Problems with command line app
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 4:34 pm
Hello,
I am trying to make an application that takes a Scratch project (https://scratch.mit.edu/) and converts it into another programming language (PAWN). I have completed everything, but have now run into a problem when deploying this application. The application will be running on a server, so it needs to run as a command line app.
Problem 1: 'put url' not working
The first part of the code is to retrieve the JSON data from the Scratch project and store it in a variable so it can then be read by other parts of the program. This part takes in two parameters: the ID of the scratch project which is used to get the JSON from the Scratch API, and a random ID which will be used to identify the build logs throughout later processes. This is the first part's code:
When the app is build and run from the command line as ./appName -ui 75043190 xxx, the result in the log file is:
The URL outputted to the log file is valid, and yet 'put url' does not work. In addition, if I change the above script so that instead of $1 and $2, paramiters are passed through, and type 'startup "75043190", "xxx"' into the message box, everything works. Does anyone know why this is and how to fix it?
Problem 2: LiveCode-built standalone does not run on the server
The next problem occurs when I take the build app and try to run it on my VPS. I get the message:
./appName : File or Directory not found.
The app *is* there, I can view it through ls, but for some reason it does not let me run it. Any help with this? My only thought would be to install a GUI and then LiveCode on the server, so I could try and 'Save as Standalone Application..' on the server, in case this made a difference. The server is running 64-bit Linux, and the laptop I am using to develop the app also runs 64-bit Linux.
Thanks for any help,
Andrew
I am trying to make an application that takes a Scratch project (https://scratch.mit.edu/) and converts it into another programming language (PAWN). I have completed everything, but have now run into a problem when deploying this application. The application will be running on a server, so it needs to run as a command line app.
Problem 1: 'put url' not working
The first part of the code is to retrieve the JSON data from the Scratch project and store it in a variable so it can then be read by other parts of the program. This part takes in two parameters: the ID of the scratch project which is used to get the JSON from the Scratch API, and a random ID which will be used to identify the build logs throughout later processes. This is the first part's code:
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global scratchData, rndID
on startup
log $1 & $2
put $1 into s1
put $2 into s2
put ("http://projects.scratch.mit.edu/internalapi/project/" & $1 & "/get/") into scratchURL
log scratchURL
put url scratchURL into scratchData
log scratchData
put $2 into rndID
if char 1 of rndID is space then put empty into char 1 of rndID
end startup
on log ttt
put the specialFolderPath of "Desktop" & "/t.txt" into tt
open file tt for append
write return & ttt to file tt
close file tt
end log
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75043190xxx
http://projects.scratch.mit.edu/internalapi/project/75043190/get/
Problem 2: LiveCode-built standalone does not run on the server
The next problem occurs when I take the build app and try to run it on my VPS. I get the message:
./appName : File or Directory not found.
The app *is* there, I can view it through ls, but for some reason it does not let me run it. Any help with this? My only thought would be to install a GUI and then LiveCode on the server, so I could try and 'Save as Standalone Application..' on the server, in case this made a difference. The server is running 64-bit Linux, and the laptop I am using to develop the app also runs 64-bit Linux.
Thanks for any help,
Andrew