GetLayoutObjectAttribute

[Simon K]

Hi everyone

I wish to get some data back from a URL...The URL is in the form of a "submission string" and I have correctly formatted the query string parameters to bring back data.

The returned data only consists of two lines of text in CSV format - the first being a header. The second is 4 very short fields.

On a layout I have a web viewer object named wvmileage

If i use a "custom url" ("http" etc as above) it does indeed return the text file into the viewer and if I then (in a script) set variable:

$temp = GetLayoutObjectAttribute("wvMileage";"content")

then $temp correctly returns the content of text file.

So far so good.

BUT the URL used is a chargeable web service and I really don't want the web viewer raising the query everytime the window is opened.

So I am trying to write a script that only queries the service when a button is clicked ie using the set web viewer script step with "go to URL". It works but now the $temp calc just returns an empty value...

Does anyone know why - is it a timing thing - does the web viewer have to show the result data before the GetLayoutObjectAttribute("wvMileage";"content") will work?

Many thanks

Edited November 22, 2007 by Guest

[aholtzapfel]

When do it this way you(or any way) you should check if the web page has been loaded into the webviewer before you set your variable.

Here is the code I use for html documents (the

[Simon K]

Hi,

thanks for that, will test in morning and let you know how i get on.