jsonImport or JSONToArray

[Douglas Ruisaard]

Thanks for the reply, Matthias.  Yes... I forgot to include the fact that I also tested BOTH with the "default" setting for Inclusions (LC finds them) and selecting the JSON library, manually.  I've tried to keep the demonstration code simple, so I only tried to "include" the "JSON Library" (but also the "Answer Dialog" and "Ask Dialog" were checked by LC) ... should I also include something else?

The fact that BOTH functions (jsonImport and JsonToArray) fail (assuming they actually call different code within LC) may be significant.

Can you or someone try the code I provided in both scenarios (within development and as a standalone), please?  As I stated, I have tried it on BOTH Windows and MAC OS resulting in the same choke point.  You could do as I did (apparent in the code) and create a Custom Key within the button (I called the button "ThingSpeak_Fetch") with the custom key as "json" and the value being the JSON string (which you could cut and paste into the key's value from this message)

Douglas Ruisaard
Trilogy Software
(250) 573-3935

> 
> Douglas,
> 
> did you try to select the inclusions manually in StandaloneBuilder settings?
> 
> I might be wrong, but i think i remember there was a problem with including that library when
> ?searching for inclusions? was selected in the SB settings.
> 
> Regards,
> Matthias
> 
> 
> Matthias Rebbe
> 
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> > Am 22.10.2018 um 00:45 schrieb Douglas Ruisaard via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>:
> >
> > Has anyone recently tried to create a standalone app which includes either a jsonImport or JSONToArray call?
> >
> > While my code works perfectly when run within the LC API, once a standalone is produced, it chokes
> > on either one of these calls.  I've reduced the code to its bare essentials.  A sample/simple JSON
> > string I am trying is:
> >
> > {
> > "array": [
> >   1,
> >   2,
> >   3
> > ],
> > "boolean": true,
> > "null": null,
> > "number": 123,
> > "object": {
> >   "a": "b",
> >   "c": "d",
> >   "e": "f"
> > },
> > "string": "Hello World"
> > }
> >
> > This string is embedded as a Custom Property within a button.  The button calls the following:
> >
> > on mouseUp
> >
> > // just empty everything to make sure things are in a known state
> >
> >     put empty into temp
> >     put empty into tArray
> >     put empty into dispArray
> >     put empty into tJson
> >
> >     get the json of button "ThingSpeak_Fetch"
> >     put it into testJson
> >
> > // display the JSON before it is converted into an array
> >
> >     answer "Simple JSON example:" & cr & testJson
> >
> > // this line (either "version") will choke the standalone... it
> > //doesn't lock it up in the API
> >
> >     put JsonToArray(testJson) into tArray
> >     //put jsonImport(testJson) into tArray
> >
> >     put displayArrayData(tArray,  "") into dispArray
> >     answer dispArray
> >
> > end mouseUp
> >
> > function displayArrayData pArray, pIndent
> >     # create the variable that loops through the keys in the array
> >     local tKey
> >     if pArray is an array then
> >          # print information to indicate that we are entering a new nested level of the array
> >          get "Array" & return
> >          # print full stops that allow the reader to track the depth of an element
> >          put "." after pIndent
> >          # create the indentation
> >          put tab after pIndent
> >          repeat for each key tKey in pArray
> >               # call displayArrayData with a nested array
> >               put format("%s[%s] => %s\n", pIndent, tKey, displayArrayData (pArray[tKey], pIndent)) after it
> >          end repeat
> >          delete the last char of it
> >          return it
> >     else
> >          return pArray
> >     end if
> > end displayArrayData
> >
> > The function call simply outputs the converted array.... and will do so when this code is run from
> within the API ... but create a Windows standalone and the array output is never generated.
> >
> > I've tried this in Windows 7 Enterprise SP1, LC: 8.1.9, 8.1.10 and
> > 9.0.1 ... also tried on MAC Sierra (10.12.6) and LC 8.1.9
> >
> > All platforms behave identically as described above
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated... meanwhile I'll be submitting this to
> > LC directly
> >
> > Douglas Ruisaard
> > Trilogy Software
> > (250) 573-3935
> >
> >
> >
> >
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