Dropbox files to Minimalistic Text

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Anony Mouse

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Aug 6, 2012, 3:07:02 PM8/6/12
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I am trying to get files from Dropbox to appear in Minimalistic Text to no avail. I'm not sure how to access my Dropbox files to be able to use "Read File" (which I am assuming is the action I use to get the data to appear?). I transferred the files from Dropbox with Dropsync, but from there I am lost as to how to get the files from Dropbox into the variable I have set for Minimalistic Text so that it would appear. Anyone have a clue as to how to do this?

Thank you for your help.

Cptnodegard

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Aug 6, 2012, 9:07:54 PM8/6/12
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You can either HTTP Get them by putting them in your public folder, or Read File them by first having Dropsync put them on your device. In the latter case, there's no difference between doing that and using any other type of Read File (assuming it's a file type it can read), you just need to point Read File to where Dropsync puts the file

Anony Mouse

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Aug 9, 2012, 10:10:47 PM8/9/12
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This is not quite working. I get a number of files a day every day. Nothing comes up in the variable to split when I use it as Read File. I ended up using List Files and it works to separate them out so that I can split them. They do get split, but I am having a problem with them showing on Minimalistic Text. I was able to get them all three showing a few days ago. Then, the following day, the data was not replaced by the new data but the new data was in the variables and split. When I would test the variables using flash, they flashed on the screen correctly, but they still would not show in Minimalistic Text. The screen stayed blank. [LOCTV] appears in the boxes where the text is supposed to be in Minimalistic Text. Tonight, I was able to get one of the two files I got today to appear on on of the Minimalistic Text widgets, but the other one refuses to do so. The variables are all correct, they appear in variables category and pop up correctly when using flash, but it still remains as a blank widget on the home screen and says [LOCTV] in Minimalistic Text.
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