neoFREE5: Interaction with Elements in a Browser Object (#2)
Download
Amongst the enhancements introduced in NeoBook v5.5 was the ability to interact via script between NeoBook and (Javascript within) HTML documents loaded in Browser Objects.
This download contains a program that demonstrates the possibilities afforded by such interactions ... including ...
- Dynamic creation of Table (i.e. Grid) elements
- Modification of their content and visual properties
- Deletion of these elements
- Simulation of List Boxes with Image and Rich Text content
- Ideas for a Game
- A Light Show
... all from NeoBook action scripts.
A lot of this capability can remain unexploited if the developers lack knowledge of Browser-side technologies ... Javascript, Dynamic HTML (DHTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and Document Object Model (DOM) in particular ... though not apparent when running the program, all this is accomplished via a framework of components that enables developers to deploy this interface in their applications without having to be conversant with Javascript or DHTML ... components like ...
- NeoBook Functions that are invoked with just a Call command
- a template HTML document with pre-defined Javascript Functions that are invoked via NeoBook's BrowserExecScript command
... together, they ease the developer's tasks in ...
- the exchange of data between variables within NeoBook and Javascript
- the triggering of routines from one platform to the other in response to user actions
... hope you get creatives ideas for installing such functionality in your NeoBook applications.