On Apr 11, 2013, at 10:43 AM, <mac...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I'm attempting to get a traffic gif from mapquest via their RESTful API, but > I am unable to display it; everything results in the image object displaying > a grey pattern. > > Some of the things I have tried so far: > > set the text of img "map" to url MapQuestsLongAPIKeyedURL > > set the imageData of img "map" to url MapQuestsLongAPIKeyedURL > > put url MapQuestsLongAPIKeyedURL into img "map" > > get url MapQuestsLongAPIKeyedURL > put it into url (binfile:LocalFilePath) > set the filename of img "map" to LocalFilePath > > What's interesting is that the saved file from that last attempt will display > in Finder via QuickLook, and open up in Preview as well without issue. If I > then re-save the file from Preview, THAT file will load into a LiveCode image > object (Note: oddly, if I open and save the file from Safari it will not load > properly) > > I'm guessing that the problem is that I'm trying to dump both the Gif's image > and mask data all into the image object, while QuickLook, Finder, Preview, > and even Safari know how to reassemble them properly as image and mask data > for display. > > Does anyone have any ideas for getting this incoming Gif data into an image > object properly? Thanks!
Try this: Set the filename of image "map" to MapQuestsLongAPIKeyedURL This works, for example, with the Google Static Maps API. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University _______________________________________________ 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
