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Dlogan, I did what you suggested and No MR_COOKIE is listed. I tried it several times.
 
Posts: 84 | Location: Tallahassee, Fl. | Registered: December 02, 2005Report This Post
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OK, Not sure why. I tried again and it listed the cookie this time. I guess I was doing it in the wrong order.

I'm still having trouble accessing the HTML page from within MRE. I've tried using the
URL:
HTMLPage for my redirect page.

But it asked me to save the file instead on displaying it.
 
Posts: 84 | Location: Tallahassee, Fl. | Registered: December 02, 2005Report This Post
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OK. I have found a work around. Admin group is working on a solution. Once I hear from them I will post what they come up with.

My work around.

Instead of using the parameters I wrote a javascript procedure
function button3_OnClick(ctrl) {
// TODO: Add your event handler code here
Cont=document.getElementById('edit1');
if (Cont.value == "")
{
alert(msgtxt = "You must provide a Contract ID.");
					return false;
}
else
{
defer = false;
parent.report1.location="http://dotscomrep1.co.dot.state.fl.us/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIF_webapp=/ibi_apps&IBIC_server=WFWINP1&IBIAPP_app=custom&&IBIMR_drill=X,dococns1/dococns1.htm&IBIF_ex=app/dwr__lis%2Efex&CLICKED_ON=&AUTH2=FOC_NONE&CONT="+Cont.value;
}
}  
that simply executes the following url [URL=http://dotscomrep1.co.dot.state.fl.us/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIF_webapp=/ibi_apps&IBIC_server=WFWINP1&IBIAPP_app=custom&&IBIMR_drill=X,dococns1/dococns1.htm&IBIF_ex=app/dwr__lis%2Efex&CLICKED_ON=&AUTH2=FOC_NONE&CONT="+Cont.value;]Calls Report[/URL] to execute the fex procedure.

I use this url Call HTML Page to call the HTML page.

I still have some issues to work out for example how to call a fex procedure and defer it using a URL. And I also have some help files with images I need to figure out how to refer to the images outside of mre.

Thanks for all your suggestion and ideas.
 
Posts: 84 | Location: Tallahassee, Fl. | Registered: December 02, 2005Report This Post
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Mike,

I know this is going to seem like a silly question but I just have to ask. Why are you trying to run a page in MRE from outside MRE? Isn't the user security thing the basic premise for the MRE? Can you put your page in one of the Application Directories on the data server? That would eliminate the security issue would it not?

Dan


7.7.05M/7.7.03 HF6 on Windows Server 2003 SP2 output to whatever is required.
 
Posts: 393 | Location: St. Paul, MN | Registered: November 06, 2007Report This Post
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Yes it would, I don't have access to the server. Only our MRE Admin have access to the server. This was a request from our users. We have a .net application which provides about 95% of the user needs but does not have any reports, they wanted us to link to the reports on the dashboard which we are doing but we had one report where we needed to link to the HTML page instead due to the # of parameters needed. Thanks for the interest.
 
Posts: 84 | Location: Tallahassee, Fl. | Registered: December 02, 2005Report This Post
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I made a comment on the Tech Support site regarding Redirect MR Developer users to a specific page after logon, stating that a complete example would be a good idea to have included in the Tech Support "technique". They only mention that a parameter called "SIGNON_CRT_DOM_ADMIN" needs to be included on the login form.

Later, Tech Support sent me some example code which contains code I have never used before. Here it is:

<html>
    <head>
       <title>Developer Signon</title>
    </head>
    <body>
       <font size=4>
       <form name="form" action="/ibi_apps/WFServlet">
          <p> UserID :
             <input type="text" name="IBIMR_user" value="">
          <p>PassWord :
             <input type="password" name="IBIMR_pass" value="">
          <p>
 
          <input type=submit name="submit" value="Submit">
          <input type=reset name="reset" value="Reset">
 
          <input type="hidden" name="IBIMR_action" value="MR_SIGNON">
 
          <input type="hidden" name="SIGNON_CORRECT"
                 value="http://www.cnn.com/?SIGNON_CORRECT">
          <input type="hidden" name="SIGNON_CORRECT_ADMIN"
                 value="http://www.cnn.com/?SIGNON_CORRECT_ADMIN">
          <input type="hidden" name="SIGNON_INCORRECT"
                 value="http://www.cnn.com/?SIGNON_INCORRECT">
          <input type="hidden" name="SIGNON_CRT_DOM_ADMIN"
               value="http://www.cnn.com/?SIGNON_CRT_DOM_ADMIN">
 
          <input type="hidden" name="IBIMR_random" value="">
          <script>
             document.form.IBIMR_random.value = Math.random();
          </script>
       </font>
    </body>
</html>


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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Francis,
Just so you know, those can be passed as either hidden form variables, or can be entered within site.wfs logic to control the behavior.

e.g.
SIGNON_CORRECT=http://www.google.com

Both syntax options also supports relative URL's.

e.g.
SIGNON_CORRECT=/ibi_apps/wfsysinf.jsp

Also, all of those parameters will show up in the tail end of a WFServlet trace if you're wondering where it is that someone grabbed them from.

Thanks,
Doug Logan


WF 71.x, 76.x, 7701, 8.0 Beta OS: Linux, Win2k3, Win2k, Win2k8, WinXP


 
Posts: 203 | Registered: November 19, 2007Report This Post
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Thanks Doug, that clarifies things a bit.


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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That's for MR.

Can someone tell me the form of a url to invoke a non-MR launch page?
 
Posts: 1925 | Location: NYC | In FOCUS since 1983 | Registered: January 11, 2005Report This Post
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Where is the non-MR launch page located?


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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On WFRS, in some APP folder. To be accessed from within the client's intranet.
 
Posts: 1925 | Location: NYC | In FOCUS since 1983 | Registered: January 11, 2005Report This Post
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We use a Guest ID/Password:

  
<html>
 <head>
 <script>
function newURL()
{
  window.location.href="https://YOUR_IP_ADDRESS/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIWF_action=WF_SIGNON&IBIC_user=GUEST_ID_HERE&IBIC_pass=***********&WF_SIGNON_MESSAGE=https://YOUR_IP_ADDRESS/approot/public_reports/Program.htm";
  }
 </script>
 </head>
 <body onload="newURL[)">
 </body>
</html>


hth


Tom Flynn
WebFOCUS 8.1.05 - PROD/QA
DB2 - AS400 - Mainframe
 
Posts: 1972 | Location: Centennial, CO | Registered: January 31, 2006Report This Post
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Some installations use different servers - the URL in Tom's post works for files that are on the web server, not the reporting server. I'm not sure how to reference an html file on the reporting server. Perhaps the quickest method is to run a fex that uses -HTMLFORM filename.htm to include the html file.

http://localhost:8080/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIC_user=&IBIC_pass=&IBIC_server=&IBIF_ex=dummy1&IBIAPP_app=test&IBIF_parms=


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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Hi Francis,
It's not a web server, it is the reporting server. I took out the :8080...My Bad!

Users click on the link in the Luminus portal, which, calls the htm in the apps/public_reports folder...

FYI...
Tom


Tom Flynn
WebFOCUS 8.1.05 - PROD/QA
DB2 - AS400 - Mainframe
 
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Tom, the 8080 is mine, not yours, so no Bad on your part.

But I still can't get it to work. I tried your URL (with or without without 8080).

I start with this:
http://localhost:8080/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIWF_action=WF_SIGNON&IBIC_user=admin&IBIC_pass=admin&WF_SIGNON_MESSAGE=http://localhost:8080/approot/test/dummy1.htm

The web browser address changes to this:
http://localhost:8080/approot/test/dummy1.htm?IBIxdum=0.1869789908830345

with this Apache Tomcat error:
HTTP Status 404 - /approot/test/dummy1.htm - The requested resource (/approot/test/dummy1.htm) is not available.

If I try this:
http://localhost:8080/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIWF_action=WF_SIGNON&IBIC_user=admin&IBIC_pass=admin&WF_SIGNON_MESSAGE=http://localhost/approot/test/dummy1.htm

The web browser address changes to this:
http://localhost/approot/test/dummy1.htm?IBIxdum=0.7852779287730152

with this Internet Explorer error:
Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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Hi Francis, this works great for us.
We are on the Luminous portal, the URL is:
  
<a href="https://OUR_SERVER/approot/public_reports/stu_crssectscan.htm" target="_new"><img alt="web page bullet" src="tag.idempotent.worker.carRsrc.target.u14l1n76.uP?carRsrc=com/sct/banner/portals/ui/wi_ssmenu/media/web_cp_form.gif" border="0" height="16" width="18"><span class="uportal-text">(105) Course Section Scan</span></a>


Then, the code in public_report/stu_crssectscan.htm is:
  
<html>
 <head>
 <script>
function newURL()
{
  window.location.href="https://OUR_SERVER/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIWF_action=WF_SIGNON&IBIC_user=wf_guest&IBIC_pass=*********&WF_SIGNON_MESSAGE=https://OUR_SERVER/approot/public_reports/stu_crssectscan_page.htm";
  }
 </script>
 </head>
 <body onload="newURL()">
 </body>
</html>


The stu_crssectscan_page.htm gives the user the parameter page...
Should be generic, but, guess not if you are having issues...
Tom


Tom Flynn
WebFOCUS 8.1.05 - PROD/QA
DB2 - AS400 - Mainframe
 
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Is public_reports a folder on the reporting server? Perhaps this folder is used by both the reporting server and the web server...


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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The folder is on the Reporting Server...



Tom Flynn
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DB2 - AS400 - Mainframe
 
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