[Gambas-user] Gambas WebPage

[M. Cs.]

Will it be possible to display a native HTML/PHP code in it like in
<iframe>...</iframe> ? Why to depend on ASP?

Csaba

2012/1/28, Sebastian Kulesz <sebikul at ...626...>:
> I really like this idea, it makes an application really versatile.
> What I think is that before starting to code it you must define some
> things.
>
> First, the security implications. Will real webpages be able to use
> that syntax?. A nice feature would be a whitelist of allowed pages
> that can be executed within a form, maybe with the include tag.
>
> Second, and most important.  How would you manage to call each event
> of a form input object, like a textbox? How could someone use the
> value of a textbox, for example? What happens if two form objects have
> the same "name" attribute? When an input button is pressed, the user
> is normally redirected to the "action" webpage, will you override this
> to execute an event and let the user choose?
>
> Third, about the links. A nice syntax would be
> gambas://FormName/Method/Param1/Param2/...
>
> That's all I could think of. Thanks for all the work!!
>
> On 28/01/2012, at 07:07, "Benoît Minisini"<gambas at ...1...>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have started the support of a new kind of "form" in the IDE, the
>> "WebPage".
>>
>> WebPage is an HTML page with ASP-like syntax. It is implemented in the
>> gb.web component.
>>
>> The IDE now can edit WebPage, but cannot compile them.
>>
>> Actually it is "just" a matter of modyfing the compiler so that the
>> WebPage is transformed into Gambas code that generates the final HTML.
>>
>> At the moment, the following ASP-like syntax will be implemented:
>>
>> - <% ... %> to insert any Gambas code.
>>
>> - <%= ... %> to insert the result of a Gambas expression. Html$() will
>> be automatically called.
>>
>> - Maybe something like <%INCLUDE ... %> to include a WebPage in another
>> one.
>>
>> Note that the WebPage is a file with a ".webpage" extension, and that,
>> they have their own class file attached (like any form).
>>
>> That way, you don't have to put all your code inside the HTML. Just what
>> is needed.
>>
>> Internally all WebPages will inherit the WebPage class, and will have a
>> "Render" method to render their contents (i.e. print to the standard
>> output - don't forget that a Gambas web application is a CGI script!).
>> They can be startup class too.
>>
>> I'd like to have the thoughts of Gambas users about that: what kind of
>> syntax you would like, what ideas you have...
>>
>> One idea I have would be a standard syntax for the URL received by the
>> CGI script, so that the displayed WebPage would be automatically
>> selected from it. It could be something as simple as
>> "http://myapp.com/<form name>".
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your comments.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> --
>> Benoît Minisini
>>
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