Web page accessing data from MMf2 app?

[Gibbon]

Hi, I would like a way to access data on a server or local machine from a webpage.

My first thoughts were either a java app or posting PHP from a mmf2 appp somehow?

So basically i have some information thats being updated in a mmf2 app every 5 or 10 seconds on a PC (it could be on a server). Its only small information 16 bytes and i would like this information to be passed up to a webpage everytime its updated. OR have the feature to be able to go to the webpage and requested the updated information from the mmf2 app.

Whats the best way about doing this?

Thanks
Andy

[Burfelt]

You can use the GET Object to pass data to a webpage.

In the object you can GET a page like:

www.yoursite.com/index.php?string=test

and in the index.php page you can use that GET string:

<? php $_GET['string'] ?>

When you get from the GET object, the output of the executed php page you are getting is send back to MMF. That Output can be found as the Content expression in the get object.

[Gibbon]

ahh ok, sounds good. Ill have a play with that then. And what about being able to request the info from the website?

Thanks
Andy

[James]

You'd pass it as part of the URL like

page.php?action=getsomedata

and then

if($_GET['action'] == "getsomedata")
{
   echo "some data!";
}

[Gibbon]

Sorry i wrote that incorrectly. I meant being able to request info from the app on the PC via the webspage.

For instance, instead of the app passing on the data to the wbepage every update. Only do it when i request it by clicking a button on the webpage?

thanks
Andy

[Burfelt]

Yeah, remember you GET data (send info to the webpage) and also recieve the content of that webpage back to your GET object.

When you GET (send) you always receive the executed page back as html. So if you just wanted to request data without sending you would just call a page with no parameters like www.yoursite.com/index.php

[Burfelt]

having the webpage connect to your app is tricky.
That might require you to host your own server.

I'm not sure that is possible. You would still have to have the MMF app submit that value to the webpage at regular intervals.

[Gibbon]

Hmm sorry, still not sure if im confused or im not being clear. lol.

Ill try a different route. imagine the mmf2 app and data is in america, and im in UK and i want to be able to go to a webpage, click a button and it displays the data from the app in america on the webpage!

Hope that helps.
Thanks
Andy

Note: Ahh i see you understand me. Ok, so whats lacewing.

Note2: What about instead of it being a "webpage" i use a java app?

[Dynasoft]

Your best bet is as Burfelt said:

have the MMF app submit that value to the webpage at regular intervals.

Then store it on the webserver, and serve the stored version to anyone visiting the website.

[Atom]

Ok, so whats lacewing.

Lacewing is a extension to make online things like chat apps and online games. It used to be called Oinc before that got replaced with Lacewing. It is currently in beta -

http://www.clickteam.com/epicenter/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=80&page=1