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
164 FileMaker Server Advanced Custom Web Publishing Guide
date format strings 73
day extension functions, using 72
–db query parameter 92
–dbnames query command 89
defining extension functions 76
–delete query command 89
Development mode, Web Publishing Engine 109
document type definitions (DTDs) 29, 30, 33
document() function 61
documentation 10
documentation information 10, 17
documents, loading via document() function 61
–dup query command 90
E
–edit query command 90
electronic documentation 10
elements
database error code 29
in FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar 34
in FMPXMLRESULT grammar 33
in fmresultset grammar 30
email messages
extension functions for 65
initial default encoding setting 57
embedded forms 123
enabling Custom Web Publishing in database 19
encoding
–encoding query parameter 56, 92
output via <xsl:output> element 57
requests 57
URLs 28, 63
using string manipulation extension functions 69
XML data 28, 36
XSLT stylesheets 58
–encoding query parameter 92
<error code> and <ERRORCODE> elements 103
errors
about error codes 103
checking error status of extension
functions 76, 111
database error code elements 29
database error code numbers 103
extension function error code numbers 111
log files for web server 82
pe_application_log.txt log file 83
pe_server_error.html error page 110
Web Publishing Engine error code numbers 109
examples of
generated FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar 35
generated FMPXMLRESULT grammar 33
generated fmresultset grammar 31
export XML data 23
extended privilege for Custom Web Publishing 19
Extensible Markup Language (XML). See XML
Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation
(XSLT). See XSLT
Extension Function Reference for FileMaker
XSLT 52
extension functions for FileMaker XSLT
See also fmxslt extension functions
F
field name query parameter (non-container) 93
field names, fully qualified syntax 87
–field query parameter (container) 93
–fieldname.op query parameter 94
FileMaker CDML Converter. See CDML Converter
FileMaker Pro, contrast with Web Publishing
Engine 23
FileMaker Server, documentation information 10
FileMaker Site Assistant. See Site Assistant
FileMaker-specific XSLT parameters 59
filtering data with stylesheets 41
–find query command 90
–findall query command 90
–findany query command 90
FMPDSORESULT grammar
compared to other grammars 28
FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar 23, 34–35
compared to other grammars 28
FMPXMLRESULT grammar 23, 32–33
compared to other grammars 28
fmresultset grammar 23, 29–31
compared to other grammars 28
fmxml keyword for enabling
XML publishing 19, 25