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Francis Mariani
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We have major problems with Dev Studio in a multi-tier environment.

Web server on a Windows Server box. Reporting server on an AIX box. APPLOCK on. MRE authentication. User Profile on Reporting server.

DevStudio Explorer > Data Servers > EDASERVE > Applications > App Folders: Some problems

  • Existing .fex, .acx, .mas, .htm, .css, .js files can be edited
  • Existing .html files cannot be edited (normally expected to be edited from Web Applications area)
  • Can create new .fex, .htm files
  • Cannot create new .html, .css, .js files
  • Cannot create new .mas, files - error: This action is not allowed for the administration level of the user reporting server admin id


DevStudio Explorer > Web Applications > App Folders: Many problems

  • Existing .htm, .css, .js files cannot be edited - error: (FOC1562) EDAGET: FILE folder-name/file-name NOT FOUND
  • Existing .html files can be edited
  • New .html files cannot be created - editor opens, but when file is saved - nothing is saved
  • Existing .htm files can be edited - only if they also exist in the server App folder, and it is the server App folder file that gets edited, not the Web Applications folder file !!!

I haven't tried dragging-and-dropping files from the Windows desktop to the Web Applications area to see if that's one way of getting new files there, because of an annoying bug with drag'n'drop of new files - DevStudio freezes.

I was told by a VERY SMART PERSON that some of this is normal behaviour. Dev Studio does not work well in a multi-tier environment. The EDAGET error points to a peculiar problem - EDA is a reporting server component - why is it invoked from the Web Applications area? Why can we not manipulate .css and .js files in the Web Applications area - these file types belong to the web world!

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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 Mariani
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Wow! Nobody?


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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GamP
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Apparently ...
I certainly have no experience with this kind of setup. My max tier with DevStudio is 2 ...


GamP
- Using AS 8.2.01 on Windows 10 - IE11.
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paulI
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I do not know about multi teer but we have an issue with IE8 and older version of WF Dev Studio where we can create HTML files and everything saves except the OnClick. Even manually entering what would normally be coded for the OnClick does not save. WF 7.6.11 is supposed to solve this because it supports IE8. Please disregard if this is not part of your problem.
Paul


Prod: WF 7.7.05, BID, MRE, 7.7.06M Server, Windows 2008, RedHat, Oracle 11gR1, MS Office 2010
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CLH
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We also have a split environment. Web Server on zLinux and reporting server on windows.

I do recognize the error for createing a new .mas file the person trying to do this needs to be an application admin.

Of the Web Applications app folders
Existing .htm, and .js files can be edited no errors.
Can creat new .htm files and save.

I'll see if I can try some of your test in the EDASERVE today I know most of our files are .HTM so will have to search for a .html file.


Webfocus 8.0.7 on Windows
 
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Brian Suter
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The APP LOCK on your reporting server is telling devstudio to do all application IO through the reporting server because it wants to be in control. Now I thought that only happened if the web tier was marked as your "development environment" and the reporting server was marked as your "project development server". Since your server and your web tier do NOT share the same approot file location, it should NOT be marked as your project dev server.

(hope that helps - going back to vacation).


Brian Suter
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Francis Mariani
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Brian, thanks for popping in from your vacation! I will try to digest what you've written here.

Regards.


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 Mariani
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Well, it looks like APPLOCK ON is not the culprit. I have all the same problems with APPLOCK OFF.


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 Mariani
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I think I've found it!!!

It was recommended by IBI Tech Support to set WF_proj_list_from_wfrs to YES.

This is done from the WebFOCUS Admin Console > Configuration > General window.

Documentation:
quote:
Controls how Developer Studio loads the Projects tree and the Web Applications tree in the Project Development Environment. The default setting is NO to preserve legacy behavior. NO means that the project tree and Web application tree in the development environment are loaded with the set of applications found by WFServlet in the Web-tier application root directory. YES means that these trees are loaded with the set of applications found by the Project Development Reporting Server, except for APP MAP applications which are filtered out. Customers who wish that their developers see only their own projects/applications in a shared development environment may wish to change this setting to YES and also do one of the following: APPLOCK the project development server (for more information, see Technical Memo 4613: Creating Private Application Views With APPLOCK 7.1 and higher) or use file system permissions on the server’s application folders.

This sounds like a bunch of gobbledeegook to me. I turned it OFF and magically, all files are editable where they're supposed to be - Data Server area or Web Applications area of DevStudio.

I will now try to get an explanation of what this setting is supposed to do.


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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Prarie
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Yep... gobbledeegook
 
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