Thanks Tracy, I have all the complete set of Chilkat controls from about 4 years ago for POP and SMTP access etc and it worked really well. I'll give it a second visit seeing as how I purchased it to see if it holds any treasures.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson Sent: 13 September 2016 13:00 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Google API for Geocoding ... Again Dave, Web calls from VFP require a COM object, or Rick's WestWind tool for C# DLL interaction. I am working with a COM control which has both http and JSON built into it. The full suite has many things, including pop, SMTP, IMAPI, and more. You can find it inexpensive at http://chilkatsoft.com The developer is responsive to support request. There are many FoxPro examples on the site. I will say building JSON is faster with string building in VFP, than with any tool I've used. I have tried the VFP classes available to use JSON with the project data I'm working on. The speed of them is far too slow. The larger more complex the JSON, the slower the VFP tools worked. This COM object is quick. And looping through an array doesn't require much. https://www.example-code.com/foxpro/json_paths.asp HTH, Tracy On September 13, 2016 6:44:10 AM EDT, Dave Crozier <[email protected]> wrote: >Fellow Gentlemen, >I posted a request about doing geocoding requests to receive back a >Lat/Long dataset for various addresses a few weeks ago and now find >that Google do in fact provide a Geocoding service: > >https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/start > >The responses back from the requests are all JSON from a Java Script >API run by Google. I have looked over Rick's Westwind site to try and >get a start on using this method to get back a JSON response but seem >to be getting nowhere fast. Anyone got any ideas on a simple & neat way >of retrieving this data back using VFP programmatically? Either that or >anyone know a free Geocoding site that would handle up to 100 name and >address calls per day ideally by sending a text file and receiving one >back which could be automated from the VFP end. > >Never even looked at Web services in anger before so it all seems a >little baffling and terribly long winded at the moment unless I am >missing something obvious. > >Note I don't want to have to drop into an intermediate program/language >to accomplish this, if possible. > >Dave > -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
