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
168 FileMaker Server Advanced Custom Web Publishing Guide
specifying layout when requesting XML data 38
specifying XML grammar 54
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption 20
state, saving in sessions 63, 64
statically defined query strings in XSLT
stylesheets 55
storing information in sessions 63, 64
strings
comparing via Perl regular expressions 70
using string manipulation extension functions 69
–stylehref query parameter 100
stylesheets
about 41
checkboxes, checking for values in 70
client-side 39
comparing strings via Perl regular expressions 70
content buffering, using 63
cookie extension functions 68
date and time format strings 73
date, time, and day extension functions 72
developing 51
email messages, sending 65
encoding of 58
error status of extension functions, checking 76
examples of usage 41
–grammar parameter for 54
guidelines for developing 51
header functions, using 67
query strings for 54
server-side 41, 51
session function, using 63, 64
string manipulation extension functions 69
testing 81
using CDML Converter to create 46
using in web site or program 49
using layout information in 62
using Site Assistant to create 44
XML-stylesheet processing instruction 39
XSLT, described 41
–styletype query parameter 100
summary of steps for
XML data access 25
XSLT publishing 43
switching layout for XML response 38
switching layouts for an XML response 38
T
testing
web sites 81
XML output 81
text encoding
–encoding query parameter 56, 92
encoding settings 57
for XSLT requests 56
generated XML data 28
initial default settings 57
request and output pages default 56
URLs 28, 63
using string manipulation extension functions 69
time extension functions, using 72
time format strings 73
–token query parameter 58, 101
tools for XSLT, described 12, 44, 46
transforming data with stylesheets 41
troubleshooting
Custom Web Publishing web sites 81
XML document access 40
XSLT stylesheets 50
U
Unicode characters 36
URL syntax for
container objects in XML solutions 27
container objects in XSLT solutions 53
XML requests 26
XSLT stylesheets 52
URL text encoding 28
url_decode() extension function 70
url_encode() extension function 69
US-ASCII encoding 57
user names
access to XML documents 61
Basic Authentication for web users 19, 60
defining for Custom Web Publishing 19
User-Agent header, checking 59
UTF-8 (Unicode Transformation 8 Bit)
encoding setting 57
format 28, 36