[Laszlo-dev] SOLO DHTML deployment

[Max Carlson]

All resource loads are relative to the page.  We need a way to specify 
the relative URL to for global resources so developers can have several 
apps share resources - including the LFC.  To do so, a developer will be 
able to update LzApplicationRoot for app pages that share resources.

We can (and should) put this directory someplace relative to the app by 
default.  'lps/embed/' for consistency perhaps?

-Max

P T Withington wrote:
> Uh, I still don't get it.
> 
> You need a toe-hold to get embed.js, so that has to be someplace fixed.  
> The LFC can be in the same place.  Then you load the app, and you can 
> use the app URL to find any relative resources, right?
> 
> It would be really great if you could move your SOLO deployment anywhere 
> in your web server without having to edit the deployment to tell it 
> where it is.  I.e., if everything could be either at fixed point from 
> your web server root or relative to the app.
> 
> On 2006-11-14, at 16:37 EST, Max Carlson wrote:
> 
>> 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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