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Re: [ECS] Remote IE5 access problem Mark Gilmore Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:27:46 -0400

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Hi Ingo,
Thanks for the great tip (which I incorporated).
But still no go.
I am wondering if IE5 requires something different
in my applet-response headers.
Currently, I am sending:
	HTTP/1.0 200 OK
	content-type: application
	content-length: 8904
	<empty>
	{class file}
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026
Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST


Ingo Pakleppa wrote:
> 
> Don't use the ECS_HOST parameter; instead, use:
> 
> getCodeBase().getHost()
> 
> to obtain the name or IP address of the server that you can connect to.
> This is the only one that you are supposed to be able to establish a
> connection to. getCodeBase is a method in the Applet object that starts
> everything.
> 
> The ECS_PORT parameter should work, I think.
> 
> Ingo
> 
> At 05:43 PM 4/19/00 -0400, Mark Gilmore wrote:
> >When the ECS web server receives a request for a Group,
> >it creates/returns a web page with an ECSIO applet having
> >the appropriate "ECS_HOST" parameter (d.d.d.d) and "ECS_PORT"
> >parameter (d). When the applet is activiated, it uses these
> >parameter settings when calling socket().
> >--
> >Mark Gilmore
> >Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> >http://www.usit.com/omnip
> >423-745-0026
> >Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST
> >
> >
> >Ingo Pakleppa wrote:
> > >
> > > At 05:16 PM 4/19/00 -0400, Mark Gilmore wrote:
> > > >Using this in HOSTS (NO port), the applets would not load:
> > > >         127.0.0.1       localhost
> > > >         216.80.146.195  mark
> > >
> > > What URL are you using? http://mark:3000/somethingorother.html?
> > >
> > > >Using this (WITH port), the applets loaded, but the
> > > >original failure returned:
> > > >         127.0.0.1       localhost
> > > >         216.80.146.195:3000  mark
> > >
> > > This is an illegal syntax. The HOSTS file is about IP addresses and good
> > > for all ports. You can't specify just one port. Thus, this is as if the
> > > line wasn't there at all.
> > >
> > > >I'm quite lost at this point.
> > > >I don't understand why NS is happy, while IE5 is not.
> > > >--
> > > >Mark Gilmore
> > > >Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> > > >http://www.usit.com/omnip
> > > >423-745-0026
> > > >Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST

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