Arggggh. put Google maps URL weirdness

[Alex Tweedly]

Haven't tried, but I always use parentheses with URL, so try

put url ("http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center="&  fld "place"&  "&zoom=8&size=512x512&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false") into someimage


-- Alex.

On 11/03/2011 10:55, Gerry wrote:
> This works:
>
> put url "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=canberra&zoom=8&size=512x512&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false" into someimage
> put someimage into image 1
>
>
>
> But when I use the text in a field in building the url it breaks - I get a "bad request 400 error" from the Google server:
>
> put url "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center="&  fld "place"&  "&zoom=8&size=512x512&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false" into someimage
> put someimage into image 1
>
> What am I missing? When I write the string out to the message box and then paste that into the url field in my browser, it works fine.
>
> Argggh.
>
> Gerry
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> use-livecode mailing list
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
>