[Rd] Problems Reading from Socket

2006-07-21 Thread Mike Schaffer
My followup question went unanswered in another thread, so I thought I'd start a new one and rephrase it. I need to use CGI POST to retrieve data from a server, so thanks to Duncan's suggestion, I used the httpRequest package as example code for doing so. BUT, I have another problem. The

Re: [Rd] Post CGI forms with built-in R function?

2006-07-20 Thread Mike Schaffer
Thanks Duncan. I figured there was some limit. Your suggestion to check out the httpRequest code has me headed in the right direction, but I am having problems with the data returned from the socketConnection. Some of the returned data appears to improperly decoded. I don't know if I've s

[Rd] Post CGI forms with built-in R function?

2006-07-19 Thread Mike Schaffer
I wrote a package that requires downloading data from an external server based on parameters specified by the user. I have used RMySQL or Rcurl to accomplish this, but in the interest of simplicity for users of this package, I'd like this communication to not require installing other package

[Rd] Fixed plot height question

2006-01-11 Thread Mike Schaffer
I've tried many things, so it's time to call on the gurus. I'm trying to make a plot that will conform to the width of the plot device but have a fixed height (say one inch regardless of the plot device height setting -- unless obviously it's less than the plot device). Is this possible?