Applet alternative

[shahzada]

Hi dear
We are building a DMS(Document mangement system) for a customer,
Our custonmer wants to bring its client side(which includes drag&drop ,database updation and GUI functionality) on web but customer dont want to use applets on web.So How could we bring client application on web.Is there any solution in your mind other than applets or java script?
Does web services,SOAP,xml ,php or any other tool could help us in thi sissue?
thanks in advance

[ednark]

you have to first understand the differnece between a java applet and just a scripting language...

an applet is a fully functioning program that can make a persistant connection to a server... and scripting language alone even Jsp cannot make a persistant connection since the program must end and exit before data is completely sent to the client...

so if you can break up what actions you want your sytem to take into individual messages that can be passed back and forth between the browser and the server, you can mimic what an applet does...

you will be restricted by the browser for you gui functionality... there are plenty of javascript drag and drop type things out there that have been worked on since ie3 +, and as long as the lag time between client and server communication are acceptable... then maybe a straight browser/scripting solution is doable...

have you looked into flash?