Browser widget and local files?

[richmond62]

Let us suppose I have a very basic stack with a single browser widget in it . . .

Now I have an HTML document stored locally that I wish to display in that browser, but seem not to be able to . . .
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Quite obviously I have NO problem displaying the same web page at its location on the internet:
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https://richmondmathewson.owlstown.net/

[richmond62]

Hmm:

viewtopic.php?t=27630

would it be possible to set the specialFolderPath to inside a Mac App bundle?

[Klaus]

Hi Richmond,

1. the url needs to be correctly encoded, but even that does not work here, tested with LC 9.6.13 and 10.

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on mouseUp
   put "/Volumes/1TB/Livecode Hilfe/x-on-limit/Website/index.html" into tUrl

   ## NO spaces in URLs
   replace " " with "%20" in tUrl
   
   ## blank page :-/
   set the url of widget 1 to ("file:" & tUrl)

   ## RESULT = EMTPY?
   put the result
end mouseUp

This is exactly what the dictionary suggests, no idea what is going wrong...

2. we cannot SET a specialfolderpath, but -> specialfolderpath("resources") is the folder inside a Mac app package,
where you find all the files and folders you added via "Copy files..." in the "Standalone Application Settings".

Best

Klaus

[FourthWorld]

Let us suppose I have a very basic stack with a single browser widget in it . . .

Now I have an HTML document stored locally that I wish to display in that browser, but seem not to be able to . . .

Quite obviously I have NO problem displaying the same web page at its location on the internet:

Does the local copy of the page render well in your browser, outside of LC?

[Klaus]

Yes, sure!

[SWEdeAndy]

This works perfectly well for me:

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   answer file "Select file"
   set the URL of widget "MyBrowser" to "file:" & it

If you still get a blank browser, then delete the browser widget and add a fresh one. It can get stuck somehow, especially if you've gone forth and back between setting the url and setting the htmlText of it.

[Klaus]

I always use this to get the complete pathname:

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answer file "sdasdasdasd"
put it

Then copy/paste to avoid typos and to write down the complete pathname.
Tried with a couple of "fresh" browser widgets, evern restarted LC and tried this with a new stack and widget, NO DICE!?

Tested with LC 9.6.13 and 10.0.0.

[bobcole]

The dictionary says "set the URL of widget to pUrl" is the command.
Therefore to display the document, place this in front like this:

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file:///Users/richmond/Desktop/Hax 11 April/Test/Richmond Mathewson.html

Note that there are three slashes in front.
Save and close the file. <--Important, I think.
Re-open the file.
It should work.
Bob

Note: the file name may contain spaces.

[Klaus]

Hi Bob,

thanks a lot, I somehow missed the two leading slashes //.
Works as advertized now!

Best

Klaus