I have narrowed down the issue to the fact that the array I am trying to arrayDecode has a lot of data in the [n] [“data”] key. Without that data, the array decodes file. With it I get an error. I even tried base64encoding it first before putting it in the array key, but that does not seem to help. I may be running up on some kind of limit to array keys. Small UTF8 text files transfer no problem. Large binary files, BIG problem. (And yes I am using open file <filename> for binary read.)
If I do not put the data in an array key, but rather send the data by itself, then it decrypts successfully on the other end, so I think what I am going to have to do is send the array first without file data, then recursively send each file after encrypting and base64encoding. Oh well. Lessons learned. Bob S > On Feb 19, 2025, at 8:01 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi Monte. I did try your versioning solution but I am still having issues on > the receiving end. Given your understanding of what I am trying to do here, > how would you “package” the data so that it can be sent over the wire (socket > communications)? The idea is to send an array with different key value pairs, > but the file data needs to be encrypted for security. > > I’m not sure I should even be using base64encoding. There is something in the > arrayEncode dictionary entry that says I should be using URLEncode before > sending data over the wire. I tried that but the receiving end got an empty > string. <sigh> > > Bob S > > >> On Feb 18, 2025, at 3:29 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Ah ok so just checked the docs on the array encode version added in LC 7 and >> found: >> ``` >> If present, and >= "7.0" then the array is encoded in such a way as to >> preserve unicode in keys and values, as well as NUL chars in keys and values >> ``` >> >> So try `arrayEncode(array, “7.0")` >> _______________________________________________ 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
