Thanks for all the suggestions. Still trying to get this working. The last thing I tried was to replace "localhost" in the "file://" statement with the name of the remote Mac as shown in the Sharing Preferences. In this case that is "Petes-imac.local" so I end up with:
"file://Petes-Imac.local/<rest of the URL file name>" But the player still doesn't like it. To double check, I tried "get URL" with the same URL and it failed with the result showing "can't open that file". Next thing I tried was pasting the URL into Safari. It also failed to get the file but the interesting thing was that the error message showed the filepath without "Petes-imac.local" at the start of it. Baffled! Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Brahmanathaswami <bra...@hindu.org> wrote: > I have a number of apps that talk to a server over the LAN > > I used to always keep this appleScript in a customProp > > tell application "Finder" > mount volume "afp://192.142.103.8/Varuna" as user name "MyName" with > password "MyPassword" > end tell > > and either > > hardwire my user name and password to the script or use replacement > strings like this: > > tell application "Finder" > mount volume "afp://192.142.103.8/Varuna" as user name "###USER###" with > password "###PASSWD" > end tell > > and then in the UI prompt the user to enter credentials and save those to > a preferencs file locally and reload as needed on boot. > > I keep a "ping.txt" file on the server to check for connectivity etc. > > But, over the years I found that there were way too many scenarios to try > to manage from the app. So now I take the "low road" -- ping the remote > machine by asking for a file... if I don't get it, then prompt the user > "Please mount the remote volume" I still keep the user name and password > stored somewhere as there are odd moments when the server still wants > authentication, so we can provide that in the background as needed. > > I tried the above appleScript today in Mavericks and it still works. > > Perhaps this is of some use to you, Pete: > > command checkConnectivity tIP > # typically I will pass an IP for one of our domains on a remote web server > # assumes if user cannot get to the web server, then he's not even connect > to the network. > # there are other methods, but this one is pretty fail safe... of course > if there is an enterprise firewall > # preventing access to the outside while user can still see other machines > on the LAN, this won't work. > > put hostAddressToName(tIP) into tServer > if tServer is Empty then > set the dialogData to "Sorry, there is a connection problem. Turn > on airport or make sure your ethernet cable is pluggedin, then try again." > showStatus > wait 1 second > exit to top > else > CheckVarunaIsMounted > end if > > end checkConnectivity > > command mountVaruna > > set the dialogData to "Mounting Varuna..." > showStatus > put the uAppleScripts of stack "KA-Media-Player" into tScripts > set the itemdel to "|" > do item 1 of tScripts as applescript > checkVarunaIsMounted > > end mountVaruna > > command CheckVarunaIsMounted > > repeat ten times > put url "file:/Volumes/Varuna/Sound Projects/Gurudeva Audio in > Process/Control-Files/KA-Media-Player_Access-Control.txt" into > gControlFile > if gControFile is not empty then > loadACL > else > send checkVarunaIsMounted to me in 1 second > end if > end repeat > > if gControlFile is empty then > mountVaruna > end if > > end CheckVarunaIsMounted > > > > > > > Swasti Astu, Be Well! > Brahmanathaswami > > Kauai's Hindu Monastery > www.HimalayanAcademy.com > > > > Kay C Lan wrote: > >> Pete, thanks for the shell 'mount' pointer. I didn't get it to work first >> try but I'm sure it will be the solution. >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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
