Running LS client from file

surya

Hi

Is it possible to run a LS client from file (i.e without hosting it on any web server or lightstream server) ?

If yes, then what would be the parameters for DomainContext and LSHost ?

I tried to go around this by modifying the host file in windows, but it doesn't work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Mone

Unfortunately there is no such possibility.

Note that such restriction is enforced by browsers' security constraints.
You may use any other client API to have a working application without the need to host it on a web server (e.g.: if you are familiar with javascript you may write an AIR application using the Flex client APIs).

HTH

surya

Thanks for the reply.

The point is we are trying to build a mobility app using Manifest(HTML5), to avoid downloading all the files every time. It is proposed to be a hybrid app (using headless browser to load the app from disk, i.e.UI Web View).

So could you suggest any solution or workaround for such an app to communicate with the lightstreamer server.

Thanks.

Mone

sorry, I misunderstood your question;
I thought you wanted to access an application through file:/// instead of http:// or https://

If you're using HTML5 Manifest file to cache the application on disk, this should be completely transparent from the point of view of the application and then you should not have any problem using Lightstreamer libraries within it.

Mone

ok, actually it seems that there is an issue with the libraries :Smile_Ac:
sorry, I'll let you know as soon as I have any news.

Mone

Hi,
I confirm that you can use Lightstreamer libraries with HTML5 offline application caching.
I was able to successfully run an offline application on Firefox 3.6, Chrome, Opera 11 and Safari 5
I still have not tried mobile browsers (Android Browser, iOs Safari, Opera Mini and Mobile should all support this feature, see http://caniuse.com/#feat=offline-apps ).

All you have to do to let the application work is specify lightstreamer files in the manifest file like this:

lscommons.js
lspushpage.js
lsengine.html?build=XXXX
lsengine.js?XXXX
lsblank.html?domain=yourdomain.com
lsform.html?yourdomain.com

where yourdomain.com is the actual domain you're using in your setDomaincalls and XXXX is the build number of the lightstreamer libraries (you can find it in the library folder inside the build.number file. If you prefer you can also find it as last piece of the Lightstreamer.version property available on the page once the libraries are included)

Please also note that only Chrome seems to properly support absolute file paths; To let the app work I had to place lightstreamer libraries in a folder that is a son of the folder where the "main" html file is (though I did not try relative "../" paths).

let me know if you have any issue,
HTH

Mone

just a couple of final notes

actually Opera Mini/Mobile does not support offline web apps
iOS and Android browsers work as exepected
in the next version of the libraries to add the build number in the manifest entries of lsengine.html and lsengine.js will not be necessary