That's it! I actually jumped out of bed to try that, and found your message suggesting the same thing!
Phew. Thanks for your response! Gerry -- photo site: http://gerryorkin.com On Friday, 11 March 2011 at 10:05 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: > Haven't tried, but I always use parentheses with URL, so try > > put url ("http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center="&; fld "place"& > "&zoom=8&size=512x512&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false") into someimage > > > -- Alex. > > On 11/03/2011 10:55, Gerry wrote: > > This works: > > > > put url > > "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=canberra&zoom=8&size=512x512&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false"; > > into someimage > > put someimage into image 1 > > > > > > > > But when I use the text in a field in building the url it breaks - I get a > > "bad request 400 error" from the Google server: > > > > put url "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center="&; fld "place"& > > "&zoom=8&size=512x512&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false" into someimage > > put someimage into image 1 > > > > What am I missing? When I write the string out to the message box and then > > paste that into the url field in my browser, it works fine. > > > > Argggh. > > > > Gerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
