Curious Glitch in My FTP App
Hello everyone, I created a desktop utility that allows my students to access files on my Mac via FTP. I compiled it for Mac, Windows, and Linux. The app opens with a user ID and password field so that students can create accounts. Most students have been able to create accounts without a problem, but I have had three or four instances of students not being able to sign back in after creating an account. The sign-in process is a simple one where the user ID and password they provide in the app is used to retrieve the account file and authenticate. Seems that for some of my Windows users, nothing happens when they click the Sign In button, that is, there is no error but the app is not picking anything up to authenticate. Here’s an excerpt of an email from one of my students, who refers to the sign-in not working from her PC laptop. When I tried to sign in on my laptop it still didn't work. But when I tried on a Mac I was able to access it. Any thoughts? Gregory ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Curious Glitch in My FTP App
Could it not be related to urlencode / charset handling troubles ? Le 9 sept. 2011 à 17:35, Gregory Lypny a écrit : > Hello everyone, > > I created a desktop utility that allows my students to access files on my Mac > via FTP. I compiled it for Mac, Windows, and Linux. The app opens with a > user ID and password field so that students can create accounts. Most > students have been able to create accounts without a problem, but I have had > three or four instances of students not being able to sign back in after > creating an account. The sign-in process is a simple one where the user ID > and password they provide in the app is used to retrieve the account file and > authenticate. Seems that for some of my Windows users, nothing happens when > they click the Sign In button, that is, there is no error but the app is not > picking anything up to authenticate. Here’s an excerpt of an email from one > of my students, who refers to the sign-in not working from her PC laptop. > > When I tried to sign in on my laptop it still didn't work. But when I > tried on a Mac I was able to access it. > > Any thoughts? > > Gregory > > > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Curious Glitch in My FTP App
Hello Pierre, Thank you for responding. Yes, it may be. The account files are comma-delimited text and are sitting on my remote Mac, which acts as the server. What you do suggest? Clean the line endings? I’ve also been looking for a LiveCode function that tells me the OS os the user but cannot find one. I know it exists! Gregory On Fri, Sep 9, 2011, at 1:00 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > Could it not be related to urlencode / charset handling troubles ? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Curious Glitch in My FTP App
Recently, Gregory Lypny wrote: > I¹ve also been looking for a LiveCode function that tells me the OS os the > user but cannot find one. I know it exists! Do you mean platform() ? Or systemVersion() ? Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Curious Glitch in My FTP App
Le 9 sept. 2011 à 19:56, Gregory Lypny a écrit : > Hello Pierre, > > Thank you for responding. Yes, it may be. The account files are > comma-delimited text and are sitting on my remote Mac, which acts as the > server. What you do suggest? Clean the line endings? How are your "account files" handled, by hand (if yes, try how it goes in saving them in different charset (UTF-8, ISO-8859-1 (Latin 1), ... in using TextMate or the excellent free TextWrangler) and different line ending options ((LF, CR, CRLF) to track the problem) or programmatically (if yes, way one test should help too)? > > I’ve also been looking for a LiveCode function that tells me the OS os the > user but cannot find one. I know it exists! > > Gregory > > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011, at 1:00 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > >> Could it not be related to urlencode / charset handling troubles ? > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Curious Glitch in My FTP App
Hi Pierre and Scott, Thanks for responding. Yes, Scott, it was Platform that I was looking for. Thanks. Pierre, it looks like my students may, in fact, be writing to the account files using a variety of line endings. When I replace various endings with Return, it seems to go away. Thanks for the tips. Regards, Gregory On Fri, Sep 9, 2011, at 10:26 PM, Pierre wrote: > How are your "account files" handled, by hand (if yes, try how it goes in > saving them in different charset (UTF-8, ISO-8859-1 (Latin 1), ... in using > TextMate or the excellent free TextWrangler) and different line ending > options ((LF, CR, CRLF) to track the problem) or programmatically (if yes, > way one test should help too)? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
