Yay, progress. Sounds like a note to Dreamhost would fix it, they should be able to set it up for you. I'm pretty sure it's a server server thing.
On December 18, 2014 5:49:20 PM CST, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >Thanks for this suggestion, which I should have tried. There is indeed >an error that occurs immediately after getting the file: >error Protocol https not supported or disabled in libcurl > >I assume the libcurl library is a hosting thing, and not an LC server >thing. I did a little reading and from what I can tell libcurl is >capable of supporting HTTPS, so now I’m trying to figure out if I need >to somehow enable this on my (shared) DreamHost server? > >Regards, > >Scott Rossi >Creative Director >Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > >On Dec 18, 2014, at 3:07 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> >wrote: > >> Have you tried checking "the result" all over the place? There should >be some info in there. Use a "put" statement to output the result into >the browser window: >> >> if the result is not empty then put the result >> >> Also somewhere early in the sequence, set the script to report any >other errors. You can do that with: >> >> set the errorMode to "inline" >> >> Then if there are actual errors happening, they'll show up in the >browser too. >> >> If you aren't using a browser to trigger the server script, the >output will show up wherever you're calling the script from, like the >message box or whatever. >> >> >> On 12/18/2014, 12:24 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: >>> Thanks Jacque. >>> >>> The frustrating thing is this all of this used to work without any >issue. I don’t know if the problem is because of something DropBox >changed, a server update by my web host (DreamHost), or my update to >the 64 bit version of LC server. >>> >>> Simon Smith says he can access the test file from his pre 6.7 >version of LC server, so the problem would seem to be my host or LC >6.7. Even then, accessing the file works fine on the 6.7 desktop, so >I’m at a loss. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Scott Rossi >>> Creative Director >>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >>> >>> On Dec 18, 2014, at 10:05 AM, J. Landman Gay ><jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On 12/17/2014, 2:14 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: >>>>> Hi List: >>>>> >>>>> I¹m wondering if anyone has been using LC Server to serve files >from >>>>> DropBox. Since updating LC Server to 6.7 on my host (DreamHost), >it now >>>>> seems to be unable to retrieve files from DropBox. >>>>> >>>>> With the following script: >>>>> >>>>> put url "https://dl.dropbox.com/s/6fpl18ihvt7ffbl/test-image.zip" >into >>>>> theFile >>>>> put the length of theFile >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On a desktop system, this works as expected in the message box. >>>>> >>>>> On LC Server I get a value of 0. >>>> >>>> I'm not sure if this is related or not, but I had a similar issue >with AirLaunch when Dropbox eliminated their old-style default Public >folder. AirLaunch could no longer retrieve files using the new method >where you can share a link from anywhere in DB. But it could still do >it if the file was in my grandfathered Public folder. >>>> >>>> DB allows you to create an old-style Public folder if you don't >already have one but they hide the information pretty well on their >site. If you think this may be related to your problem and you don't >yet have a Public folder, I can try to find the link for you. Once my >customers created a Public folder and put the files in there, AirLaunch >started working again. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >>>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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 > >_______________________________________________ >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 -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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