The demo stack should also be found in earlier versions of Livecode as long as 
they include mergFTPd .

Regards,
Matthias

-
Matthias Rebbe
Life Is Too Short For Boring Code

> Am 10.03.2021 um 10:52 schrieb Phil Davis via use-livecode 
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> Thank you Matthias! I haven't played with 9.6.2 yet but will now be doing so 
> very soon. I'll look into it tomorrow (it's almost 2 AM here) and see what I 
> can learn.
> 
> Thanks again -
> Phil
> 
> 
> On 3/10/21 1:47 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote:
>> Hi Phil,
>> i would say mergFTPd is the easiest way to accomplish that.
>> 
>> Did you already check  the mergFTP Demo stack which is inside the Livecode 
>> app bundle, e.g.  here for LC 9.6.2
>> 
>> /Applications/LiveCode Business 9.6.2 (rc 
>> 2).app/Contents/Tools/Ext/mergFTPD-1.0.56
>> 
>> You just need to set/select the correct provisioning profile in the 
>> standalone settings under iOS and you could test that stack on your iOS 
>> device or in the simulator.
>> 
>> Now regarding fetching data from the iOS device.
>> 
>> Let's say the ip of the iOS device is 192.168.0.25, the username and 
>> password for the ftp access are the same as in the demo stack and the file 
>> we want retrieve is report.xlsx and want to store it on the desktop, then 
>> the command to fetch the file is
>> 
>>      put URL "ftp://hello:world@192.168.0.25/report.xlsx"; into URL 
>> "binfile:~/desktop/report.xlsx"
>> 
>> To upload a file to the server the following would be used
>> 
>>      put URL "binfile:~/desktop/report.xlsx" into URL 
>> "ftp://hello:world@192.168.0.25/report.xlsx";
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Matthias
>> 
>> -
>> Matthias Rebbe
>> Life Is Too Short For Boring Code
>> 
>>> Am 10.03.2021 um 08:27 schrieb Phil Davis via use-livecode 
>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
>>> 
>>> I'm anticipating the need to connect an iOS app with a companion desktop 
>>> app so the desktop app can get data from the mobile app and do some 
>>> reporting and recordkeeping. It should also be able to transfer data back 
>>> to the mobile app. Does anyone have an example of how to make that happen? 
>>> I can't find one anywhere.
>>> 
>>> The data connection & transfer don't have to be made with mergFTPd but I 
>>> see it's an LC option.
>>> 
>>> Thanks -
>>> Phil
>>> 
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>>> 
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