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From: Matthew 'Fringe' Duhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 9:32 AM
Subject: Making a telnet app
> Hello, fellow Revolutionaries!
> I've only recently discovered this wonderful program and I am excited at
the
> prospect of what it can do. I have gone through the tutorials and have
begun
> building an app of my own using Rev 1.1a6 for MacOS 9. I am familiar with
> various languages but I must admit that I've never programmed in
> HyperCard/SuperCard/MetaCard before, so I feel a bit lost at times. I'm
> willing to learn, though. I've got a few questions to start, and I'm sure
> I'll have more later. With Revolution's built-in socket support, I'm
looking
> to try making a simple telnet client app to start. I can open a socket and
I
> think (by monitoring the server) send data from a field. However, I'm
stuck
> trying to receive data to place into a field. I've figured out from
browsing
> the dictionary that I can use
>
> read from socket "xx.xx.xx.xx:port" until empty
>
> to read a line at a time from the server. However, with telnet I
anticipate
> receiving multiple lines at once. How can I loop this or have it
continually
> read in new lines from the server? Right now I've basically got two
fields -
> one for the text from the server and one for the input - and a button that
> sends the text to the server on mouseUp. (Oh, and a button to
> connect/disconnect to the server, where the open socket command is)
> Am I going about this the right way? Please help a Card newbie. Thanks!
>
> Sincerely,
> Matt
>
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> Matthew Duhan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://shell2.primushost.com/~fringe
> When I want my opinions I'll ask me for them.
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>
>
Hi there,
I made a Telnet app once... But before I give away anything, there's been a
lot of mailing around on telnet and MC on this and anoyher mailing list
considering decoding. Anyway.. what I use is an on Idle handler
with the following script in the card Script
on Idle
global TelnetSocket
read from socket TelnetSocket until empty
if it <> "" then
put it after field 1
else
pass idle
end if
end Idle
Regards, Miel
