anmated HTML from a VI, for access with for examble the MS-InternetExplorer (WebPuplishing)

[bastimeister]

I want to include a VI into a website. It must be animated, so when the user click on a link, he can see this animated VI. I have found somthing about that in the LabVIEW 7.1 Help, but this told me that you either have to install the "RunTime-Engine" (when I use "Embended" in the WebPuplishing-Tool) or you must have Netscape (when I use "Monitor" in the WebPuplishing-Tool) to see an animation of a VI in the browser! And this is exactly the problem that i have, because you cant yearn from the user that he must have Netscape to see this animated VI! And this is my question to you: How can I mad it posible for the user, how mostly use the InternetExplorer whitch is embended into MS-Windows (or any other browser) to see this animation of the vi in his browser, when he call our website ant click on the link? It should be continuely refreshed not periodically!

Thank you for your effort

[waldemar.hersacher]

We have made three solutions to this problem. Two of them you already know. The one ist using Netscape or Firefox and .monitor and the other is using remote front panel.

Your third solution uses a Java applet. When the document will be opened we download a Java applet and run it. Over a properitary protokoll we are transfering the data and commands between the client (the browser) and the server (the LV app). You can optimize the protocol for the amount of data to transfer.

[Joe_Guo]

there is another way if you don't need high update speed nor interactions. Your vi can capture its front panel and save it as an image file (same name, so basically overwrite the previous file). Enable the metra refresh property on your webpage. The webpage will refresh itself at a defined interval. When the image changes, it will be displayed.

-Joe