Oh. Another bonus to setting the default folder is that if there are muitiple files to pars, you can "get the files" and loop through then easily.(Not that you couldn't do it without setting the folder, but...)
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 6:00 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try changing it to this: file:/Users/jimhurley/ > Library/Mail%20Downloads/elec_web/precincts/241.htm > > Alternatively, you can probably use a browser widget and set the url to > file:///Users/jimhurley/Library/Mail%20Downloads/elec_web/precincts/241.htm > then get the htmltext of the browser widget, (since it knows how to handle > file:///... type urls) but just eliminating the superfluous // should help. > > Yet another option. Set the default folder to "/Users/jimhurley/ > Library/Mail%20Downloads/elec_web/precincts" > at which point you can simply: get URL "file:241.htm" > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Jim Hurley <jhurley0...@sbcglobal.net> > wrote: > >> I got this web page address from the county election's office: >> >> >> file:///Users/jimhurley/Library/Mail%20Downloads/elec_web/precincts/241.htm >> >> It opens when I paste it into the address field in Safari. >> >> But >> >> get url >> "file:///Users/jimhurley/Library/Mail%20Downloads/elec_web/precincts/241.htm" >> >> in Live Code leaves "it" empty. >> >> I need to get the source code (programmatically) so that I may parse "it" >> for voter results. >> >> Is there something I can do to the address that would make it acceptable >> to LiveCode's: get url >> >> Jim >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
