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
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invalidate_session() extension function 64, 65
ISO-2022-JP encoding 57
ISO-8859-1 encoding 57
ISO-8859-15 encoding 57
J
JavaScript
defining extension functions 76
JPEG files, publishing on web 21
jsessionid parameter 63
K
keywords for enabling Custom Web Publishing 19,
25, 43
L
–lay query parameter 38, 95
–lay.response query parameter 38, 95
layout information, using in stylesheet 62
–layoutnames query command 91
layouts, switching for an XML response 38
loading additional documents 61
log files 81, 84
described 82
logging via <xsl:message> element 76
pe_application_log.txt 83
pe_internal_access_log.txt 84
web server access 82
web_server_module_log.txt 83
<xsl:message> element 83
Logs folder 83
–lop query parameter 96
M
mail messages. See email messages
–max query parameter 96
metadata, hiding with stylesheets 41
<metadata> element 30
method attribute, <xsl:output> element 57
migrating web publishing solutions 16
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
types 21
–modid query parameter 96
monitoring web sites 82
N
namespaces for
XML 29
XSLT 55
nested forms 123
new features in Custom Web Publishing 13
–new query command 91
numbers for
database error codes 103
extension function error codes 111
Web Publishing Engine error codes 109
O
obsolete query request names and parameters 86
online documentation 10
operators, comparison 94
order of XML request processing 38
output pages
encoding, specifying 57
initial default encoding setting 57
output method, specifying 57
<xsl:output> element 57
outputting data with stylesheets 41
overview of steps for
XML data access 25
XSLT publishing 43
P
parameters for queries. See query strings
parameters for XSLT, FileMaker-specific 59
passing information between stylesheets 58
passwords
access to XML documents 61
Basic Authentication for web users 19, 60
Change Password script 20
defining for Custom Web Publishing 19
no login password 20
PDFs 10
pe_application_log.txt log file 83
pe_internal_access_log.txt log file 84
pe_server_error.html error page 110
Perl regular expressions, comparing strings 70
portals
adding records 88
editing records 88