On windows, I can't make it work with the extra ///, so it does appear that os matters.Hopefully the result will give a clue
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 6:52 PM, Dar Scott <d...@swcp.com> wrote: > Yeah, checking 'the result' sounds like a good idea. > > I don't have a problem with ///, though, on my macOS (as we say instead of > OS X these days). Maybe that part depends on the OS. > > I have a feeling that we might be missing the core of the problem. > > > > On Jun 20, 2016, at 6:39 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Ah. A combination of both. get url urldecode(" file:/Users/jimhurley/ > > Library/Mail%20Downloads/elec_web/precincts/241.htm") Still need to get > > rid of the extra //. If you check the result on fail it'll probably say > > "can't open file". You'll need to urldecode to set the folder too if you > > decide to go that way. > > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Dar Scott <d...@swcp.com> wrote: > > > >> urlDecode() ? > >> > >>> On 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 > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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