Assuming you are on a Mac: The following should work from 10.4 to 10.12 with LC 5/6/7/8.
on mouseUp put "/Users/jimhurley/Library/Mail%20Downloads/elec_web/precincts/241.htm" into f put "source" into sOrT --> one of "source", "text", "URL" do iScript(f, sOrT) as applescript put the result into fld 1 end mouseUp Using above "text" instead of "source" may save you some work. (The LC interpretation as htmltext does the same but somehow 'uncomplete'). function iScript f,x put numToChar(34) into q return "tell application " & q&"Safari"&q &cr& \ " open POSIX file " & q&URLdecode(f)&q &cr& \ " set rslt to " & x & " of document 1" &cr& \ "end tell" end iScript -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Get-url-file-tp4705988p4706007.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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