Thanks, Devin, but no luck there either, I'm afraid, still a grey img object.
Perhaps worth adding: another of their APIs returns a jpg, and that works fine which is also why I think it's likely the mask data in the gif data stream that is causing the issue. On Apr 11, 2013, at 13:00 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > On Apr 11, 2013, at 10:43 AM, <mac...@earthlink.net> > wrote: > >> I'm attempting to get a traffic gif from mapquest via their RESTful API, but >> I am unable to display it; everything results in the image object displaying >> a grey pattern. >> >> Some of the things I have tried so far: >> >> set the text of img "map" to url MapQuestsLongAPIKeyedURL >> >> set the imageData of img "map" to url MapQuestsLongAPIKeyedURL >> >> put url MapQuestsLongAPIKeyedURL into img "map" >> >> get url MapQuestsLongAPIKeyedURL >> put it into url (binfile:LocalFilePath) >> set the filename of img "map" to LocalFilePath >> >> What's interesting is that the saved file from that last attempt will >> display in Finder via QuickLook, and open up in Preview as well without >> issue. If I then re-save the file from Preview, THAT file will load into a >> LiveCode image object (Note: oddly, if I open and save the file from Safari >> it will not load properly) >> >> I'm guessing that the problem is that I'm trying to dump both the Gif's >> image and mask data all into the image object, while QuickLook, Finder, >> Preview, and even Safari know how to reassemble them properly as image and >> mask data for display. >> >> Does anyone have any ideas for getting this incoming Gif data into an image >> object properly? Thanks! > > > Try this: > > Set the filename of image "map" to MapQuestsLongAPIKeyedURL > > This works, for example, with the Google Static Maps API. > > Devin > > > Devin Asay > Office of Digital Humanities > Brigham Young University _______________________________________________ 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
