Having trouble making an http connection

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Dear all,

I’m playing around with the sample code in the SDK and I’m trying to capture the “up” key in the custom video player example, sending the event to a php script I have and displaying it in the screen:
'If the key is pressed, jump out of this context:
else if msg.isRemoteKeyPressed()
index = msg.GetIndex()
print "Remote button pressed: " + index.tostr()
m.help = "Remote button pressed: " + index.tostr()
if index = 2 '
url = “http://192.168.1.217/myscript.php?keypress=” + index
m.help = m.help + “You pressed up! This is where we would capture your vote! ;o)”
xfer = CreateObject(“roURLTransfer”)
xfer.SetURL(“http://192.168.1.217/myscript.php?keypress=” + xfer.Escape(index))
response = xfer.GetToString()
m.help = m.help + response
m.setup()
else if index = 3 ' (toggle fullscreen)
…

Any idea why my box hangs when I do this?
I also tried copying the urlUtils.brs from another sample and using:
http = NewHttp(“http://192.168.1.217/myscript.php?keypress=” + xfer.Escape(index))
rsp = http.GetToStringWithRetry()

But that also hangs my Roku…

Any thoughts?

p.s. on an unrelated matter, is BrightScript CaseSenSitive?

Thanks,
Luis

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What does the debugger say? What happens when you try to pull the page request in a browser? And it’s possible that the script is adding an http://, so try removing yours in your string.

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I see a couple of places where you’re using ‘index’ (an Integer) where a String is expected:

url = "http://192.168.1.217/myscript.php?keypress=" + index

and

xfer.SetURL("http://192.168.1.217/myscript.php?keypress=" + xfer.Escape(index))

You might want to try using index.ToStr() instead.

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Ah, that worked! Thanks guys!!!