I'm embedding my own item delimiter character in the file for now (I'm using "\"). I then cycle through the text and grab each item one by one, putting them into lines of the field. It works, but there must be a better way.
Is the problem with my .txt file? I save it out of a text editor with Unix line breaks specified, and it's stored on dropbox. Gerry -- photo site: http://gerryorkin.com On Friday, 4 March 2011 at 12:34 PM, Gerry wrote: > Just trying the put URL thing - pulling down a .txt file with UNIX line > breaks, it seems to strip the line breaks out. How to I handle that? > > g > > -- photo site: http://gerryorkin.com > > On Friday, 4 March 2011 at 9:48 AM, Nonsanity wrote: > > There are many, many ways to do this. The barest minimum might be: > > > > put url "http://myserver.org/updatedata/latest.txt"; into latestUpdateData > > > > Then work with that data as you wish. > _______________________________________________ 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
