Custom Web Publishing Guide

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48 Custom Web Publishing Guide

About the FileMaker XSLT Extension Function Reference

The FileMaker Server Advanced CD includes a FileMaker database called XSLT Reference.fp7 that contains

brief descriptions and examples of each of the FileMaker XSLT extension functions. You can open the

FileMaker XSLT Extension Function Reference in the Custom Web Publishing Reference folder on the

FileMaker Server Advanced CD.

About the URL syntax for FileMaker XSLT stylesheets

The URL syntax for using FileMaker XSLT stylesheets with the Web Publishing Engine is:

<scheme>://<host>[:<port>]/fmi/xsl/[<path>/]<stylesheet.xsl>[?<query string>]

where:

1 <scheme> can be the HTTP or HTTPS protocol.

1 <host> is the IP address or domain name of the host where the web server is installed.

1 <port> is optional and specifies the port that the web server is using. If no port is specified, then the default

port for the protocol is used (port 80 for HTTP, or port 443 for HTTPS).

1 <path> is optional and specifies the folder(s) inside the xslt-template-files folder where the XSLT stylesheet

is located.

1 <stylesheet.xsl> is the XSLT stylesheet filename.

1 <query string> can be a combination of one query command and one or more query parameters for Custom

Web Publishing with XSLT. See

“Using query strings in FileMaker XSLT stylesheets” on page 49, and

appendix A, “Valid names used in query strings.” If the specified stylesheet includes a <?xslt-cwp-query ?>

processing instruction, the statically defined query command and parameters take precedence over any

matching query command or parameters in the URL query string. See

“Using statically defined query

commands and query parameters” on page 51.

Note The URL syntax, including the names of the query command and parameters, is case sensitive except

for portions of the query string. The majority of the URL is in lowercase, with the exception of the uppercase

grammar names FMPXMLRESULT and FMPXMLLAYOUT. For information on the rules for case

sensitivity of the query string, see

“Guidelines for using query commands and parameters” on page 76.

Here is an example of a URL for using a FileMaker XSLT stylesheet with the Web Publishing Engine:

http://192.168.123.101/fmi/xsl/my_template/my_stylesheet.xsl?-grammar=fmresultset&-db=mydatabase

&-lay=mylayout&-ﬁndall

About the URL syntax for FileMaker container objects in XSLT solutions

In a generated XML document for an XSLT solution, the syntax used to refer to a container object is different

for container fields that store the actual object in the database, as opposed to container fields that store a

reference to the object.

1 If a container field stores the actual object in the database, then the container field’s <data> element uses the

following URL syntax to refer to the object:

where <extension> is the filename extension identifying the type of object, such as .jpg or .mov. For

information on

<query string>, see the previous section, “About the URL syntax for FileMaker XSLT

stylesheets.”