Getting Webpage Information

Bob Sneidar bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com
Mon Mar 28 16:50:17 EDT 2022


I get the web page text, but not any of the values in the fields, nor even any of the body text. I think that is because the page I am looking at is Java based. I'd LOVE to figure out a way to get THAT text as it would make my job of backing up copier data during installs MUCH quicker. 

Bob S


> On Mar 28, 2022, at 13:38 , Tom Glod via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Rick,
> 
> try the htmltext property instead of text. I just tested it, it works and
> text does not.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 5:53 PM Rick Harrison via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Keith,
>> 
>> Yes, I have tried that several times and ways.  It doesn’t seem to work.
>> One would think that would work fine.
>> 
>> Other ideas?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Rick
>> 
>>> On Mar 27, 2022, at 3:58 PM, Keith Clarke via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Rick,
>>> Maybe try 'put the text of widget "youtBrowserName" into field
>> "yourFieldName" ' to get the plain text? If you need the html source, try
>> '...the htmlText' of widget...
>>> Best,
>>> Keith
>> 
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