[4670] in java-interest
Re: scrolling browser window.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arthur van Hoff)
Wed Jan 10 14:23:49 1996
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 09:34:58 -0800
From: Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM (Arthur van Hoff)
To: joe@smartlink.net
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Hi Joe,
> I was wondering if the following is possible in java:
>
> I have a cgi script that outputs a fairly steady stream of data to the
> client, the script never stops outputting data until the user leaves the
> site. I would like to have a java applet that wakes up every second or so
> and tells the browser to have the frame that is getting the data to scroll
> to the end if there is more data thus removing the need for the user to
> have to continually scroll that frame to see what new data has come down
> the pipe.
>
> Does Java have the capability to do the above?
Not right now. I don't think you are taking the right approach though.
I would write an applet that displays the data, it can then decide how
to scroll.
Have fun,
Arthur van Hoff
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