascript and Cross platform question!

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Scaremonger

(Posted 2009) [#1]

Hi,

I notice from this page that HTMLView does not support Javascript on Linux. Is there a solution to this? (Brucey has a gtk library, does this support it?)

Maxgui uses IE behind the scene: So if the client has disabled Javascript, will my application cease to function and is there any way I can detect this?

Is the DOM within the HTMLview available to Blitzmax or do we have to use Javascript to update page elements?

Thanks guys
Si...

(I've been working on other non-blitzmax projects for a while but pleased to be back)

Scaremonger

(Posted 2009) [#2]

Well, using the following code I have answered the one about disabling Javascript. If a user does that and you use javascript (for writing to the document etc); Your application will not function...

Strict
Import MaxGui.drivers

Local window:TGadget
Local htmlview:TGadget

window=CreateWindow("My Window",30,20,600,440,,15|WINDOW_ACCEPTFILES)

htmlview=CreateHTMLView(0,0,ClientWidth(window),ClientHeight(window),window)',HTMLVIEW_NONAVIGATE)
SetGadgetLayout htmlview,1,1,1,1

HtmlViewRun(htmlview,"javascript:document.write('<h1>hello world</h1>');")
HtmlViewRun(htmlview,"alert('Hello!');")

While WaitEvent()
	Print CurrentEvent.ToString()
	Select EventID()
		Case EVENT_WINDOWCLOSE
			End
	End Select
Wend

markcw

(Posted 2009) [#3]

FLTK's htmlview does not support Javascript and probably never will, the GTK htmlview does as it uses Gecko.

I'm not sure I follow the DOM question but I would think the answer is no.

Scaremonger

(Posted 2009) [#4]

@markcw: Cheers for the info.

DOM is the Document Object Model. It organises the objects on the webpage in a sort of tree starting with "document" at the top level.