RE: [WEB400] call an rpg program to return a true/false value in javascript

["Nathan Steiner" <nsteiner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

good time for web service??

-----Original Message-----
From: web400-admin@midrange.com [mailto:web400-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Nathan M. Andelin
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 4:17 PM
To: web400@midrange.com
Subject: Re: [WEB400] call an rpg program to return a true/false value
in javascript


> if (href="/cgi-bin/myprogram?parm=parmvalue") {
>   domystuff;
>   }
>      else   {
>   dootherstuff;
>   }

It wouldn't be quite that simple.  The browser would expect a page to be
returned by an HREF.

A couple alternatives come to mind.  I think a java applet on the current
page could connect to the server and ask for a true/false response.  The
applet could export a method that could return a true/false value to java
script.

Second, an HREF link could return a page that contained a form with a hidden
variable.  If you didn't want that page to replace the current page, then
you may be able to reference a hidden target frame.  Your java script could
reference the hidden variable in the hidden frame.

Sorry, I don't have a source example.

Nathan M. Andelin
www.relational-data.com


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