Interactive HTML - catch problems

[hogi]

☐ cool new feature
☑ could help many users!

☑ removes a „bug“ (although it's mainly not a Jmp bug

☐ nice to have

☐ nobody needs it

What inspired this wish list request? 

At the moment, when I want to share an interactive Jmp file via Teams or Sharepoint, my colleagues just see:

... and think that there is an issue with Jmp - or an issue with my Jmp file.

For them, it's hard to find out that actually it's a Teams / Sharepoint  issue with the interactive JavaScript code.

interactive html in Teams Channels 

What is the improvement you would like to see? 

 for a future version of Jmp, would it be possible to slightly change the code of the interactive HTML?

Instead of starting right-away with the start animation,  the HTML code could check if Java Code can be executed and if not: show a warning that it's actually the browser or the site which prevents the page to be loaded correctly. Then it could show a suggestion to download the file and open it from the hard drive.

Why is this idea important? 

MS Teams, Sharepoint and Onedrive is used in many companies.

Not every Company with Jmp licenses has a Jmp Live Server.

Therefore, users share interactive HTML files via Teams and Sharepoint - more and more in the future ....

If there are non-functional files, which were generated by Jmp,  this will "fall back" to Jmp.
The new functionality will make sure that users understand the ussue and that they know how to make the files work.

Alternative solution:
- Use in interactive HTML a code that is accepted by Teams/Sharepoint

- align with MS how to solve the issue

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[hogi]

@dieter_pisot wow, that was fast!
I know other wish list entries which wait since years to get acknowledged

[dieter_pisot]

HI @hogi

 I think i was just scanning the wish list for html5 related items at the time you entered the suggestion. So I quickly moved it over into our backlog

[hogi]

excellent

[John_Powell_JMP]

I have updated JMP's Interactive HTML generation code in JMP 19 to detect if the environment where the file is being opened has JavaScript disabled. If it is not enabled, a message will be displayed saying so instead of displaying the loading graphic and trying unsuccessfully to run the JavaScript code necessary to display the interactive graphs and tables contained within.

Our code cannot learn enough about the environments in which you share your files to explain how to make web pages requiring JavaScript work in these environments. Typically, the only option is to download the file and open it in a browser with JavaScript enabled. 

~John

[hogi]

Hi @John_Powell_JMP , Many , many thanks for this improvement.

it will be available in EA4?

EA3:

[John_Powell_JMP]

Hi @hogi ,

You're welcome and thank you for the suggestion.

It didn't make it into EA4, but it should be available in EA5.

We're still testing it in different environments. I look forward to hearing that it works in your environment.

Thanks, 

~John

[hogi]

ok, perfect. I will check ...

[hogi]

@John_Powell_JMP , very helpful. Many thanks : )

[hogi]

Maybe with focus on the Teams / sharepoint issue, one could add a vague suggestion to download the file and open from hard drive.