check for remote file and stop execution if it doesnt exist.

[supadodger 0]

i want a remote kill switch in one of my scripts.

i figured the easiest way is to check for a file on a website and if its no longer there to just end.

$exists = InetGet("http://www.mydomain.com", "kill.txt", 1, 0)
If $exists = 0 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Registration Failed", "Registration Failed")

    Else
ENDIF

im sure im doing it wrong because it dont work.

just not sure what im doing wrong.

[Jos 1,044]

You are not checking for a file, just the default website.

Jos

[supadodger 0]

$size = InetGetSize("http://www.mydomain.com/kill")
If $size <> 4 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Verification Failed", "Verification Failed")
    Exit
    Else
    ENDIF

that works checking the size.

id still appreciate if anyone knows a better way of doing this.

Edited March 21, 2009 by supadodger

[Jos 1,044]

id still appreciate if anyone knows a better way of doing this.

It all depends what the real porpose is of all of this, because in general its not really apreciated by many when you connect to an Internetsite without informing the user of the program.

Jos

[supadodger 0]

It all depends what the real porpose is of all of this, because in general its not really apreciated by many when you connect to an Internetsite without informing the user of the program.

Jos

im making someone a script to automate something they do repeatedly online that usually takes them an hour.

the script is actually done but he wants to "try it out" before he pays me.

i want to be able to kill it if he doesnt pay.

that way he cant take it and not pay me.

[Jos 1,044]

Sounds like a good trust relation to do business.

Whatever you do there is a way to get around it.

Jos

[NBJ 0]

Maybe just a quick

if $Date > $invoiceDueDate then exit

Then send a new copy once they have paid??