Hi Craig, I think most people use sockets to allow for inter-application communications. I think that the send command relied on Mac OS 9 (and earlier) specific features.
-- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 New: Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.6 for LiveCode here http://qery.us/ce On 28 apr 2011, at 23:42, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > > > I still have a dozen OS9 macs running HC, working together all day with "send > to program" chitChat. 20 years... > > > From any HC machine, if I say: "send "beep 3" to program > "*:hcServer:hypercard", that machine beeps three times. > If I try this from LC, (OSX 10.4) I get "error -1701", likely some "failed to > find file" sort of thing. The HC server machine is connected when I do this, > though that is unnecessary in the OS9 world, apple events working just fine > with only a valid AppleTalk address. > > > I have seen little in either the forums or here about LC talking to LC on a > network. Is this uncommon? When I first opened Revolution > years ago, it was the first thing I sought out, to make sure that at least > that was still supported. Is it OSX to OS9? Is it me? > > > Are there better ways to create a clent/server or peer to peer network than > this? I will probably never use LC merely as a front end, I will > always want to roll the whole thing from within. > > > Thanks... > > > Craig Newman _______________________________________________ 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
