updating dhtml

[marct]

I wrote a DHTML application in VB 6.0 that gets different parameters from a specialized computer through a serial port. I am posting these parameters in cells of a table on a web page. All of this works fine when the page is viewed from the web server, but when it is viewed from a different computer over the internet, the parameters are blank. Also, one thing I noticed is that the HTML source built by VB 6.0 shows that the HTML code is not updating even though the screen (when viewed from the server) is. Could someone plese point me in the right direction? This is my first DHTML application, and I don't know what I've done wrong at this point. Thanks!

 

[pcsatlanta]

I am not very familiar with DHTML but I know, in HTML, that when something is visible on your personal webserver, but not to others it is because the paths to the objects is incorrect, or the objects are not loaded onto the internets server. Make sure the objects you are linking to are correctly uploaded, and that the paths are to the server drives, and not your personal drives. This is a very common error, so it is easily overlooked.

 

[robherc]

also make sure the paths are to server-accessible directories in URL format; NOT in c:\website\webstuff\whatever.exe<br>
it's sometimes mind-boggling the number of times I run into such errors that people have made in pages that I was trying to veiw. (also make sure you don't use "localhost" ionm the url...this has the same effect as c:\ and looks on the veiwer's computer instead of on your server.<br>
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-Robherc<br>
robherc@netzero.net