[Zope-dev] Using Zope in a client-server system

[Itamar Shtull-Trauring]

Jim Sanford wrote:

> Is there a way to allow or force a frame or window to wait indefinitely for a response to it's request? If so, could not a small
> window or frame be created at the beginning of a session that sends a request to the server containing info about who is now
> connected. The method activated by the request would log the request particulars in either ZODB or a backend db. When an event ocurs
> that the server needs to notify the client about it retrieves the info about the open request and uses that info to generate a
> response. The response could also reset the state of the window/frame to again send another request and begin waiting indefinitely.
> This request would be more along the lines of an aknowledgement that the client is still connected and has received the response.
> 
> Does this seem possible??

Netscape Server Push - introduced in ver 1.1 - seems to be what you mean:
http://www.netscape.com/home/demo/1.1b1/pushpull.html

Still work with version 4.7, although the animation at the above URL
doesn't.  Try http://www.theriver.com/trwrc/serverpush.html for a demo.  No
idea about Mozilla.

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