Example 2: Global History Manager

NCSA Mosaic for Windows maintains a session history list, but not a global history list. That is, it keeps track of all URLs visited since it was launched, but does not keep track of all URLs ever visited. This Visual Basic application adds global history capability to Mosaic by making use of the CCI.

Overview of features

• Drag-and-drop manipulation of URLs in global history list
• Ability to save global history list as an HTML file
• Ability to annotate URLs

Commands

Append current URL

Adds the URL of the document currently displayed in Mosaic to the global history list.

Append current history

Adds Mosaic's entire session history list to the global history list.

Launch selected URL

Tells Mosaic to load the document with the selected URL.

Save as HTML

Saves the global history list to a file in HTML format, so it can be loaded into Mosaic.

Exit

Quits the Global History Manager

Visual Basic Source Code

Note: This application is under development as these tutorial notes are being written. Complete source code will be available at the actual tutorial.