the load command is non-blocking .... which can work well for a lot of use cases. hint: to get around the "one request per domain limit" add a # and unique number to the end of the URL.
check this out.... i made it for the LC Global Conference last year .... a useful demo stack of asynchronous http with the community version .... (or the older URL lib...not tSnet) https://github.com/makeshyft-tom-g/lc-single-domain-asynchronous-http On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 9:18 PM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Yes it's blocking. As far as a know all get/puts to urls is blocking local > or remote. The only way I know of not blocking is to use tsNet Async. It > works very nicely even on mobile. I download some files in the background > while the user is logging in. The login process uses get/puts and they are > blocking but are not blocked by the simultaneous outstanding async > operations. > > Ralph DiMola > IT Director > Evergreen Information Services > rdim...@evergreeninfo.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On > Behalf Of Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 9:04 PM > To: How to use LiveCode > Cc: Peter Bogdanoff > Subject: put URL blocking? > > Hi, a question… > > The statement: > put URL tURL into tData > > tURL, the URL to a text file, resides on a remote server. Is this command > blocking? Does LC wait for a response before moving on the the next line of > the script? > > I’m not clear at all about gets, puts, etc. -- what I need to do if there > is a delay in retrieving data, when I need that data in hand before > continuing in a script. > > Peter Bogdanoff > ArtsInteractive > _______________________________________________ > 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
