If you want to do it the 'right' way you might consider getting an API key....then you can be sure it will continuously work - screen scraping may fail if they change the website.
The USPS appears to have extensive APIs available - looks like it talks XML.. http://www.usps.com/webtools/address.htm http://www.usps.com/webtools/htm/Development-Guide-v3-0b.htm On 27 November 2010 09:53, James Hurley <jhurley0...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I sent this message a while back, but I suspect it got lost in the > RunRev-LiveCode changeover. > > At the USPS web site (http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/) it is possible by > entering the street address, the city and the state to obtain the 9 digit > zip code for that address. > > This may be naive, but is it possible to do this from within LiveCode by > script? > > Jim > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
