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
- Using server-side processing of scripting languages
- 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.param (Pass parameter to Script) query parameter
- -script.prefind (Script before Find) query parameter
- -script.prefind.param (Pass parameter to Script before Find) query parameter
- -script.presort (Script before Sort) query parameter
- -script.presort.param (Pass parameter to Script before Sort) query parameter
- -skip (Skip records) query parameter
- -sortfield (Sort field) query parameter
- -sortorder (Sort order) query parameter
- -stylehref (Style href) query parameter
- -styletype (Style type) 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
A
access log files for web server, described 82
access privileges 20
accounts and privileges
enabling for Custom Web Publishing 19
Guest account 20
scripts 14
Administration Console for Web Publishing
Engine 17–25, 43
application log 76, 83
ASCII characters, in XML documents 36
authenticated base URI parameter 61
authentication of web users 19, 60, 61
available scripts 91
B
base URI parameter 61
Basic Authentication for web users 19, 60
break_encode() extension function 69
buffering, using in stylesheet 63
C
CDML conversion to XSLT
conversion errors, fixing 48, 122
described 113
mapping rules 48, 113
obsolete action tags, conversion of 117
obsolete variable tags, conversion of 118
process of 113
supported action tags, conversion of 117
supported variable tags, conversion of 118
CDML Converter
described 12, 46, 113
generated stylesheets, fixing 48, 113
generated stylesheets, testing 49
generated stylesheets, using 49
installing 47
starting and using 47
Change Password script 20
check_error_status() extension function 76, 111
checkboxes, checking for values in 70
client information, obtaining via XSLT
parameters 60
client-side stylesheets 25, 39
commands for queries. See query strings
compare_date() extension function 72
compare_datetime() extension function 73
compare_day() extension function 73
compare_time() extension function 73
comparing strings 70
comparison operators for fields 94
container fields
how web users access data 21
publishing contents of 21, 50
URL syntax for accessing in XML solutions 27
URL syntax for accessing in XSLT solutions 53
contains_checkbox_value() extension function 70
content buffering, using 63
conversion log, CDML 48
convert_datetime() extension function 73
cookies
extension functions, using 68
storing session ID 63
create_session() extension function 64
creating a new record 91
Custom Web Publishing
access to solutions by web users 19, 60, 61
described 9, 11
enabling in database 19
enabling in Web Publishing Engine 20
extended privilege for 19
Guest account 20
new features in 13
requirements for 12
restricting IP address access in web server 20
scripts 15
using a static IP address 13
using scripts 14
using XML 23
using XSLT 42, 51
Custom Web Publishing Engine (CWPE) 24, 42
D
database error codes 29
database layouts available 91
database sessions, enabling 65, 89
databases, protecting when published 20
<datasource> element 30
date extension functions, using 72