I've been playing a bit with this too. I noticed that with a large file, performance can really slow down during the transfer. Especially if you're trying to monitor it periodically with the URLStatus.
Question: How can one "cancel" a download in progress? Bill "Andre Garzia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Dec 3, 2005, at 4:31 AM, Rodney Somerstein wrote: > >> Andre, >> >> Thanks for the quick answer. Using the correct URL does seem to help. >> ;-) >> >> It seems to work OK now. Though as you state, I don't want that long >> pause while the file downloads. Of course, the next obvious question is >> how do I use the load URL command to the same thing? From what I can >> tell, load URL puts the file into memory. I then need to save it to disk >> but have no idea how to do so. >> >> Also, I noticed that instead of ending up with a binary file when using >> put URL, I actually ended up with a text file with a .zip extension. It >> did unzip with no problem. I'm guessing I have to do some kind of magic >> to make the file into an actual zip file for Mac OS X? >> >> Thanks again, >> >> -Rodney > > Rodney, > > glad I could help. One of the best places to learn about the commands is > the built in Dictionary, you just launch the documentation from the help > menu and chose dictionary, all your commands are there with nice > explanations. I spend more time in the docs than actually coding ;-) > > the load url command will cache a URL for you. One of the formats used > is: > > load URL <the url>, <the callback message> > > So you can use a code like this in your app. > > on mouseUp > load URL "http://cosmosui.org/cosmos/Cosmos_Alpha.zip";, "downloadDone > end mouseUp > > on downloadDone > put URL "http://cosmosui.org/cosmos/Cosmos_Alpha.zip"; into > "binfile:mysweetzipfile.zip" > end downloadDone > > > The load URL command will cache a URL, all subsequent calls to that URL > will use the cached version, pretty handy! As for the zipfile looking > like text, that happens due to macintosh type/creator codes. You must set > them for the finder to recognize the file as zip, it's pretty easy, you > just use: > > set the fileType to <type creator/code> > > before writing the file, I can't recall type creator codes for zip files > from memory, but googling for them you'll find the answer. > Cheers and welcome > andre > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
