GLog & GDownloadUrl

[timothyb]

Clearly these functions are not in v3 (yet). Is there an intention to
do so or are they too 'heavyweight'?

Cheers,
Tim B.

[John Coryat]

You can use http request directly instead of GDownloadURL, it's just a wrapper to that function anyway. You can pretty much use alert in most cases where you had GLog before.

My example http://www.usnaviguide.com/v3maps/WhatZipCode.htm uses a home grown version of GDownloadURL, feel free to copy it if you want.

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-John Coryat, USNaviguide LLC

[timothyb]

> My examplehttp://www.usnaviguide.com/v3maps/WhatZipCode.htmuses a home

> grown version of GDownloadURL, feel free to copy it if you want.

Thanks for such a timely response. I've give it a shot,

Cheers, Tim

[pamela fox]

Hi Timothy -

We may add that kind of functionality as additional libraries, but not
in the core API.

Most developers seem to use a library like jQuery or Prototype for
generic functions like these, nowadays. The API v2 was created at a
time when no such libraries existed, and thus they were absolutely
necessary.

Please follow John's recommendation.

- pamela

[String]

On modern browsers you can also use console.log() for debugging; the
output will appear in Firebug, Dragonfly, or other JS debugger. Just
remember to remove them (or wrap them in a "if (!!window.console)"
test) before deploying your site, or you'll get errors on IE6/7.

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