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RE: [ECS] ECS 4.4.001 Release (Part 2) Martin Terry Sun, 14 May 2000 13:16:35 -0700

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Mark,

Actually the instructions are correct for IE 5. I'm now using IE 4 on my
remote computer, and it works fine as well. IE 3.02 would not work for me,
even after updating the Java VM. IE 4 isn't too terrible on my 75Mhz
pentium.

One thing I noticed with this new release - The last beta I had would let
you edit the the events via the web interface as well, but I dont see this
with 4.4.001. Am I missing something?

Also, I've been playing around with the html. I created a group with a
single item, a light, and when I browse to that group I look at the html
code. It looks like the message line that displays on the window is done
with a java applet, and the item name and state and icon is created by
another applet. When you move the cursor over the item, you can select
another item, and when you move the cursor over the state, you can select
another state.

I can duplicate the applet at other positions and so forth, but here is my
question. Is there some way to get just the current state of an item in-line
with html?

For example, let's say I create a simple html page that says "The light is
currently " and then add some code that will inserts the current state at
the end of the line. I don't want the item name, or the ability to change
the state (yet). :)

Is there anyway to get some insight on the java code?




-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 6:45 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] ECS 4.4.001 Release (Part 2)


Hi Martin,
Glad you like :-).
I am running IE5 - what setup info are you referring to
(which "doesn't follow" IE5) ?
Thanks,
-- 
Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026
Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST


Martin Terry wrote:
> 
> Sorry, slippery fingers sent the last message prematurely. :)
> 
> Mark,
> 
> I just spent some time looking at ECS 4.4.001 and I have to say it is
> IMPRESSIVE!
> 
> The Web interface has really come from humble beginnings to an amazingly
> powerful engine.
> 
> My current client machine wouldn't work with the new update (It is IE
3.02).
> It simply couldn't deal with the new Java classes. I plugged in my laptop
> with IE 5.01 and it worked like a champ, but I had to copy the class files
> to the laptop manually. (The instructions you gave for setting security in
> IE doesn't seem to follow IE 5, what version do you have?)
> 
> Right now I'm printing out the java examples you have in the docs, and am
> going to have to go get myself a java programming manual. :)
> 
> I'm running this version on a Pentium 133 with 64mb of memory and it seems
> to work pretty well. Looks like I'll have to ugrade my client computer (It
> is a Pentium 75).
> 
> This release really has the potential to bring together ECS with the
> internet and just about anything else you can think of. Thanks for all the
> hard work.
> 
> Hope you have the time to post a few examples of how to implement the web
> features. I think at this point, documentation is the make or break part
of
> ECS, you really need to consider a full fledged manual with examples and a
> startup guide.

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