initial method call when app launch

[theotherbassist]

You are right there is little to no good documentation on LC7, especially for beginners.

I only meant LC7 lessons on XML were lacking... not lessons for the whole platform.

I concede,
Here is a very basic example:
http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=27137

Keep in mind, though, that I only figured this stuff out via the dictionary... And I'm a psychologist with no background in coding.

[bbhank]

And I'm a psychologist with no background in coding.

You are a psychologist, you have THE background for coding.

[Simon]

And yes, Simon I am using LC 7.1.3 and that is one of the stacks I have. I don't get any errors with it though.

OK I upgraded to 7.1.3 but I still can't get it to work.
Line 46 of the card script;

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put revCreateXMLTree(tWebPage, false, true, false) into tTreeID

The dictionary has no entry for "revCreateXMLTree", not even in LC v6 (where it does work for me), I wonder if it's a super secret left over.

Has "tob" answered your RSS problem?

Simon

[theotherbassist]

The dictionary has no entry for "revCreateXMLTree", not even in LC v6 (where it does work for me), I wonder if it's a super secret left over.
Simon

Don't want to give away too much, but I tried to warn bbhank about that example being a particularly convoluted one... turns out it makes up its own syntax too https://livecode.com/resources/api/#liv ... createtree

[bbhank]

Answered Plus.

My epiphany was W3 Schools - http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_whatis.asp.
That helped in understanding what's in a feed. Crucial. They explain exactly what XML is. Had to read it again and again.

These scripts do work. I wound up being able to produce this:

by using these as tutorials:

rss_readers.zip

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Gets you the feed from your choice of source, and links you to the article.

Thank you all. (Y'all)