Re: How real is the embedded web-page technique?

[RGould8]

This sounds like a great idea - - however I must be doing something wrong.  If I go into the messagebox and type:

put URL "http://www.runrev.com/index.html" into temp
put "temp = " & temp

I get no results.  I tried a bunch of other URLs like (http://www.apple.com) and didn't get anything either.  I'm definetely connected to the network, as I'm able to send out this email message on AOL.  (Perhaps AOL's the problem - - - I'm on dialup).  I'm on Mac OS X, (Jaguar).  I'm in authoring mode, so I would think I'd have all the internet tools available, right?

When I do get this working, will I be able to have the user click on the hyperlinks displayed on the web-page that's displayed as HTML in that field?  In other words, is it just like embedding a browser on the card, or is this just a means of displaying a page to the user, but they can't click on hyperlinks.  If this does let me treat that field like an actual browser, with clickable hyperlinks, I will be extremely impressed with Revolution.

- Rob


In a message dated 10/9/02 6:11:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Forget using Explorer (or any browser). Rev can retrieve the html page
all by itself and put it in a variable or field for you to parse. This
gives you a cross-platform system that doesn't rely on your user's
having any other software installed.

� � put URL "http://www.runrev.com/index.html" into field "Download"

This is the basic syntax. You can also use "load URL" to download the
page in advance for quicker access. Don't forget that fields can
display basic html:
� � set the htmlText of field "Display" to field "Download"