TextReader
Description
The TextReader block reads in a URL and outputs the result as a string. Use a DataReader instead when the data is structured.
Attributes
- Input [string input]: The block that outputs an url to be retrieved.
- Name [string]: The name of the block.
- RefreshTrigger [trigger input]: A block that fires a trigger when the data should be refreshed.
- String [string, readonly]: The last string output.
- StringChanged [event]: Event raised when the string has changed.
- Url [string]: The URL of the image to download. When the ImageBuffer is specified, the ImageBuffer image will display until the image from the URL is loaded.
Output connectors
- String: The downloaded text.
Example
1 <!-- This simple example will display the sourcecode of a webpage. -->
2 <TextReader Name="reader" Url="http://www.google.com"/>
3
4 <VisualPage>
5 <VisualContent>
6 <VisualText Input="reader" MultiLine="true"/>
7 </VisualContent>
8 </VisualPage>