socket programming

[ivaho]

I'am trying to write a small program that plays movies files on my server.

On the server in command line I can type in {play 1 amb} and than movie amb is being played

In live code I can create a button. That plays that file.
{write "play 1 amb " & format("\r\n") to socket "localhost:5250"} (thanks Sturgis )

Now I have a small piece of script that puts files from a dir into a scrolling list field.

What i'am now looking for is a way to play the file that is select in my scrolling list field on my server

Should be something like
write "play 1

• " & format("\r\n") to socket "localhost:5250"
  
  How to get the tekst from the scrolling list field into that code??
  
  Kind regards
  Ivo

[Klaus]

Hi Ivo,

try something like this in the script of that scrolling list field with teh files:

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on mouseup
  put the selectedtext of me into tFile
  put "play 1" && tFile && "format("\r\n") into tSocketString
  write tSocketString to socket "localhost:5250"
end mouseup

Not tested but should work.. (Famous last words )


Best

Klaus

[ivaho]

Thanks,

It worked.

Another question, what if i would like to add some tekst to tFile later on.
tFile contains my selected text and i want to add the word 'twice'

So tFile would than contain the selected movie
Match
And the added word
Twice

Kind regards and many thanks for your help