I am trying to create an ActiveXObject (to use FileSystemObject) but it's only supported in IE.
Is there a way I can make it work in Chrome or Firefox? I need to read all the files in a specific given folder, and list those.
Well, is there another way to do it?
ActiveX is only supported by IE - the other browsers use a plugin architecture called NPAPI. However, there's a cross-browser plugin framework called Firebreath that you might find useful.
No for the moment.
I doubt it will be possible for the future for ActiveX support will be discontinued in near future (as MS stated).
Look here about HTML Object tag, but not anything will be accepted. You should try.
ActiveX resolved in Chrome!
Hello all this is not the solution but the successful workaround and I have implemented as well.
This required some implementation on client machine as well that why is most suitable for intranet environment and not recommended for public sites. Even though one can implement it for public sites as well the only problem is end user has to download/implement solution.
Lets understand the key problem
Chrome cannot communicate with ActiceX
Solution: Since Chorme cannot communicate with ActiveX but still it can communicate with the API hosted on the client machine. So develop API using .Net MVC or any other technology so that through Ajax call it can communicate with the API and API communicate with the ActiveX object situated on the client machine. Since API also resides in Client machine that why there is no problem in communication. This API works as mediator between Chrome browser and ActiveX.
During API implementation you might encounter CORS issues, Use JSONP to deal with it.
Pictorial view of the solution
Other solution : Use URI Scheme like MailTo: or MS-Word to deal with outlook and word application. If your requirement is different then you can implement your customized URI Scheme.
ActiveX is supported by Chrome.
Chrome check parameters defined in : control panel/Internet option/Security.
Nevertheless,if it's possible to define four different area with IE, Chrome only check "Internet" area.
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So I've been searching for 1 hour on Google and this website if I can generate reports using Jasper reports in Dart.
Anyone know if it is possible?
Is there any plug-in?
Thanks in advance
You can make a request from the browser (might be Dart) to the server (probably in Dart according to your question) and the server has to forward the request to a service running in Java or an application built in Java which generates the PDF file and returns the file (or the path to the file) to the Dart server which itself serves it to the browser.
You can make a Java service that accepts HTTP requests directly and skip the Dart server. The Browser can then directly access the Java service that generates the PDF and receive it from there.
It all depends how your infrastructure looks like.
(I don't know Jasper Reports, it might offer some functionality that makes this easier. This is just a generic answer).
You might take a look at this site
http://community.jaspersoft.com/questions/818313/which-best-way-use-jasperreport-php-application
I suppose this will apply mostly to Dart as well.
I found that Jasper Reports offers a standalone server which allows both above described scenarios
http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/jasperreports-server
There seems not to be a dedicated Dart client available (like this one for PHP) but Dart is quite capable of accessing a REST API. It's just a bit more manual labor to access the server than with customized a client library.
I have a requirement to create a browser plugin. It should be a cross-browser plugin. The look and feel is similar to, say, Ask toolbar. My browser plugin should be able to make calls (using Cisco call control). Internally we will handle that no issue in that. But what is required is that previously we developed website for handling calls, which used java applets to dynamically change the status {Example when there is an incoming call Answer button would get enabled}. Will I be able to achieve it in Browser plugin.
Can I be able to use browser plugin over applet?
Is there any replacement for Java applet in the browser plugin?
Please help me in making a dynamic browser plugin.
Update:
I am planning to go for Kango cross-browser extension Framework. I need to know if Kango or any other extension framework support a socket communication where it can listern for sever update.
Thanks.
Can I use WebSocket (supported in HTML5) in the browser Extension? I learned that WebSocket method could not communicate directly with ordinary server and it need some changes in the server as well.
Ref: Connect to standard socket using WebSocket
Is there any other way other than WebSocket ?
Is there any open source available for javascript library which uses flash player?
If it could be opensource it could be helpful.
Cross browser plugin can be developed using some extension development tools such as Cross Rider or kango . I feel that Cross rider provides good support.
If we are going for Java applet for socket communication, definitely we are ready to face some trouble. Better avoid Java applet.
Socket communication can be achieved in the Web browser using many ways. "Web Socket" is one of them. The only constrain in using it is that it is supported only in HTML5 supporting browser or browser version. IE give support to WebSocket from IE11 only.
Another way to go is using Socket.io . It is having a good way of achieving it by using the available techniques in the client browser. For Example, if the client browser do not have a Flash player (Flash supports socket communication), it uses WebSocket or it "fallback" to available technique supported in browser.
Even node.js is a light weight technique.
The challenge here is we could not communicate with server which support socket with a "websocket" client. We need a proxy, Ref: Connect to standard socket using WebSocket
Hope this should help who need some start on Web Socket communication. If anyone want to add to this I would be very happy.
What are some web apps that allow me to play with any REST APIs visually (by clicking) and also get some code generated (in any language) that captures what I have described visually?
Similar to Swagger or Google API Playground but allows me to talk to anything that speaks REST (assuming I have the proper auth credentials and I know what messages it understands).
Bonus points for something that can also "discover" what messages are understood, given a URL endpoint.
Microsoft has 2 that I know of
OData API explorer
The data market service explorer (requires signing in, and then you can access free data sets)
Considering that REST API's are going to follow their own conventions, terms, and have their own documentation (hopefully), this is an impossible problem. If you restrict your quest to visualizing API's that follow a "standard" form of self-documentation (see REST web service WSDL? for some hopeful scenarios) you might be able to accomplish this.
Or you can use something like http://www.programmableweb.com/ to discover tutorials, tools, examples, and mashups of various existing APIs.
You could mock an API at http://apiary.io/.
You could explore and existing one through tools (e.g. REST Console for Chrome)
What you can't have, is one-size-fits-all explorer for "every possible REST API." Some APIs follow conventions that others don't.
apigee and apihub (now part of mulesoft) are two that I frequently visit. Of the two, apigee is my preferred provider.
One of the reasons that you're not going to see a lot of websites like this is because of the same-origin policy. This means that you can't access a RESTful API located at api.google.com from a web app running at, say, www.restfiddle.com without sending all the API traffic through restfiddle.com's servers. Sites like JSFiddle can exist (and are used widely) because all the processing is done on the client side.
Browser plugins, however, are exempt from the same-origin policy. If you're using Chrome, try Postman. If your REST client doesn't need to be web-based, check out SoapUI. IntelliJ IDEA has a nice REST client as well.
Try Restlet Studio, it's the only visual API designer I've found, and seems pretty good, it imports and exports swagger & RAML.
http://studio.restlet.com/
I made an app in VB that I want to turn into a web service. I've been told I can create a web service from VB.NET but how? Can I convert my app into a ASP.NET app or do I have to re-write it? Can I turn my app into an Active X control and create a active x web service?
It's probably good to first try to understand exactly what you want and why you need it. A web service has little to do with ActiveX or ASP.NET technologies. It is a way to call methods of your libraries using SOAP or REST (or similar) requests. Once you know what for you need it, you can decide how to set it up.
You can use all the code you currently have but only if it was designed to be used with a library in mind. That means: no interactive forms, messageboxes etc. There are other restrictions, but let's not get ahead of ourselves too much.
To get from A to B, change your code such that it compiles as a DLL lib that you can use and call from other applications. From there to a web service is then only a small step away.
I am writing an application using GWT on Windows that needs to do some network calls.
I know that if these aren't to the same machine I'm developing on I need to setup a proxy, right?
I was just wondering if anyone could help with what my GWT code would look like?
What proxy should I use on Windows?
Thanks!
If you're simply requesting data from a RESTful service from a different domain, you can use JSONP (http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/tutorials/1.6/Xsite.html).
If you're trying to post data, you'd have to perform the network calls on the server side. (There are some hackish ways to try to submit via a hidden iframe, but they're non-standard). What this means is that you simply invoke a method on your server which does the network call (see http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/tutorials/1.6/RPC.html).
If you mean Google Web Toolkit, and you're trying to evade cross-domain scripting restrictions, check out Yahoo's how-to guide. There's even PHP sample code.
Why not perform the network calls in server side? That way you are not restricted to cross domain restrictions.
I think this is what you are looking for:
http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=3131