Colin, i my previous comment i posted a link to a html5 stack which posts the selected text of a field to a Livecode Server script. Posting should definitely work.
> Am 14.09.2021 um 00:42 schrieb Colin Holgate via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > I do see a message when trying the post, that says exception thrown, see > JavaScript Console. There are too many error lines to be sure which one of > them is important. I get no error when trying to set the style of the text, > which makes me think that the field is a plain text field. > > When I test the stack inside LiveCode, the style changes and the post are > working. > >> On Sep 13, 2021, at 3:14 PM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Colin, >> If it is HTML5 deployment you are looking to do from LC, how time critical >> is your project? At the moment, HTML5 deployment is still quite broken in >> many ways. It may be best to wait until LC10 which is using a whole new >> engine (which looks very promising). >> >> That said, the current engine 'CAN' do what you have 'asked' for sure, both >> 'post tData to URL(tUrl)' and 'set the textstyle of char 10 to 20 of fld >> "myField" to "bold"' (although that will depend on what texttype is already >> in that field potentially - it can be a bit kooky at times). >> >> Other things in html5 deployment you will run into that will most likely >> frustrate a little. >> >> Regarding 'post', note the following from the LC dictionary: >> Cross-platform note: The HTML5 engine only supports HTTP and HTTPs >> protocols. ((ie, you can't use file;//, ftp://, etc)) >> Cross-platform note: URLs fetched by the HTML5 engine from a domain other >> than that of the hosting the page may be blocked by web browsers, unless >> the server hosting the URL sets the "Access-Control-Origin" header >> appropriately. ((But as you are likely hosting the PHP you will have >> control over that)) >> >> If you run into any specific HTML5 deployment issues I'd be happy to help >> you through if you want to PM me at all. >> >> Sean >> >> On Mon, 13 Sept 2021 at 20:20, matthias rebbe via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Colin, >>> >>> just tried here with a Livecode Server script not with a php script. >>> >>> Posting data from an Html5 stack to an url definitely works. >>> (see https://livecode.dermattes.de/postmr/postmr.html < >>> https://livecode.dermattes.de/postmr/postmr.html>) >>> >>> What i do not get working is setting the text style. Even if i set the >>> style already in the IDE and built the html5 standalone the text style is >>> reset to plain when the html5 stack is displayed in the browser. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Matthias >>> >>> >>> >>>> Am 13.09.2021 um 04:53 schrieb Colin Holgate via use-livecode < >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >>>> >>>> I want to have an online text editor, that can post some styled text, >>> that then gets read into a desktop stack. There are a lot of HTML styled >>> text editors around, but I thought I may as well try using LiveCode for >>> that part as well. >>>> >>>> Two issues I’ve hit are the setting of the style of the text, and then >>> posting the text to a PHP script, that stores the HTML changes. >>>> >>>> Can these lines work in an HTML published stack?: >>>> >>>> post data to URL theurl >>>> >>>> and: >>>> >>>> set the textstyle of the selection to bold >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
