> On 14 Jul 2017, at 7:53 am, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > panagiotis wrote: > > > We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.0.0 DP-8. > ... > > - A new HTTPd script library has been added. The HTTP Server > > library can be used to receive and respond to HTTP requests > > in your application. > > A very valuable addition. I'm curious about what prompted that development > effort, and does it support HTTPS connections, or CGI?
One of my recent projects has been to create a test runner for HTML5. So all our tests that we run on the CI server are bundled up into a HTML5 app and run. In order to get the results back into LiveCode I made the simple HTTP server to handle callbacks that the HTML5 engine sends when it is served from localhost. I separated it into a script library so I could reuse it down the track in FileMaker for web views. I expect others will like to use it for serving browser widget content etc too. It is a rather simplified server script but it’s open source so if you need more than it offers feel free to send a PR. It doesn’t have a normal CGI interface. As the request comes in a callback is delivered to the object that started the server so your response can be dynamically generated. > > > New experimental features: > > > > - [Experimental] A new "Mac Native Button" widget is added to > > LiveCode's widget collection. > > The Dictionary for this new version doesn't load on Linux this time (hangs > the process actually, one of the known issues), so forgive this question > probably answered there: > > Does the syntax for that button style use "button" or "widget”? widget > > What does this do differently from the "Standard" button style? It’s the actual native view rather than us getting details of how to draw a button from the OS and drawing it ourselves. It’s mainly an example but it would be useful for layering a button over another native view. > > Does it have the same properties and message handling options we're used to > with buttons? Not yet. I believe it only has mouseUp. Cheers Monte _______________________________________________ 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
