Executing .p in web browser

[manish.s]

Hi

Is it possible to execute a .p in web browser.
I have seen .p running using unix script and adjusting the output in HTML format to display.

Can i directly execute a .p and display the output.

plz guide as this is new concept form me.

 

[Casper]

No, it is not possible to run a .p from a web browser. You need a progress environment to run a.p file.
If you want to make a web interface then I think WebSpeed would be your most logical choice.

Casper.

 

[tamhas]

There is also WebClient, but that isn't in the browser.

 

[AndrewSmith]

Also, you could wrap an appserver agent in a webservice layer (using the Progress WSA - Webservice Adapter). Then you could call the webservice from your web browser, ultimately resulting in an appserver agent executing a .p.

 

[D.Cook]

Or a less standard solution: you could use a server-side script to run a Progress client and execute your script. For example:

shell('$DLC/bin/_progres -b -db mydb -p mypfile.p');

To capture the output.. hrmm only thing I can think of right now is using a temp file.

And this has the obvious drawback of having to instantiate a Progress AVM every time it is executed.