[X3D-Public] Is there a 'base url' for VRML/X3D browsers?

[Zlatomir Zarkov]

Hi,

Did you try different web browsers? I didn't notice any
problem when pages are online but locally it seems that relative
path depends on the web browser. I think problem appeared with
Opera and Safari. However, there is a function for base url in
Contact, check developer section on BS site.

regards,
Zlatomir

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> Lauren,
>
> I'm running Contact in a web page served remotely, but the path it's
> using (for relative urls) is local.
> So I don't think of it as running locally because it sits on a web page
> that came from outside.
>
> Dave
>
> On 8/1/2011 3:17 AM, GLG wrote:
>> You seem to have this right Dave, but I suspect you
>> are attempting to run it locally thus the localhost
>> path. Loading your world from an online domain will
>> produce the right path. Place your php file in the same
>> directory as your world or use things like ../phppath/.
>> As for your other question about base path you can
>> create your own SFString field. That will do the trick.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Lauren
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: x3d-public-bounces at web3d.org [mailto:x3d-public-
>>> bounces at web3d.org] On Behalf Of Dave A
>>> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 5:35 AM
>>> To: 'x3d public mailing list'
>>> Subject: [X3D-Public] Is there a 'base url' for
>>> VRML/X3D browsers?
>>>
>>> Hello again,
>>>
>>> I'm using Contact, I'm not seeing this, at least as
>>> anything standard,
>>> am I missing it?
>>>
>>> What I need to know is the 'base url', that is, the
>>> domain and path,
>>> that my content is served from. Or more precisely, I
>>> DON'T want to know
>>> it, I'd like to be able to use relative paths,
>>> specifically for using
>>> createX3DFromURL and such.
>>>
>>> Say I have a script that calls thus:
>>>
>>> Browser.createX3DFromURL ('generate.php', this,
>>> 'loaded');
>>>
>>> Where does the 'generate.php' file need to be? My
>>> experiments seem to
>>> indicate that it is on the client machine. Meaning, if
>>> I serve a page
>>> containing the plugin from www.mydomain.com, I expect
>>> that it will call
>>> http://www.mydomain.com/generate.php, but instead it
>>> seems to want
>>> http://localhost/generate.php, I'm guessing because it
>>> has been cached
>>> to the local drive and hence runs from there.
>>>
>>> Is there a policy on this?
>>>
>>> I do see that Contact provides a script extension that
>>> I could parse to
>>> find the current url. How widely are such API's out
>>> there? Xj3D,
>>> FreeWRL, Instant, etc?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Dave A.
>>>
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