LC 8 and JSON

[Peter Haworth]

Hi Devin,
I'm using jsonImport in LC8DP7 with no issues, haven't tried it in DP8 or
DP9 yet.  The only difference is I use textDecode on the URL.  I'm using it
to decode the LC8 dictionary file.

Pete
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On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Peter TB Brett <peter.brett at livecode.com>
wrote:

> On 13/11/2015 19:28, Devin Asay wrote:
>
>> Anyone used the JSON library with the latest LC 8 RC’s? I’m trying to do
>> some simple testing and getting an error every time.
>>
>> I have a stack with a button and a field. The button script is this:
>>
>> on mouseUp
>>    answer file "Choose a JSON file:" as sheet
>>    if it is empty then exit to top
>>    put it into tJsonTxt
>>    put url ("file:" & tJsonTxt) into fld "rawJSON"
>>    put JsonImport(tJsonTxt) into tLCtext
>>    put tLCText is an array # do a  simple check to see what kind of
>> data’s returned
>> end mouseUp
>>
>> It always errors at put JsonImport: “execution error at line 6
>> (extension: error occurred with domain) near “runtime”, char 9”.
>>
>> The JSON file is a simple example from http://json.org/example.html .
>>
>> Do I just fundamentally not get how to use libraries in LC 8? I want to
>> make sure I’m not doing something stupid before I start filing bug reports.
>>
>
> Don't worry, you're not doing anything wrong as far as I can tell.
>
> Exactly which of the examples are you trying to import?
>
> Thanks,
>
>                  Peter
>
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