offline-mode

What is the best method to detect offline mode in the browser?

I have a web application where there are number of Ajax components which refresh them selves every so often inside a page (its a dashboard of sorts). Now, I want to add functionality to the page so that when there is no Internet connectivity, the current content of the page doesn't change and a message appears on the page saying that th...

Work offline in Team Foundation Server

Is there a way to set "work offline" in TFS without having to try opening a solution, waiting for it to time out, and then having Visual Studio work out that it has failed? It seems a touch ridiculous that I can't just tick a box to tell it myself, seeing as I'm probably the one most qualified to know when I'm not in the office! ...

Adobe AIR for an offline application: is this the best option?

I'm looking to develop an offline version of an application that still needs to connect to the live site to retrieve the information and store results. The application is for an online course system, that now needs to work when an internet connection is either unavailable or flaky. The system currently tracks each page viewed of the cou...

How relevant is support for "occasional connected" scenarios?

A while back, smart clients had been touted as the solution to "occasional connected" usage environments, and toolkits like Google Gears have sprouted for the same reason. It looks to me like constant, reliable Internet access is becoming more and more pervasive (even in places such as commercial airplanes), so my question to the communi...

Designing code for a duo Website + AIR desktop App

I want to use AIR to create an OFFLINE version of a "webapp" kind of website (lots of ajax, front end code). Haven't been much further than the HelloWorld example, I keep wondering: how do you design your code, to maximize code reuse between the website (say in php or Java or .Net), and the AIR app ? Can you actually re-use 100% of th...

offline data storage & access using jQuery

does anybody have any experience writing up a offline data storage & access app on jquery. my server side app would be an ASP.Net app. basically, i would be providing a trimmed down version of my web app so that users could access some of the data while they are offline and can sync the data when they connect again. I have heard of googl...

localhost doesnot connect in offline mode?

have not tested on windows. but in ubuntu when u disconnect from the network, start ur Apache, and enter localhost in any browser, it does not shows ur localhost page, it is suppose to show. ...

what is the purpose of Offline mode in a web browser?

What is actually the purpose of offline mode. does it somehow manages the caching system of the browser. or it just skips the host resolution part, dont know for what. what probably the designer had in mind, when he developed the offline mode feature. ...

Offline database access under Silverlight-3

As the Silverlight team worked through the betas, one glaring pain point that is existing in the realm of Silverlight 3 is the ability to have an offline database, so that you can right-click on the SL application, install it locally, and then be able to manipulate data in a local setting, without the Internet. I've read a few articles ...

Maven offline - problem with mvn-plugins

Hi all. I'm using maven in my project and I need to run the build in a non-internet-access machine. When I test my project build everything is working, but when I run the build in a future moment, the maven try to update the mvn-plugins and this sht* is broking my build. My config file: settings.xml from mvn. <profile> <id...

"Reconcile Offline Work" in Perforce doesn't work for me.

In the 2009.1 version of Perforce Visual Client for 32-bin Windows, the "Reconcile Offline Work" option does weird things. In the middle box where the "Local files not in depot" should be displayed, I never get anything. What I do see is that the first time I reconcile a folder, it looks like perforce is filling the box with the "local...

XCOPY-deploying Microsoft Sync Framework in a no admin rights scenario (i.e. ClickOnce install)

I'm currently designing a smart client app (WPF) which needs to operate in an "occasionally disconnected" mode. For the offline scenario, I'm looking at using: Disconnected Service Agent Application Block (from the Smart Client Software Factory) Microsoft Sync Framework I should mention that I want my smart client app to be XCOPY-de...

getting null for google.gears object when working offline ...

Hi, I am new to gear, We are using gear in our web application were flow is ... When ever user assign with some task user will get message attached with static html file, In that html we are showing work assign to user in html form once user submit we are creating local database and saving data to local database, But the problem is we ...

with svn, check the revision number when offline

I'm offline (well, to be exact my svn repository in unreachable right now), but I have a fully fledged working copy on which I am, well, working :-) Now I need to know the revision number of a file. How can I check the revision number of a particular file (which by the way doesn't have the svn:keywords property) while being offline? I ...

Prevent offline iphone webapp from opening link in Safari

I’m developing a website that will work with mobile safari in offline mode. I'm able to bookmark it to the home screen and load it from there. But, once opened from the home screen, clicking on certain links will jump out of the app and open in mobile safari – despite the fact that I preventDefault() on all link clicks! The app binds an...

Can I access the Flash security manager without an Internet connection?

When Flash Player 10 thought that I was doing an "unsafe operation", it told me that to reset security settings I have to go online, somewhere around this link http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html . Well, great, except what if (hypothetically) it's difficult to get Internet connectio...

Inserting PDFs in SQLite

I am developing offline implementation of an iphone app. I cannot insert pdf files into sqlite DB. can anyone help me to insert pdf/xls into sqlite DB. Thanks in advance! ...

Sync my web page with the server, when a connection is available (AKA offline mode)

I'd like my web page to allow the user to add data, even when he's in offline mode and maybe store the data in local storage (cookies, html5 storage). When the user gets back online again, the page should detect the live connection and post the data to server. Is there a mainstream way to do this? Maybe a javascript library or plugin? ...

How to synchronize HTML5 local/webStorage and server-side storage?

I'm currently seeking solutions for transparently and automatically synchronizing and replicating across the client-side HTML5 localStorage or web storage and (maybe multiple) server-side storage(s) (the only requirement here that it should be simple and affordable to install on a regular hosting service). So do you have any experience ...

Offline mode app in a (HTML5) browser possible?

Is it possible to build an application inside in browser? An application means: 1 Where there is connection (online mode) between the browser and an remote application server: the application runs in typical web-based mode the application stores necessary data in offline storage, to be used in offline mode (2) the application sync/pus...