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
156 Custom Web Publishing Guide
web server
log files 72
MIME type support 18
role in XML requests 22
role in XSLT-CWP requests 38
web sites
creating with Web Publishing Engine 10
FileMaker support pages 10
monitoring 72
testing 71
web users
accessing protected databases 17, 56, 57
requirements for accessing Custom Web Publishing
solutions 12
using container field data 19
web_server_module_log.txt log file 73
wpc_access_log.txt file 73
X
XML
described 21
document type definitions (DTDs) 26, 27, 30
enabling in database 17
encoded using UTF-8 format 26, 33
filtering data 21
FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar 31
FMPXMLRESULT grammar 30
fmresultset grammar 27
generating XML data from request 22
grammars, described 25
namespaces for 26
order of request processing 35
parsers 23, 33
query strings 33, 75
requesting data 23
summary of steps for accessing XML data 22
troubleshooting access to XML documents 36
URL text encoding 25
using client-side stylesheets 36
XML 1.0 specification 21
XML-stylesheet processing instruction 36
XPath statements 54
<xsl:stylesheet> element 50, 54, 55, 71, 100
<xsl:message> element 70
<xsl:output> element 53
<xsl:param> element 54
<xsl:param name="authenticated-xml-base-uri"/>
parameter 56
<xsl:param name="client-ip"/> parameter 56
<xsl:param name="client-password"/> parameter 56
<xsl:param name="client-user-name"/> parameter 56
<xsl:param name="request-query"/> parameter 55
<xsl:param name="xml-base-uri"/> parameter 56
<xsl:template> element 56, 71, 72, 100, 103
<xsl:variable> element 57
XSLT
CDML Converter, using 42
checkboxes, checking for values in 65
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
described 37
developing stylesheets 47
email messages, sending 61
enabling in database 17
error status of extension functions, checking 70
examples of stylesheets 37
Extension Function Reference 48
extension functions for FileMaker 54
FileMaker-specific XSLT parameters 54
generating pages from XSLT stylesheet 38
-grammar parameter 50
header functions, using 62
layout information, using 57
namespaces for 50
query strings for 49
Query Strings Reference 77
server-side stylesheets 37, 47
Site Assistant, using 40
string manipulation extension functions 64
summary of steps for publishing 39
troubleshooting stylesheets 46
using stylesheets in web site or program 45
XSLT 1.0 specification 37
XSLT-CWP requests 38
xslt-template-files folder 39, 45, 57
<?xslt-cwp-buffer buffer-content="true"?> processing
instruction 58
<?xslt-cwp-query?> processing instruction 47, 51
xslt-template-files folder 39, 45, 57