[Laszlo-dev] SOLO DHTML deployment

[Max Carlson]

Because soon, we'll need to load resources besides blank.gif for swf 
embedding.

-Max

P T Withington wrote:
> Uh, why would you need app root to load the LFC if you don't need it to 
> load embed.js?  We really don't want to have this if at all possible, 
> since it makes your app depend on where it is deployed, which is 
> an-athema of SOLO.
> 
> On 2006-11-14, at 16:19 EST, Max Carlson wrote:
> 
>> We will need LzApplicationRoot for other reasons, including loading a 
>> static LFC file.  Please file a bug to add a client-generated 1x1 
>> pixel  transparent image - but it's only required for IE6.
>>
>> For SOLO DHTML, you will need:
>> + the LFC and object code for the app
>> + any media resources the app needs (which include component 
>> directories).  These should all be relative URLs.  The resource table 
>> for the app has the list of media you need.
>> + lps/includes/blank.gif - Only needed for IE 6
>> + lps/includes/embed-dhtml.js
>>
>> -Max
>>
>> P T Withington wrote:
>>> I know there is a secret 1x1 .gif that is needed.
>>> I gave LPP-2916: 'Get rid of LzApplicationRoot' to you, because I 
>>> think it is relevant to this task.
>>> On 2006-11-13, at 10:52 EST, Henry Minsky wrote:
>>>> Can anyone tell me what they think is required for DHTML SOLO deploy?
>>>> That is, what
>>>> auxiliary include files are needed?
>>>>
>>>> Since we serve up the LFC and the app as separate files in DHTML, the
>>>> new SOLO wizard will at least have to write out copies of static files
>>>> for these.
>>>>
>>>> For reference the current swf solo wizard makes
>>>>
>>>> 1) recursive copy of all files in the directory in which the app
>>>> resides, and also includes
>>>> 2) An html wrapper file (app.swf.html)
>>>>
>>>> 3) these include files
>>>>    filenames.add("lps/includes/embed.js");
>>>>     filenames.add("lps/includes/h.html");
>>>>     filenames.add("lps/includes/h.swf");
>>>>     filenames.add("lps/includes/vbembed.js");
>>>>
>>>> I will make a master list of what needs to be packaged up, and make
>>>> fork a version of the
>>>> SWF solo deployment tool for DHTML.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --Henry Minsky
>>>> Software Architect
>>>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com
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