Get url "file:///..."

[J. Landman Gay]

I generally put parentheses around the quoted file path. That forces the 
engine to treat it as a container rather than a string.

Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com



On June 20, 2016 8:39:16 PM Jim Hurley <jhurley0305 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Thanks for all the suggestions. So far no luck with any.
>
> No combination of back slashes work, and urlDecode() simply returns the 
> file name.
>
> Sarfari opens the file with no difficulty.
>
> Apparently Sarfari does something that LiveCode's  "get Url" doesn't.
>
> Jim
>
>> Dar Scott wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, checking 'the result' sounds like a good idea.
>>
>> I don't have a problem with ///, though, on my macOS (as we say instead of 
>> OS X these days).  Maybe that part depends on the OS.
>>
>> I have a feeling that we might be missing the core of the problem.
>>
>
>> On Jun 20, 2016, at 6:39 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ah. A combination of both.  get url urldecode(" file:/Users/jimhurley/
>> Library/Mail%20Downloads/elec_web/precincts/241.htm")  Still need to get
>> rid of the extra //.  If you check the result on fail it'll probably say
>> "can't open file". You'll need to urldecode to set the folder too if you
>> decide to go that way.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Dar Scott <dsc at swcp.com> wrote:
>>
>>> urlDecode() ?
>>>
>>>> On Jun 20, 2016, at 5:54 PM, Jim Hurley <jhurley0305 at sbcglobal.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I got this web page address from the county election's office:
>>>>
>>>>
>>> file:///Users/jimhurley/Library/Mail%20Downloads/elec_web/precincts/241.htm
>>>>
>>>> It opens when I paste  it into the address field in Safari.
>>>>
>>>> But
>>>>
>>>>  get url
>>> "file:///Users/jimhurley/Library/Mail%20Downloads/elec_web/precincts/241.htm"
>>>>
>>>> in Live Code leaves "it" empty.
>>>>
>>>> I need to get the source code (programmatically) so that I may parse
>>> "it" for voter results.
>>>>
>>>> Is there something I can do to the address that would make it acceptable
>>> to LiveCode's: get url
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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