Can Rev as CGI pull an URL's HTML into a variable?

[Phil Davis]

Second thoughts...

An alternate approach would be to forget the 'libraryStack' handler and just set 
the script of your new stack to the script of the "revLiburl" button. Then do 
everything else as already stated. This is a little more simple conceptually.

Phil


Phil Davis wrote:
> In the IDE, you can create a stack (named "inetCode" below) and copy 
> button "revLibUrl" of stack "revlibrary" to it. Then in the stack script:
> 
> 
> on libraryStack
>   insert script of btn "revLibUrl" of this stack into back
> end libraryStack
> 
> 
> Near the beginning of your CGI script, you would then have this line:
> 
>   start using stack "inetCode"
> 
> Now just make sure the "inetCode" stack is in the same folder as your 
> script and the engine, and I think it should work - unless I've 
> overlooked something... nahhh, that never happens... ;o)
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> RGould8 at aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 8/15/06 3:36:02 PM, revdev at pdslabs.net writes:
>>
>>
>>> Don't you need to be using libURL for this to work? So before you 
>>> issue 'put
>>> url', your CGI would need to 'start using' a stack that includes libUrl.
>>>
>>> Phil Davis
>>>
>>
>> I think I understand what you're saying - - - now since I'm just 
>> running the revolution engine as a non-GUI CGI on Mac OS X, can you 
>> tell me what exactly I'd need to reference as a "stack that includes 
>> libURL?"   When I downloaded the revolution engine for Mac OS X Unix, 
>> it only came with 1 "rev" file.