New Task - Monitor Children's Net Activity.

[revRider]

The school district I work for has a filter that blocks web sites, and it works very well. But they refuse to block sites, we (Elementary School), feel need to be blocked (guess middle or high school have a need for "http://www.coolmath-games.com".

So I was wondering is it possible to create a LiveCode Program for Windows XP, the monitors IE URL for selected sites, and does something like makes a noise, displays warning and restarts browser?... I have a Applescript that does this one the Macs, runs totally in the background.

Yeah, I know it wouldn't for the bigger kids, they can see what processes are running and stop them (or at least try). We just need something to attempt to keep the kids on task.

Know of any examples I can learn from?

Thanks
~David

[shaosean]

Why not just use the revBrowser and maintain your own blacklist? Or if you need to do it through IE check out < http://science.opposingviews.com/block- ... 10960.html >

[revRider]

Use of plug-ins. Training. Lots of reasons not to use a custom browser, rather use what is already installed and in use..

Besides without going to the extreme of removing all other browsers, how could we force children to use the NEW one? (it is hard enough to get 30 kids, 3rd graders, to following instructions without repeating yourself 50 times. And that is just one class. We are lucky if we can get all the classes in the school cycled through one of our two labs in the span of a week. Having to reteach something, not a good move.). Sorry, teacher thing!
<smile>

~David

[shaosean]

I believe the revBrowser just uses the IE engine built into Windows and picks up the plugins installed..
How to get them to use it? Make it the easiest one to find, have it auto-load upon logging in.. You're the teacher, tell them that is what they need to use

[revRider]

Let me restate the question..

Is there anyway to create a LiveCode Service that runs in the background?

~David

[Simon]

Hi David,
While not really a service, Windows has a startup folder that will launch an app at startup. You can build an invisible stack and just have it running all the time.
Listening and intercepting a url is another problem.

Simon

[shaosean]

You could configure the machines to use a proxy server (made in Rev) and filter it that way.. Otherwise, you are probably better off looking at the built-in filters in Windows (Parental Controls) or using Google to find a solution that mets your needs..