The script should be as follows <?lc put the system date ?>
You need to declare the beginning of the script with <?lc and the end of the script with ?> > Am 12.01.2017 um 16:26 schrieb Tore Nilsen <tore.nil...@me.com>: > > Thank you for your quick response. And this is where my lack of experience > with working with lc-scripts and servers shines through. Although I have an > account with LiveCode, I do not know how to access lc-server via this > account. When I try this I only get the command in return, not the date. > > Regards > Tore > > >> 29. nov. 2016 kl. 16.04 skrev Matthias Rebbe >> <matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de >> <mailto:matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de>>: >> >> Hi tore, >> >> i am using Livecode Server for such tasks. >> >> To get the correct date in an LC app i use >> >> put URL “http://yourserver.com/whatsthetime.lc” into tCurrentDate >> >> where yourserver.com is of course my server and whatsthetime.lc contains >> the following >> >> put the short system time >> or >> put the system date >> >> Before LC server i used a php script to get the current date in my Flash >> Advent calendar. >> >> Regards, >> >> Matthias >> >> >> >> Matthias Rebbe >> Bramkampsieke 13 >> 32312 Lübbecke >> Tel +49 5741 310000 >> +49 160 5504462 >> Fax: +49 5741 310002 >> eMail: matth...@m-r-d.de <mailto:matth...@m-r-d.de> >> <mailto:matth...@m-r-d.de <mailto:matth...@m-r-d.de>> >> >> BR5 Konverter - BR5 -> MP3 <http://matthiasrebbe.eu/portfolio/produkte/brx/ >> <http://matthiasrebbe.eu/portfolio/produkte/brx/>> >>> Am 12.01.2017 um 15:58 schrieb Tore Nilsen <tore.nil...@me.com>: >>> >>> I need to retrieve the date from an external source, in order to bypass any >>> changes to the date settings on the users computer. This is to ensure that >>> a user cannot start an event until the proper date. (A digital advent >>> calendar) I was foolishly thinking that the internet date was what I was >>> looking for, but it is just another way to format the internal date as set >>> by the user. Therefore, getting the internet date does not bypass any >>> changes to the machines local settings. >>> >>> Information about the proper date for each event is stored as a custom >>> property of different images in the application. This property is in the >>> form of localized date, and is converted to seconds for comparison with the >>> actually date, which of course is also converted to seconds. Everything >>> here works as expected, but changing the computers date settings will allow >>> the user to override the restraints in the script. I therefore need to get >>> the date from a source outside the control of the user. (The application is >>> a desktop standalone.) >>> >>> I am in a bit of a hurry (deadline on Thursday this week) and I can not >>> seem to find any solutions searching for it in the usual places. I am >>> unfamiliar with retrieving data from servers and services, so I am >>> unfortunately stuck at the moment. Any help will much appreciated. >>> >>> Regards >>> Tore Nilsen >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 <mailto: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 >> <http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto: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 > <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
