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
120 FileMaker Server Custom Web Publishing with XML and XSLT
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 103
stylesheets
about
43
checkboxes, checking for values in 70
client-side 40
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 43
–grammar parameter for 54
guidelines for developing 51
header functions, using 67
query strings for 54
server-side 43, 51
session function, using 63, 64
string manipulation extension functions 69
testing 82, 83
using in website or program 48
using layout information in 62
using XSLT Site Assistant to create 46
XML-stylesheet processing instruction 40
XSLT, described 43
–styletype query parameter 104
summary of steps for
XML data access
27
XSLT publishing 45
switching layout for XML response 39
switching layouts for an XML response 39
T
technology tests 49
testing
websites
82
XML output 83
testing PHP publishing 49
text encoding
–encoding query parameter
56, 94
encoding settings 57
for XSLT requests 56
generated XML data 30
initial default settings 57
request and output pages default 57
URLs 29, 63
using string manipulation extension functions 69
time extension functions, using 72
time format strings 73
time-of-day attribute 32
–token query parameter 58, 104
tool for XSLT, described 16
tools for XSLT, described 46
transforming data with stylesheets 43
troubleshooting
Custom Web Publishing websites
82
XML document access 41
XSLT stylesheets 49
type attribute 32
U
Unicode characters 37
URL syntax for
container objects in XML solutions
28
container objects in XSLT solutions 53
XML requests 27
XSLT stylesheets 52
URL text encoding 29
url_decode() extension function 69
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 29, 37
V
values, checking for in checkboxes 70
vCards, reformatting XML data into 25
–view query command 94