RE: [LINUX5250] ActiveX support

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> My goal was to permit the use of this software inside a web page, ala
> java but quite faster. It adds scripting via COM, but it is quite
> proprietary. In the web page, I use "JScript" but it's M$-only still.

Isn't ActiveX always MS-Only?  I had thought that if you make an ActiveX
application, that it will only run on Intel 80x86 CPUs (and compatibles)
and only with MS Windows running Internet Explorer.  If that's still the
case, it shouldn't matter if JScript is MS-only, should it?

> I tried to update the code base to be up-to date but I am having a hard
> time with glib; it's the first time I use it.

Start with getting your code up-to-date with the 0.16.x branch.   The 0.16
branch does not use glib.   The 0.17 branch is exactly the same as 0.16,
except that it does use glib for g_alloc(), g_free() and a few other
things, so once you've got it working with 0.16, converting to 0.17 is
easy.

You can get the 0.16.x sources using CVS by adding -r b0-16 to your
cvs checkout command.   For example (this should be all one-line):

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvsroot/tn5250 
checkout -r b0-16 tn5250

To get the 0.17.x branch, just remove the "-r b0-16" completely.

> And yes you can embed it in other applications.

That's good...  that could be very useful.

How to submit this to the project:

  -- Put all of your newly added files into a directory called "activex"
      off of our main tn5250 dir.
  -- Make sure you've added your changes to the ChangeLog file.
  -- Make sure you've added your name to the AUTHORS file.
  -- get the changes to the existing files by switching to
      the main tn5250 dir and typing:  cvs diff -uR > changes.diff
  -- then tar/zip up that activex directory, and send it to me (off-list)
      along with that changes.diff file.

Thanks!