Custom Web Publishing Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing Custom Web Publishing
- Chapter 2 Preparing databases for Custom Web Publishing
- Chapter 3 Accessing XML data with the Web Publishing Engine
- Using Custom Web Publishing with XML
- General process for accessing XML data from the Web Publishing Engine
- About the URL syntax for XML data and container objects
- Accessing XML data via the Web Publishing Engine
- Using the fmresultset grammar
- Using other FileMaker XML grammars
- About UTF-8 encoded data
- Using FileMaker query strings to request XML data
- Switching layouts for an XML response
- Understanding how an XML request is processed
- Using server-side and client-side processing of stylesheets
- Troubleshooting XML document access
- Chapter 4 Introduction to Custom Web Publishing with XSLT
- Chapter 5 Developing FileMaker XSLT stylesheets
- Using XSLT stylesheets with the Web Publishing Engine
- About the FileMaker XSLT Extension Function Reference
- About the URL syntax for FileMaker XSLT stylesheets
- About the URL syntax for FileMaker container objects in XSLT solutions
- Using query strings in FileMaker XSLT stylesheets
- Specifying an XML grammar for a FileMaker XSLT stylesheet
- About namespaces and prefixes for FileMaker XSLT stylesheets
- Using statically defined query commands and query parameters
- Setting text encoding for requests
- Specifying an output method and encoding
- About the encoding of XSLT stylesheets
- Processing XSLT requests that do not query FileMaker Server
- Using tokens to pass information between stylesheets
- Using the FileMaker XSLT extension functions and parameters
- About the FileMaker-specific XSLT parameters set by the Web Publishing Engine
- Accessing the query information in a request
- Obtaining client information
- Using the Web Publishing Engine base URI parameter
- Using the authenticated base URI parameter
- Loading additional documents
- Using a database’s layout information in a stylesheet
- Using content buffering
- Using Web Publishing Engine sessions to store information between requests
- Using the session extension functions
- Sending email messages from the Web Publishing Engine
- Using the header functions
- Using the cookie extension functions
- Using the string manipulation extension functions
- Comparing strings using Perl 5 regular expressions
- Checking for values in a field formatted as a checkbox
- Using the date, time, and day extension functions
- Checking the error status of extension functions
- Using logging
- Chapter 6 Testing and monitoring a site
- Appendix A Valid names used in query strings
- About the query commands and parameters
- Using the query commands
- -dbnames (Database names) query command
- -delete (Delete record) query command
- -dup (Duplicate record) query command
- -edit (Edit record) query command
- -find, -findall, or -findany (Find records) query commands
- -layoutnames (Layout names) query command
- -new (New record) query command
- -process (Process XSLT stylesheets)
- -scriptnames (Script names) query command
- -view (View layout information) query command
- Using the query parameters
- -db (Database name) query parameter
- -encoding (Encoding XSLT request) query parameter
- -field (Container field name) query parameter
- fieldname (Non-container field name) query parameter
- fieldname.op (Comparison operator) query parameter
- -grammar (Grammar for XSLT stylesheets) query parameter
- -lay (Layout) query parameter
- -lay.response (Switch layout for response) query parameter
- -lop (Logical operator) query parameter
- -max (Maximum records) query parameter
- -modid (Modification ID) query parameter
- -recid (Record ID) query parameter
- -script (Script) query parameter
- -script.prefind (Script before Find) query parameter
- -script.presort (Script before Sort) query parameter
- -skip (Skip records) query parameter
- -sortfield (Sort field) query parameter
- -sortorder (Sort order) query parameter
- -styletype (Style type) query parameter
- -stylehref (Style href) query parameter
- -token.[string] (Pass values between XSLT stylesheets) query parameter
- Appendix B Error codes for Custom Web Publishing
- Appendix C Converting CDML solutions to FileMaker XSLT
- About the process of converting CDML solutions to FileMaker XSLT solutions
- Conversion of CDML action tags, variable tags, and URLs
- Conversion of the -error and -errornum CDML variable tags
- Conversion of obsolete CDML action tags
- Conversion of supported CDML action tags
- Conversion of obsolete CDML variable tags
- Conversion of supported CDML variable tags
- Conversion of CDML boolean parameters to XPath boolean parameters
- Conversion of CDML boolean operators to XPath
- Conversion of CDML intratag parameters to XSLT-CWP
- Manually fixing CDML conversion errors
- Conversion of CDML replacement tags to XSLT-CWP
- Index
Index 155
stylesheets
about 37
checkboxes, checking for values in 65
client-side 36
comparing strings via Perl regular expressions 65
content buffering, using 58
cookie extension functions 63
date and time format strings 68
date, time, and day extension functions 66
developing 47
email messages, sending 61
encoding of 53
error status of extension functions, checking 70
examples of usage 37
-grammar parameter for 50
guidelines for developing 47
header functions, using 62
query strings for 49
server-side 37, 47
session function, using 58, 59
string manipulation extension functions 64
testing 71
using CDML Converter to create 42
using in web site or program 45
using layout information in 57
using Site Assistant to create 40
XML-stylesheet processing instruction 36
XSLT, described 37
-styletype query parameter 87
summary of steps for
XML data access 22
XSLT publishing 39
switching layouts for an XML response 35
T
testing
web sites 71
XML output 71
text encoding
-encoding query parameter 52, 82
encoding settings 52
for XSLT requests 52
generated XML data 26
initial default settings 52
request and output pages default 52
URLs 25, 59
using string manipulation extension functions 64
time extension functions, using 66
time format strings 68
-token query parameter 54, 88
tools for XSLT, described 11, 40, 42
transforming data with stylesheets 37
troubleshooting
Custom Web Publishing web sites 71
XML document access 36
XSLT stylesheets 46
U
Unicode characters 33
URL syntax for
container objects in XML solutions 24
container objects in XSLT solutions 48
XML requests 23
XSLT stylesheets 48
URL text encoding 25
url_decode() extension function 64, 65
url_encode() extension function 64
US-ASCII encoding 52
user names
access to XML documents 57
Basic Authentication for web users 17, 56
defining for Custom Web Publishing 17
User-Agent header, checking 54
UTF-8 (Unicode Transformation 8 Bit)
encoding setting 52
format 25, 33
V
values, checking for in checkboxes 65
vCards, reformatting XML data into 21
-view query command 81
W
web browsers
receiving output 9
role in XML requests 22
role in XSLT-CWP requests 38
Web folder, copying container field objects 19
Web Publishing Core
illustrated 22, 38
internal access logs 73
Web Publishing Engine
Administration Console 16, 18, 22, 39
application log 73
benefits of 10
described 9
Development mode 95
generated error codes 89
generating pages from XSLT stylesheet 38
generating XML data 22
generating XML documents 23
Production mode 96
Web Security Databases, not supported 15