Ben/Kee, Thanks...everyone has been very helpful. I will attempt to use LiveCode to post the threads 'simultaneously'. This really is a relief as I didn't want to get away from LiveCode which is so easy to program with vs other languages.
Warren On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Ben Rubinstein <benr...@cogapp.com> wrote: > On 05/10/2011 22:19, Kee Nethery wrote: >> >> On Oct 5, 2011, at 10:31 AM, Warren Kuhl wrote: >> >>> I understand that LiveCode doesn't have the capability for true >>> multi-threading. What I require is to post to multiple forms >>> (multiple websites) and capture the results of each post. I assume >>> this is not possible with LiveCode? >> >> I think you want the "load" command. > > As Kee hints, perhaps a little obscurely: although LiveCode doesn't have the > capability for true multithreading in general, network operations don't > necessarily block (in fact even when using the supposedly blocking forms I > find that it sometimes behaves in undesirably multithreaded ways). > > So in this particular instance you should indeed be able to perform multiple > HTTP post operations and process them 'simultaneously'; but you may have to > exercise some care to manage and separate the 'threads'. > > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
