You could do this with revXML (see teh dictionary), but it is not a single call.
On 11/25/2018 7:12 AM, Keith Clarke via use-livecode wrote: > Folks, > Can anyone please guide me towards an LiveCode feature(s) that might provide > the equivalent to the javascript jQuery library’s "jQuery(‘.class’).html();" > mechanism that allows one to select an entire element’s content (including > nested elements) from the page DOM? > > I have experimented with using jQuery in a browser widget for this purpose > but it introduces dependencies & integration complexities - and I’d prefer to > work without necessitating a desktop UI to contain for the browser widget, so > the code could potentially run on LC Server. > > I can see how I might build a 'roll-your-own' approach, using LiveCode’s > powerful text & chunk features. This would seem to need the HTML file to be > pre-processed, to iterate through the tags of the text file to both find & > mark both each nesting level within elements and also ‘pair-up’ the > (anonymous) closing tags. > > Is there a smarter way - any HTML parsing utilities/libraries/lessons/stacks > I should study? > Thanks > Keith > _______________________________________________ > 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
