vj#: The browser-control faq points out that browser-controls
do not support scripting and asked that developers who
need scripting post here with comments. So:

We currently use a Java applet to implement the a SCORM
interface adaptor (SCORM is a specification developed for
the eLearning community www.adlnet.org is the home site).

The adaptor provides communication facilities via a
JavaScript API. All Adapters must be callable by
JavaScript. We built ours using Java for cross-browser
compatibility and because it is very difficult to build
one in plain JavaScript (there is a synchronous
communication requirement).

We are now encountering clients who do not have a Java
Runtime. While our adapter works just fine with the Sun VM
under IE we are looking at browser-controls as an option
for clients who do not want to install a VM. Our
requirements are:

Support for public methods called from JavaScript to pass
and return string data.

Ability to send HTTP and HTTPS POST requests and retrieve
the results.

Ideally we would like to keep the same applet code and
just compile it differently for Java and Browser-Controls.
The original applet was developed with VJ++ 6.

Mark Schupp
Integrity eLearning

Hi Mark,
Thanks for your feedback. We are now working on the next version of J#
Browser Controls(JBC). Scripting is the main feature in this version and
the scenario that you mentioned below is supported.

If you are interested in participating in the beta program please email me
at gopinach@microsoft.com.
--
Gopinath,
Microsoft Visual J# .NET Product Team.

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