Thanks for the response Alex. I don’t believe the secure URL is the issue, because the file can be retrieved from a browser using both the secure and standard forms, but both forms return 0 in the LC server test script.
In fact, I usually use the standard form in all my download URLs to avoid potential problems like you suggest. But since DropBox uses a secure URL by default, I used that in the test code. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On Dec 18, 2014, at 1:18 AM, Alex Tweedly <a...@tweedly.net> wrote: > Not quite the test I was suggesting .... the dropbox url uses https: and for > your own url you used http: > > It would be worth getting another url using https: to see if the server has a > problem with the secure http - or whether it is specific to dropbox; even > just https://google.com should do. It would be even better if you have a zip > file somewhere behind a secure url - but I can't think of one you could try. > > -- Alex. > > > On 18/12/2014 05:11, Scott Rossi wrote: >> Thanks for the suggestion. Based on the test below, there does seem to be a >> problem with accessing DropBox. >> >> New script: >> >> put url "https://dl.dropbox.com/s/6fpl18ihvt7ffbl/test-image.zip"; into file1 >> put the length of file1 into L1 >> put url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/test-image.zip"; into file2 >> put the length of file2 into L2 >> put "dropbox " & L1 & "<br>" & "generic " & L2 >> >> The result I get here still shows the DropBox file to have a length of 0, >> yet the test file downloads as expected when accessed via a browser. >> >> dropbox 0 >> generic 483575 >> >> Any other suggestions? >> >> Thanks & Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi >> Creative Director >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >> >> On Dec 17, 2014, at 3:55 PM, Alex Tweedly <a...@tweedly.net> wrote: >> >>> Scott, >>> >>> you could try accessing some (any) other https: url to see if that works >>> from your server. >>> >>> Might help you narrow down what to look at next :-) >>> Sorry I can't come up with any better help. >>> -- Alex. >>> >>> On 17/12/2014 22:17, Scott Rossi wrote: >>>> Hi Simon: >>>> >>>> Well, I'm glad it works somewhere, but since it's not likely that I'll be >>>> using your LC server, this doesn't help me much. >>>> >>>> I wonder if maybe the edition makes a difference. Are you using the >>>> Commercial or Community edition? >>>> >>>> Thanks & Regards, >>>> >>>> Scott Rossi >>>> Creative Director >>>> Tactile Media UX/UI Design >>>> >>>>> On Dec 17, 2014, at 1:15 PM, Simon Smith <he...@simonsmith.co> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Scott >>>>> >>>>> Tried your script on my server - seems to work perfectly. >>>>> >>>>> Outputs: 483575 >>>>> >>>>> Kind Regards >>>>> Simon >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Hi List: >>>>>> >>>>>> I¹m wondering if anyone has been using LC Server to serve files from >>>>>> DropBox. Since updating LC Server to 6.7 on my host (DreamHost), it now >>>>>> seems to be unable to retrieve files from DropBox. >>>>>> >>>>>> With the following script: >>>>>> >>>>>> put url "https://dl.dropbox.com/s/6fpl18ihvt7ffbl/test-image.zip"; into >>>>>> theFile >>>>>> put the length of theFile >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On a desktop system, this works as expected in the message box. >>>>>> >>>>>> On LC Server I get a value of 0. >>>>>> >>>>>> What am I missing here? Is this perhaps some kind of cross-domain >>>>>> limitation? Any way to make this work? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks & Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Scott Rossi >>>>>> Creative Director >>>>>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
