Rev as Linux Shell Script

[Mike Bonner]

I have a question regarding this, if one were to copy the script as you
explained, and instead of placing it in a stack could one paste it into an
.irev file and use it as an include with revserver scripts?

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:03 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:

> On 10/28/10 2:08 PM, Bill Andersen wrote:
>
>  I've used PHP to do 'shell utilities', I sure wish Rev could act
>> similar.  How nice would it be to just have one language/syntax for
>> the bulk of your code.
>>
>
> You can insert libURL (or any other script) into the message path so that
> commands to the library will work with your CGI script. It takes a little
> bit of set up.
>
> First, in the View menu in the IDE, choose to show "LiveCode UI Elements in
> lists". Then open the Application Browser and all the IDE stacks will
> appear. Scroll to the "revLibrary" stack in the left-hand list, expand it,
> click on its single card, and in the right side panel find the button
> "revLibURL'. Right-click to edit its script, then copy it.
>
> Paste the script into the stack script of a new mainstack (for this way of
> doing it, it has to be the stack script.) Save the stack as "revLibURL" or
> similar. Upload the stack to your CGI folder on the server and set its
> permissions to 755.
>
> In your CGI script, put this near the beginning after the "on startup"
> line:
>
>  start using stack "revLibURL"
>
> That will make the libURL script available to your CGI. After that you
> should be able to use libURL handlers as you do in the IDE. (In theory;
> haven't actually tried it. But that's how you create pseudo-includes.)
>
> The libURL library is updated frequently, so you'll have to repeat this
> process every time a new version of LiveCode is released if you want to stay
> current.
>
> --
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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