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, 200718 yr by Guest

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

Hi,

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