URL question

[Mark Swindell]

What happens if you put value(varName)?

Also,  when you put the variable into the message box do you have the 5 
returned to  you?  You could declare it a global and check the contents 
to make sure it holds what you want.
Mark

On Mar 18, 2005, at 4:41 PM, Varen Swaab wrote:

> Thanks everyone,
>
> I appreciate the help but nothing has worked for me. I agree, the 
> examples you are giving should work and if I simply put a numerical 
> value in place of the variable it works just fine, but the variable 
> just doesn't work. Do you have any idea why it wouldn't work? This is 
> pretty simple code so it must be another factor, I just can't think of 
> what...hmmmm.
>
> Thanks
>
> Var
>
>
>
> On 18-Mar-05, at 11:54 AM, T. R. Ponn wrote:
>
>> Varen,
>>
>> This also works:
>>
>> on mouseUp
>>  put "16bie" into user
>>  get url("http://www.alptex.com/products/emulators/alptex16bie/"&user)
>>  put it into msg -- the html of the page titled "16bie.html" on our 
>> site is in the msg box
>> end mouseUp
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Tim Ponn
>>
>>
>>
>> Varen Swaab wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I'm trying to load a file from a server by constructing an url which 
>>> has a variable as part of the string. When I remove the variable 
>>> code and use just a straight url everything works fine, the file on 
>>> the server is found and loaded:
>>>
>>> get url "http://www.domain.com/view/xml/name/5"    <<< this works!!
>>>
>>> However, when I try to insert a variable into the url string the 
>>> file still loads from the server but the variable was not correctly 
>>> passed onto the server--- resulting in the wrong page being sent 
>>> back.
>>>
>>> global user
>>> put "5" into user
>>> get url "http://www.domain.com/view/xml/name/&user&"  <<< this 
>>> doesn't work
>>>
>>> Klaus' suggestion didn't work either:
>>>
>>> get url("http://www.domain.com/view/xml/name/" & user)  <<< this 
>>> doesn't work either
>>>
>>> I'm confident other parts of this, such as the server, etc are setup 
>>> properly because if I simply put a "5" in the url I get the correct 
>>> response.
>>>
>>> I hope this is enough information.
>>>
>>>
>>> Var
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18-Mar-05, at 11:27 AM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:
>>>
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>>>> What do you mean it "doesn't work"?  Do you get an error message, 
>>>> or do you expect something to happen that doesn't...
>>>>
>>>> If you could be more specific about what you are trying to do, we 
>>>> could probably help you more effectively.
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 18, 2005, at 1:50 PM, Varen Swaab wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Klaus
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the idea but this doesn't work either. There is 
>>>>> something about this syntax that isn't right. Do you have another 
>>>>> idea?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18-Mar-05, at 1:57 AM, Klaus Major wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Varen,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm new at this so please go easy...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm trying to put a global variable into a url string and I'm 
>>>>>>> not getting it to work. I think my syntax is messed up. The 
>>>>>>> variable is set properly. The variable is named "user" and has a 
>>>>>>> value of  "3".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> get url "http://www.domain.com/view/xml/name/&user&"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to write this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> maybe you mean this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> get url("http://www.domain.com/view/xml/name/" & user)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You have to "build" the appropriate string first...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks very much
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Var
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Klaus Major
>>>>>> klaus at major-k.de
>>>>>> http://www.major-k.de
>>>>>>
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