[omniORB] VisiBroker compatibility and Callback support

[William Beebe]

I would be most careful about using Visibroker in Netscape 4.0x. It is not
in 4.5, and there is some question it will be in 5.0.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Zsolt Zsoldos <zzsolt@home.com>
To: omniorb-list@orl.co.uk <omniorb-list@orl.co.uk>
Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 12:13 AM
Subject: [omniORB] VisiBroker compatibility and Callback support


>Hello,
>
>I am working on the development of a client/server system,
>the server is C++, the client is Java Applet (running from
>a web-browser, e.g. Netscape). I am considering to use CORBA
>instead of simple socket-based communication. However, I am
>not sure whether omniORB is suitable for my purposes:
>
>1. Is omniORB compitable with the VisiBroker ORB built into
>   Netscape 4.x, so that I could use a Java Applet from Netscape
>   to access a C++ server based on omniORB2 ?
>
>2. Does omniORB support callbacks from server to the client?
>   In fact, some event sending mechanism from server to client
>   would also be suitable for my purpose. The important criterium
>   is that the server has to be able to initiate some action
>   on the client side.
>
>Any suggestions, sample code or documentation reference would
>be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much,
> Zsolt
>--
>Zsolt Zsoldos, PhD.                 e-mail: zzsolt@home.com
>SimBioSys Inc.                       phone: 905 - 793 - 8617
>716 Peter Robertson Blvd.              fax: 905 - 793 - 4996
>Brampton, Ont, L6R 1L6 Canada
>
>