Re: Intranet OCX 1.3 released

["drodegeb" <drodegeb@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is it possible to develop a VB.NET application to use the intranet ocx
file?  If so, does anybody have a template/sample I could look at??



--- In xAP_developer@xxxxxxx, James Traynor <james@...> wrote:
>
> This is an update to the ocx that drives most of the intranet
> applications. It is recommended to upgrade to this version as it is
> backwards compatible and brings many improvements.
>
> *For Users*
>
>     * Much faster at delivering pages
>     * An end, hopefully, to incomplete pages
>     * Will make older apps work correctly with the new groups feature
>
> *For Developers*
>
>     * Support for basic and digest authentication
>     * Ability to group Intranet applications together.
>     * VB6 demo app extended with tray icon, service support, docking
in
>       the launcher and examples of using the authentication
>     * Ability to change the broadcast IP
>     * Changes to how it binds to localhost which will make message
>       receiving more reliable
>
> The groups feature is probably the most useful change. By default all
> applications will be in the group 'Home'  and in this state you will
> notice absolutely no differences! As soon as one intranet
application is
> put in a different group you will see a '+' sign appear on the far
right
> of the blue bar. Clicking on the + will show  a screen listing all the
> groups and which app is in which group. You will also find that you
will
> only see icons in the blue bar from other applications in the same
> group. So hopefully you can now neatly seperate end user apps from the
> more complex data source apps. The only problem will be the existing
> apps as without a configuration option to change the group the
> application will be stuck in the Home group. I will be updating my
apps
> to support the feature and would ask other developers to support it as
> they bring out new versions.
>
> http://www.mi4.biz/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=39
> <http://www.mi4.biz/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=39>
>
> James
>