336 Chapter 12: Methods
To see an example of getNetText() used in a completed movie, see the Forms and Post movie in
the Learning/Lingo folder inside the Director application folder.
Parameters
URL
Required. The URL to the file that contains the text to get.
propertyList Optional. Specifies a property list used for CGI queries.
serverOSString Optional. Specifies the encoding of return characters in propertyList.
characterSet Optional. Specifies character settings.
Example
This script retrieves text from the URL http://BigServer.com/sample.txt and updates the field cast
member the mouse pointer is on when the mouse button is clicked:
property spriteNum
property theNetID
on mouseUp me
theNetID = getNetText ("http://BigServer.com/sample.txt")
end
on exitFrame me
if netDone(theNetID) then
sprite(spriteNum).member.text = netTextResult(theNetID)
end if
end
This example retrieves the results of a CGI query:
getNetText("http://www.yourserver.com/cgi-bin/query.cgi?name=Bill")
This is the same as the previous example, but it uses a property list to submit a CGI query, and
does the URL encoding for you:
getNetText("http://www.yourserver.com/cgi-bin/query.cgi", [#name:"Bill"])
See also
netDone(), netError(), netTextResult()
getNormalized
Usage
getNormalized(vector)
vector.getNormalized()
Description
3D vector method; copies the vector and divides the x, y, and z components of the copy by the
length of the original vector. The resulting vector has a length of 1 world unit.
This method returns the copy and leaves the original vector unchanged. To normalize the original
vector, use the
normalize command.
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