Thanks for the steer, Paul - I’ve not worked with XML in LiveCode so hadn’t made the connection between the HTML markup structure & XML.
A quick scan through suggests that this library could prove really useful - I’ll dig further and look for related resources, thanks. Best, Keith > On 25 Nov 2018, at 13:55, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > You could do this with revXML (see teh dictionary), but it is not a > single call. > > > On 11/25/2018 7:12 AM, Keith Clarke via use-livecode wrote: >> Folks, >> Can anyone please guide me towards an LiveCode feature(s) that might provide >> the equivalent to the javascript jQuery library’s "jQuery(‘.class’).html();" >> mechanism that allows one to select an entire element’s content (including >> nested elements) from the page DOM? >> >> I have experimented with using jQuery in a browser widget for this purpose >> but it introduces dependencies & integration complexities - and I’d prefer >> to work without necessitating a desktop UI to contain for the browser >> widget, so the code could potentially run on LC Server. >> >> I can see how I might build a 'roll-your-own' approach, using LiveCode’s >> powerful text & chunk features. This would seem to need the HTML file to be >> pre-processed, to iterate through the tags of the text file to both find & >> mark both each nesting level within elements and also ‘pair-up’ the >> (anonymous) closing tags. >> >> Is there a smarter way - any HTML parsing utilities/libraries/lessons/stacks >> I should study? >> Thanks >> Keith >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
