On 6/27/18 12:28 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
> Or, if there is just *one* thing that is true, for all "I found the
> file, here it is" cases
If the result is empty you should be fine.
This. An empty result means the file exists and is accessible, so the
script can continue a
Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote:
> "it" almost always containa data.
>
> e.g contains "404 Page Not Found"
>
> I wondering if we have to parse it for all possible errors?
That's the central question of all end-user systems. :)
There may be good reason to check for specific errors and handle th
On 06/27/2018 07:34 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote:
"it" almost always containa data.
e.g contains "404 Page Not Found"
I wondering if we have to parse it for all possible errors?
Or, if there is just *one* thing that is true, for all "I found the file, here it
is" cas
"it" almost always containa data.
e.g contains "404 Page Not Found"
I wondering if we have to parse it for all possible errors?
Or, if there is just *one* thing that is true, for all "I found the file, here
it is" cases
J. Landman Gay wrote:
I've used this:
get url tURL
On 6/26/18 10:02 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote:
How do you determine that a URL is not available*before* you set a [player
object, stream the text, show a slide, pick a YouTube etc]?
One could obvious ping it and test for "404 page not found" , but the server
may respo
Thanks Bob..
For years if been keeping a ping.txt file on the server. It contains "true"
which tell me the server is available. Interesting enough, apple does the
almost the thing.
That suffices for the server.
I agree that there in no way " to check if a page is *going* to be available"
b
To see if the server is listening on a given port, use telnet
You should get some kind of response within a reasonable period of time. If you
know the IP of the server use that instead of the name and you can avoid DNS
latency. Ping will only tell you if the server is on and accessible.
As
Our app has contains content "in the package" and content streamed from "the
cloud"
It’s a bit new to me dealing with TsNet, latency issues, timeout, and to give
the user feedback on status… it's a challenge…So 1 question at a time:
How do you determine that a URL is not available *before* you
