thanx, i decided to use your second suggestion
since i would delete the file when done anyway, easier to just not even
have one
I think the problem is that the "get" you are using is asynchronous,
and the socket has not downloaded the file by the time you are trying
to access it. In fact, it may never download the file as the socket
itself is a local variable, and goes out of scope at the end of your
method.
I think you have two choices:
1. Use a socket that will persist after your method is done - either
an httpSocket control in your window or an instance of a httpSocket
subclass. In this case, you'll need to move your code that handles the
downloaded file into the "downloadComplete" event of the socket which,
as the name implies, will fire when the file has actually been
downloaded.
2. Don't use a file at all. Instead make the get synchronous, and
assign the result to a string, making your method look like this:
dim http as new HTTPSocket
dim s1, s2, s3 as String
dim timeOutValInSeconds as integer
timeoutValInSeconds = 10 //or whatever is reasonable
// make status arrows visible
pw.Visible = true
s1 =
http.Get("http://www.kage-software.com/downloads/files/
CTversion.txt", timeOutValInSeconds)
s3 = s1.Replace("version=", "")
s2 = str(App.MajorVersion) + "." + str(App.MinorVersion)
s2 = s2 + "." + str(App.BugVersion)
if s3 = s2 then
ef.text = "You have the latest version."
else
ef.text = "New version is available." + EndOfLine + s1
end if
// hide status arrows
pw.Visible = false
On Mar 26, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Brian wrote:
I am trying to set up an update method
it downloads a text file with a version number
then checks that against the current version and prompts to update
It downloads and saves just fine but when i try to read from it
string s1 has no value
SNIP
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