Re: Retrieve the date from an external source.

2016-11-29 Thread hh
Just to round up this fine solution, could also be used for LC server: I searched for ntp handlers and found this nifty stack http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2011-August/160813.html ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.

Re: Retrieve the date from an external source.

2016-11-29 Thread Tore Nilsen
Brilliant! Now I have what I need to push on! Thank you. Tore > 29. nov. 2016 kl. 16.50 skrev Matthias Rebbe : > > The script should be as follows > > put the system date > ?> > > You need to declare the beginning of the script with > and the end of the script with ?> > > >> Am 12.01.20

Re: Retrieve the date from an external source.

2016-11-29 Thread Matthias Rebbe
The script should be as follows You need to declare the beginning of the script with > Am 12.01.2017 um 16:26 schrieb Tore Nilsen : > > Thank you for your quick response. And this is where my lack of experience > with working with lc-scripts and servers shines through. Although I have an >

Re: Retrieve the date from an external source.

2016-11-29 Thread Tore Nilsen
Thank you for your quick response. And this is where my lack of experience with working with lc-scripts and servers shines through. Although I have an account with LiveCode, I do not know how to access lc-server via this account. When I try this I only get the command in return, not the date. R

Re: Retrieve the date from an external source.

2016-11-29 Thread Matthias Rebbe
Hi tore, i am using Livecode Server for such tasks. To get the correct date in an LC app i use put URL “http://yourserver.com/whatsthetime.lc” into tCurrentDate where yourserver.com is of course my server and whatsthetime.lc contains the following put the short system time or put the syst