Once HTML 5 has access to web service APIs, "I can rule the world"(hands wringing). Oh wait that was a 1931 movie.
I for one was very disappointed when I realized that local file access would not be possible until I thought about it for a couple of milliseconds. One could deliver a crypto locker style attack with very little effort. Kevin/Peter, Thanks for the update... waiting with baited breath. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Miller Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 7:29 AM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: HTML 5 out of isolation... Yes - that's what Peter means by a REST API (one way to do it anyway). Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ LiveCode: Everyone can create apps On 16/05/2016, 12:24, "use-livecode on behalf of John Dixon" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of dixo...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >Mmm... > >Peter Brett wrote... > It's unlikely that you'll be able to connect an LiveCode HTML5 app to >a MySQL server in the foreseeable future > >Will it though be possible to send to an .lc script and then have the >.lc script send the query to the database, returning the data to the >stack running in the browser ? > > > >> Subject: Re: HTML 5 out of isolation... >> To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> From: peter.br...@livecode.com >> Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 12:07:15 +0100 >> >> >> >> On 16/05/2016 11:53, John Dixon wrote: >> > It was in the latest webinar, I think.. it was mentioned that >> > database connectivity will be coming to HTML5, but rather than >> > guess... Is it possible to know when this will actually arrive.. >> > >> > It would be nice to know in which quarter of the year, if its >> > introduction can't be nailed doen to a particular month ...:-) >> >> Database connectivity in the way that "normal" LiveCode apps have >>_can't_ be provided on the HTML5 platform because JavaScript apps >>can't open raw sockets. It's unlikely that you'll be able to connect >>an LiveCode HTML5 app to a MySQL server in the foreseeable future, >>for example. >> >> In the future, the plan involves improving the networking and URL >> operations available in HTML5 standalones to allow you to use REST >> APIs to persist data (e.g. using FireBase). However, there's no >> current schedule for doing this work, so I'm not able to answer your question. >> >> Peter >> >> -- >> Dr Peter Brett <peter.br...@livecode.com> LiveCode Open Source Team >> >> LiveCode 2016 Conference: https://livecode.com/edinburgh-2016/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
