This is possible, but not very feasible. And not something I would want to put in the core. The problems are significant.
First, it requires a separate full page load for each info var like this, which can really slow down the BoltWire page. And second, it is unlikely the html source which php can retrieve will have the right format--even if it displays properly in the browser. Remember, info vars parse the page source, not the html. I did some experimenting awhile back on a fun, personal project, using the actual web as a dynamic space for certain kinds of activities, and made some good progress. But it was slow and awkward going. Cheers, Dan P.S. It would be nice to get BoltWire fields to read cross-field info vars, but that is not currently possible. On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 5:37 AM, Linly <[email protected]> wrote: > > A crazy idea hit my head. > > When I look the home page of our BoltWire Google Groups > > http://groups.google.com/group/boltwire > > There are some "Group info" on the right bar like: > > Members: 81 > Activity: Low activity > Language: English > Group categories: Not categorized > > The format are so similar to BoltWire info vars. I'm wondering if it > is possible to retrieve data outside BoltWire site? Maybe use this > kind of syntax: > > {http://the.page.url.to/the/data/::FieldName} > > So this code > > {http://groups.google.com/group/boltwire::Members} > > can return "81". > > Possible? > > Cheers, linly > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BoltWire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/boltwire?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
