AjaxTK Examples Running Without a JSP Server

These are some examples of using the AjaxTK from Zimbra, running on a simple website.

The examples are included in the AjaxTK which can be downloaded here. However, the examples in the package that you download consist of Java Server Pages, and require a server running a suitable web server, such a the Apache Tomcat product, to deliver the examples to your browser.

The examples on this page consists of the same code adjusted to run from a simple website with no special JSP support. This makes the examples easier to view and (more to the point) easier to use as the starting point of your own Ajax code using the AjaxTK infrastructure.

I have attempted to make the minimum of changes from the code in the AjaxTK download. The principle changes are:

Changing the .jsp example files into .html files.
Replacing the <jsp:include page="../Messages.jsp"/> and <jsp:include page="../Ajax.jsp"/> lines with a bunch of inline <script> tags referencing the corresponding AjaxTK javascript files. (Suggestions for a more elegant way of doing this welcomed!)
Dealing with the fact that two Javascript classes (I18nMsg and AjxMsg) seem to be generated dynamically by Tomcat. I saved this dynamic code as two files: /js/msg/I18nMsg.js and /js/msg/AjxMsg.js.
Dealing in a similar way with the fact that images seem to be delivered in a special way by Tomcat - this necessitated copying a img directory to /common/img.
Changing path names to make them relative to the HTML files.

The examples seem to work OK, with the exception of the Xforms example. This example seems much more complex than the others, and seems also to be "work in progress". It runs differently when served by Tomcat than it does here, but where the problem lies I don't know. Suggestions and fixes welcomed!

Ideally, Zimbra will pick this lot up, clean up the aspects that are not working as well as they could, and putting them onto their own site. In the mean time, they are here on my site at www.acutetechnology.com/AjaxTK/examples/examples.html As well as running them from here, you can download AjaxTK_Examples.zip then decompress them and run them on your own computer.

Now I've got a more convenient way of experimenting with the AjaxTK code, and I may publish the results of my learning as I go. I hope this is of use to others as well.

AjaxTK Examples Running Without a JSP Server

The Examples: