How do I do this in ap.net?

[Pete]

Hello

I have a small activeX control that can run in a Browser or a Desktop
Application. The control needs to access processed data from the web.
I was proposing to implement this via a url with a query string where the
query string would identify the specific data required.

My asp.net knowledge is still a bit sketchy so I was thinking of
implementing this as an aspx page with an override on the page load to send
back the requested data rather than any page content.
However, this seems a little clumsy since there really is no actual html
content required - just raw bytes.
Does asp.net provide a more appropriate object to implement this type of
data-server?

Thanks
Pete

[Gregory A. Beamer \(Cowboy\) - MVP]

Re: How do I do this in ap.net?

If you are looking for a way to send data back and forth without adding
controls or making a postback, look at AJAX.

You can still embed ActiveX controls, btw, but getting them to talk to your
app is a pain. Flex or Silverlight 2 are better options if you need a lot of
back and forth communication. I would seriously consider Silverlight 2, but
Flex uses Flash, so most people already have the bits loaded.

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"Pete" <Pete_nospam_fo r@btconnect.com wrote in message
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Hello
>
I have a small activeX control that can run in a Browser or a Desktop
Application. The control needs to access processed data from the web.
I was proposing to implement this via a url with a query string where the
query string would identify the specific data required.
>
My asp.net knowledge is still a bit sketchy so I was thinking of
implementing this as an aspx page with an override on the page load to
send back the requested data rather than any page content.
However, this seems a little clumsy since there really is no actual html
content required - just raw bytes.
Does asp.net provide a more appropriate object to implement this type of
data-server?
>
Thanks
Pete
>
>

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RE: How do I do this in ap.net?

a asp.net http handler is probably what you are looking for. you just access
the request and send a response. you may also want to look at the mvc toolkit
which supports a REST interface to the controllers - which is quickly
replacing SOAP as the api of choice.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)


"Pete" wrote:

Hello
>
I have a small activeX control that can run in a Browser or a Desktop
Application. The control needs to access processed data from the web.
I was proposing to implement this via a url with a query string where the
query string would identify the specific data required.
>
My asp.net knowledge is still a bit sketchy so I was thinking of
implementing this as an aspx page with an override on the page load to send
back the requested data rather than any page content.
However, this seems a little clumsy since there really is no actual html
content required - just raw bytes.
Does asp.net provide a more appropriate object to implement this type of
data-server?
>
Thanks
Pete
>
>
>

[Pete]

Re: How do I do this in ap.net?


"Gregory A. Beamer (Cowboy) - MVP" <NoSpamMgbworld @comcast.netNoS pamMwrote
in message news:u8cl1ufNJH A.1896@TK2MSFTN GP02.phx.gbl...

If you are looking for a way to send data back and forth without adding
controls or making a postback, look at AJAX.
>
You can still embed ActiveX controls, btw, but getting them to talk to
your app is a pain. Flex or Silverlight 2 are better options if you need a
lot of back and forth communication. I would seriously consider
Silverlight 2, but Flex uses Flash, so most people already have the bits
loaded.
>
--
>

Thanks - I'll take a look at this.

[Pete]

Re: How do I do this in ap.net?


"bruce barker" <brucebarker@di scussions.micro soft.comwrote in message
news:AB019D7D-735B-4B76-AA46-774C0B0F4391@mi crosoft.com...

>a asp.net http handler is probably what you are looking for. you just
>access
the request and send a response. you may also want to look at the mvc
toolkit
which supports a REST interface to the controllers - which is quickly
replacing SOAP as the api of choice.
>
-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
>
>

Thanks a lot - I took a look at http handlers and they look just right for
what I want.

Pete