Custom Web Publishing with XML and XSLT
Table Of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introducing Custom Web Publishing
- Chapter 2 About Custom Web Publishing with XML and XSLT
- Chapter 3 Preparing databases for Custom Web Publishing
- Chapter 4 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 fmsresultset 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 5 Introduction to Custom Web Publishing with XSLT
- Chapter 6 Developing FileMaker XSLT stylesheets
- Using XSLT stylesheets with the Web Publishing Engine
- About the FileMaker XSLT Extension Function Reference
- About the FileMaker XSLT Starter Solution
- 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 the layout information for a database 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 7 Staging, testing, and monitoring a site
- Appendix A Valid names used in query strings
- About the query commands and parameters
- Query command reference
- -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
- -findquery (Compound find) query command
- -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
- Query parameter reference
- -db (Database name) query parameter
- -delete.related (Portal records delete) 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
- -query (Compound find request) query parameter
- -recid (Record ID) query parameter
- -relatedsets.filter (Filter portal records) query parameter
- -relatedsets.max (Limit portal records) 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
- Index
Index
A
access log files for web server, described 84
access privileges 20
accounts and privileges
enabling for Custom Web Publishing
19
Guest account 20
scripts 22
Admin Console for Web Publishing Engine 27
Administration Console for Web Publishing
Engine
45
application log 76, 84
ASCII characters, in XML documents 37
authenticated base URI parameter 61
authentication of web users 19
basic 60
password 61
auto-enter attribute 32
available scripts 93
B
base URI parameter 61
Basic Authentication for web users 19, 60
break_encode() extension function 69
buffering, using in stylesheet 63
C
Change Password script 20
check_error_status() extension function 76, 113
checkboxes, checking for values in 70
client information, obtaining via XSLT
parameters
60
client-side stylesheets 27, 40
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 96
compound find query command 92
compound find query parameter 98
container fields
how web users access data
21
publishing contents of 21, 48
URL syntax for accessing in XML solutions 28
URL syntax for accessing in XSLT solutions 53
contains_checkbox_value() extension function 70
content buffering, using 63
convert_datetime() extension function 73
cookies
extension functions, using
68
storing session ID 63
create_session() extension function 64
creating a new record 93
Custom Web Publishing
access to solutions by web users
19, 60
definition 11
described 15
enabling in database 19
enabling in Web Publishing Engine 20
extended privilege for 19
Guest account 20
new features in 16
overview 11
requirements for 17
restricting IP address access in web server 20
scripts 23
using a static IP address 17
using scripts 22
using XML 25
using XSLT 44, 51
with PHP 13
with XML 13
with XSLT 13
Custom Web Publishing Engine (CWPE) 26, 44
D
database error codes 30
database layouts available 93
database sessions, enabling 65, 91
databases, protecting when published 20
<datasource> element 31
date extension functions, using 72
date format strings 73
day extension functions, using 72
–db query parameter 94
–dbnames query command 91
defining extension functions 76
–delete query command 91
–delete.related query parameter 90