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
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Index 121
W
web browsers
receiving output
12
role in XML requests 26
role in XSLT-CWP requests 44
Web folder, copying container field objects 21
Web Publishing Core
illustrated
26, 44
internal access logs 85
Web Publishing Engine
Admin Console
27
Administration Console 45
application log 84
benefits of 15
described 12
Development mode 112
generated error codes 105
generating pages from XSLT stylesheet 44
generating XML data 26
generating XML documents 27
Production mode 113
request processing 12
web server
log files
84
MIME type support 20
role in XML requests 26
role in XSLT-CWP requests 44
web users
accessing protected databases
19, 60, 61
requirements for accessing Custom Web Publish-
ing solutions
17
using container field data 21
web_server_module_log.txt log file 84
websites
creating with Web Publishing Engine
15
FileMaker support pages 9
monitoring 83
testing 82
wpc_access_log.txt file 85
X
XML
described
25
document type definitions (DTDs) 30, 31, 34
enabling in database 19
encoded using UTF-8 format 30, 37
filtering data 25
FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar 35
FMPXMLRESULT grammar 34
fmresultset grammar 31
<datasource> element 31
<field-definition> element 32
<metadata> element 32
<relatedset-definition> element 32
<resultset> element 32
generating XML data from request 26
grammars, described 29
namespaces for 30
order of request processing 39
parsers 27, 37
query strings 37, 87
requesting data 27
summary of steps for accessing XML data 27
troubleshooting access to XML documents 41
URL text encoding 29
using client-side stylesheets 40
XML 1.0 specification 25
XML-stylesheet processing instruction 40
XML and XSLT advantages 14
XML custom web publishing 13
XML request
specifying layout
39
XML response
switching layout
39
XPath statements 59
<xsl:stylesheet> element 55, 59, 60, 83
<xsl:message> element 76
<xsl:output> element 57
<xsl:param> element 59
<xsl:param name="authenticated-xml-base-uri"/>
parameter
61
<xsl:param name="client-ip"/> parameter 60
<xsl:param name="client-password"/>
parameter
60
<xsl:param name="client-user-name"/>
parameter
60
<xsl:param name="request-query"/> parameter 59
<xsl:param name="xml-base-uri"/> parameter 61
<xsl:template> element 60, 61, 83
<xsl:variable> element 61
XSLT
checkboxes, checking for values in
70
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
described 43
developing stylesheets 51
email messages, sending 65