Mobile Check Bandwidth Function

[Bob Sneidar]

I am getting a reply right away. But this is interesting. I wonder if a similar call can be made to a SQL server? Just knowing I have an internet connection is not enough. I need to know if the SQL server is visible. I also need to know when the network has changed as I reauthenticate when the database connection disappears. 

Bob S


> On Jul 4, 2017, at 10:56 , Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> on pingServer
>  put url https://www.himalayanacademy.com/ping.txt" into sOneLineStatus # the file contains one word "true"
> end pingServer
> 
> Is blocking… on the desktop took sometimes 3 minutes (Yeah.. no kidding) for Livecode to step through that line and return "empty") 
> on mobile the app will just hang… but the I had this "ahha!" moment where I thought "Duh, Scott Raney solved this 20 years ago" (really been that long?)