Re: Confirming an FTP Upload

2011-12-07 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hi Stephen, Thanks for the tip. I was aware that LiveCode does not do SFTP. I had to get my Mac to start running regular FTP to work with it. I am using a separate account. Regards, Gregory On Wed, Dec 7, 2011, at 8:50 AM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > You should know th

Re: Confirming an FTP Upload

2011-12-06 Thread stephen barncard
Just a method to get the uploads (and exposed password/user) to a place that isn't your public website. Most web providers will allow unlimited or many FTP accounts, and you can use completely different user/passwords. Some providers (not On-Rev) will allow an account to have multiple users that

Re: Confirming an FTP Upload

2011-12-06 Thread AcidJazz
Actually, Stephen, could you elaborate on the "special ftp space" that is not the website. I'm a little unclear on the distinction. Mark -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Confirming-an-FTP-Upload-tp4164699p4165858.html Sent from the Revolution - Us

Re: Confirming an FTP Upload

2011-12-06 Thread AcidJazz
Stephen, That's true, and I probably should have mentioned that. For my purposes, it's irrelevant, because my research data (indeed the entire "site") is all just a bunch of meaningless numbers that nobody would have any interest in. But for the rest of you out in the real world, caveat emptor.

Re: Confirming an FTP Upload

2011-12-06 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hi Mark, Much appreciated! Just the kind of thing I was looking for. Regards, Gregory On Tue, Dec 6, 2011, at 1:00 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > Greg, > Here's how I submit data using the Put URL approach... ___ use-livecode

Re: Confirming an FTP Upload

2011-12-06 Thread stephen barncard
You should know that the password and username are sent as plain text and can be easily sniffed. This is NOT secure FTP and can expose an entire account. Create a special FTP space for this purpose, not your website. Secure FTP is a long-awaited feature that is still not available in livecode ex

Re: Confirming an FTP Upload

2011-12-06 Thread AcidJazz
Greg, Here's how I submit data using the Put URL approach... *put *DataToBeSaved into URL ("ftp://username:passw...@ftp.sitename.com/filename.txt";) *If* the result is not empty *then* hide field "wait" answer the result &CR& "Oops! There was a problem saving your response. P