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
116 FileMaker Server Custom Web Publishing with XML and XSLT
deleting portal records 90
Development mode, Web Publishing Engine 112
document type definitions (DTDs) 30, 34
document() function 61
documentation 9
documentation information 9, 18
documents, loading via document() function 61
–dup query command 91
E
–edit query command 92
electronic documentation 9
elements
database error code
30
in FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar 35
in FMPXMLRESULT grammar 34
in fmresultset grammar 31
email messages
extension functions for
65
initial default encoding setting 57
enabling Custom Web Publishing in database 19
encoding
–encoding query parameter
56, 94
output via <xsl:output> element 57
requests 57
URLs 29, 63
using string manipulation extension functions 69
XML data 30, 37
XSLT stylesheets 58
–encoding query parameter 94
<error code> and <ERRORCODE> elements 105
errors
about error codes
105
checking error status of extension functions 76,
113
database error code elements 30
database error code numbers 105
extension function error code numbers 113
log files for web server 84
pe_application_log.txt log file 84
pe_server_error.html error page 113
Web Publishing Engine error code numbers 112
examples of
generated FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar
36
generated FMPXMLRESULT grammar 35
generated fmresultset grammar 33
export XML data 25
extended privilege for Custom Web Publishing 19
Extensible Markup Language (XML). See XML
extension functions for FileMaker XSLT
See also fmxslt extension functions
F
field name query parameter (non-container) 95
field names, fully qualified syntax 89
–field query parameter (container) 95
<field-definition> element 32
–fieldname.op query parameter 96
FileMaker API for PHP 13
definition 13
FileMaker Pro, contrast with Web Publishing
Engine
25
FileMaker Server
documentation
9
installing 9
FileMaker Server Admin
see
20
FileMaker Server Admin Console 27
FileMaker Site Assistant. See XSLT Site Assistant
FileMaker-specific XSLT parameters
59
filtering data with stylesheets 43
filtering portal field rows 99
–find query command 92
–findall query command 92
–findany query command 92
–findquery query command 92
FMPDSORESULT grammar
compared to other grammars
29
FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar 25, 35–36
compared to other grammars 29
FMPXMLRESULT grammar 25, 34–35
compared to other grammars 29
fmresultset grammar 25, 31–33
compared to other grammars 29
fmxml keyword for enabling XML publishing 19, 27
fmxslt extension functions
fmxslt:break_encode() function
69
fmxslt:check_error_status() function 76, 113
fmxslt:compare_date() function 72
fmxslt:compare_datetime() function 73
fmxslt:compare_day() function 73
fmxslt:compare_time() function 73
fmxslt:contains_checkbox_value() function 70
fmxslt:convert_datetime() function 73
fmxslt:create_session() function 64
fmxslt:get_cookie() function 68
fmxslt:get_cookies() function 68
fmxslt:get_date() function 72