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Posting URLs in MediaLab 2004

  1. 01-09-2009, 10:11 AM#1
    Jamal

    Posting URLs in MediaLab 2004

    [edited by moderator]
    Hi,

    I cannot get MediaLab to display the URL http://psyc.queensu.ca/~rodlab/Descriptions5/index.html. I have placed a form online and have a handler that catches the data and writes it to a data file. I know this online form works, as I have been using it for months.

    Any idea what I am doing wrong? I have placed the URL in the "File Name" and the "Background" fields of my questionnaire, but I have not been able to get the URL to appear.

    I am able to get other URLs to work, though. I have tried www.google.ca and http://google.ca and both work fine.
  2. 01-14-2009, 8:04 PM#2
    jarvis24 Blair Jarvis, Administrator
    Can you attach a copy of the que file?
  3. 01-14-2009, 9:48 PM#3
    Jamal
    Sure. It is below. I was just testing out the method when I came across the problem, so the questionnaire file is pretty bare bones.

    Thanks for your help!
  4. 01-15-2009, 2:18 PM#4
    jarvis24 Blair Jarvis, Administrator
    Ahh, I think I know what it might be. Not sure if MediaLab still does this, but in v2004 it converted URLS to lowercase. I do not remember the rationale. This created an issue on some servers (e.g., Unix) which are case sensitive. If this is the issue, then a simple work-around would be to convert your actual URL path to lower case. In your case this would mean changing "Descriptions5" to "descriptions5". Can't promise anything but I think that would solve it.

    PS., the copy of the post you saw via email doesn't appear here because I deleted and re-wrote it.
  5. 01-15-2009, 3:44 PM#5
    Jamal
    Worked like a charm. Thanks!