Hi,
is it possible to connect the GUI to an existing server? If not, I think it really should be, rather than requiring than the GUI start the server.
- Godmar
is it possible to connect the GUI to an existing server? If not, I think it really should be, rather than requiring than the GUI start the server.
The current GUI architecture is tightly coupled with the database backend, which is why the visualizations are running that smooth. As a drawback, it cannot be used to communicate with the server. No doubt that this would be a nice feature, but we'd need some external contributors to make that happen any time soon.
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Christian Grün christian.gruen@gmail.comwrote:
is it possible to connect the GUI to an existing server? If not, I
think it
really should be, rather than requiring than the GUI start the server.
The current GUI architecture is tightly coupled with the database backend, which is why the visualizations are running that smooth. As a drawback, it cannot be used to communicate with the server. No doubt that this would be a nice feature, but we'd need some external contributors to make that happen any time soon.
I don't follow. I used the BaseX GUI to start a server (via the dialog "Server Administration"), connect to it and then (I thought) the GUI was interacting with the server. It even displayed a warning that GUI accesses may not be synchronized.
What I was asking for is to be able to type an existing server's host/port into the dialog, connect to it, and use it?
Could you clarify what the server administration dialog is for if the GUI doesn't interact with the server?
- Godmar
I don't follow. I used the BaseX GUI to start a server (via the dialog "Server Administration"), connect to it and then (I thought) the GUI was interacting with the server. It even displayed a warning that GUI accesses may not be synchronized.
This is exactly why we'll soon detach the server dialog from the GUI, as it frequently leads to misunderstandings. Instead, we may replace it with a web-based administration dialog, or offer it as a separate application (but, as already indicated, this is currently out of scope).
Could you clarify what the server administration dialog is for if the GUI doesn't interact with the server?
Back then, the server administration dialog was introduced because users were asking for a visual interface to control the server, create users, display log files, etc.
Hope this helps, Christian
basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de
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