Custom Web Publishing Guide

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Developing FileMaker XSLT stylesheets 63

Notes

1 The name used in the fmxslt:get_header() and fmxslt:set_header() functions, and the value in the

fmxslt:set_header() function can be a string of any length.

1 The fmxslt:set_header() function and the fmxslt:set_status_code() function require the <?xslt-cwp-buffer?>

processing instruction. See

“Using content buffering” on page 58.

The following example demonstrates how to set the value of the header. Suppose you are using a stylesheet to

output a vCard. There is a potential problem that when a browser tries to load the stylesheet page, the browser

could interpret the .xsl file as a stylesheet rather than a vCard. If you use the header called Content-Disposition,

you can specify that there is an attachment with an extension of .vcf.

<xsl:value-of select="fmxslt:set_header('Content-Disposition','attachment;ﬁlename=test.vcf')" />

Using the cookie extension functions

You can use the cookie extension functions to get or set cookies stored in the client’s web browser.

Notes

1 The fmxslt:get_cookie() and fmxslt:get_cookies() functions return a node-set in the following structure:

<!ELEMENT cookie (#PCDATA)>

<!ATTLIST cookie

name CDATA #REQUIRED>

1 All of the parameter values for the fmxslt:set_cookie functions must be valid or else the web browser will

ignore the

fmxslt:set_cookie function requests.

1 For all cookie functions, the string parameters can be any length.

1 Both forms of the fmxslt:set_cookie() function require the <?xslt-cwp-buffer?> processing instruction. See

“Using content buffering” on page 58.

Here is an example of how to set a cookie with all values:

<xsl:variable name="storing_cookie" select="fmxslt:set_cookie ('text1', 'text2', 1800, 'my_text', 'my.company.com')" />

Cookie extension function Data type returned Description

fmxslt:get_cookie(String name) node-set Returns the COOKIE node-list that has the specified

cookie name.

fmxslt:get_cookies() node-set Returns COOKIE node-list with all of the cookies

supplied by the client.

fmxslt:set_cookie(String name,

String value)

void Stores the specified cookie in the client’s browser

with the specified value.

fmxslt:set_cookie(String name,

String value, Number expires, String path,

String domain)

void Stores the specified cookie in the client’s browser

with all of the values available for a cookie. The

Expires parameter is the number of seconds until the

cookie expires.