[Laszlo-dev] What's the plan for <import/> support in DHTML?

[P T Withington]

It will be plain javascript when you load it into the browser.  I'm  
just suggesting it as the library storage format.  (For the SWF  
runtime, you are using SWF as your storage format.)

On 2007-06-16, at 22:28 EDT, Henry Minsky wrote:

> As opposed to straight javascript?
> Maybe we should write both? It might be easier for people to debug
> if it were plaintext...
>
>
> On 6/16/07, P T Withington <ptw at openlaszlo.org> wrote:
>>
>> Might as well make it use the binary library path for writing it out?
>>
>> On 2007-06-16, at 19:16 EDT, Henry Minsky wrote:
>>
>> > OKay, I will make something that writes a .js file in the usual  
>> place
>> > (build/appname/libname.js)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 6/16/07, Max Carlson <max at openlaszlo.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Well, we've had a couple of folks say this is very important to
>> >> them.  I
>> >> say we go ahead and implement something.  Henry, if you'll do the
>> >> server
>> >> bits, I'll do the client!
>> >>
>> >> -Max
>> >>
>> >> Henry Minsky wrote:
>> >> > What say Jim about this?
>> >> >
>> >> > I think that technically it's not too difficult, it's just the
>> >> devil in
>> >> the
>> >> > details as usual. I am thinking a clone of the current swf  
>> library
>> >> writing
>> >> > routines will be straightforward, since we only have to compile
>> >> and
>> >> write
>> >> > out script code,
>> >> > we don't need to worry about all the font and other resource
>> >> code that
>> >> the
>> >> > swf
>> >> > code path does.
>> >> >
>> >> > For loading, we need to implement a loader which uses the DHTML
>> >> script
>> >> > loading
>> >> > mechanism, which Max already provided a sample code snippet for
>> >> at one
>> >> > point.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On 6/15/07, Max Carlson <max at openlaszlo.org> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Inquiring minds want to know.  Please post your reply here  
>> also:
>> >> >> http://forum.openlaszlo.org/showthread.php?t=9550
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Regards,
>> >> >> Max Carlson
>> >> >> OpenLaszlo.org
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Max Carlson
>> >> OpenLaszlo.org
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Henry Minsky
>> > Software Architect
>> > hminsky at laszlosystems.com
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Henry Minsky
> Software Architect
> hminsky at laszlosystems.com