Re: netWindow - PHP data transfer model

>If it is a data-request, I
>want the answer to be in a format that Javascript can convert instantly to
>variables. And I am still uncertain how this should be done. Send Javascript
>to be evaluated? (That is my current solution) 
>  
>
If you are running in mozilla or IE, you can do this, no mess, no fuss:
    var jstext = NW_getFileTxt(url);
    var data = eval(jstext);

Note that this requires that you send an http header specifying 
"Content-Type: text/plain"
It also is synchronous, which is generally not something you want to do
in javascript (stall the user), though it is certainly easier from a 
programming standpoint.
Lastly, you'd really want some error checking:
    var jstext = NW_getFileTxt(url);
    if (!jstext) throw Error("no data back from url '" + url + ': " + 
jstext);
    var data;
    try {data = eval(jstext)}
    catch (e) {throw Error("got exception evaluating text of length " + 
jstext.length + ": " + e);}
    if (!data) throw Error("evaluating text of length " + jstext.length 
+ " returned false data " + data + " (typeof=" " + typeof data + ")");

-mda



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