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Flex Interface for Report Caster

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October 09, 2007, 05:05 PM
TexasStingray
Flex Interface for Report Caster
I have created an interface to Report Caster using Flex. This interface allows users to login and view their scheduled jobs much like the traditional Report Caster interface but with enhancements. These enhancements include the following.



Only Requirement on the user side is Flash 9

It can be downloaded for free from http://www.freewebs.com/texasstingray/flexinterfacereportcaster.htm




Scott

October 10, 2007, 04:10 AM
Ingas
Cool,
I'll try it.

One question - is it possible to localize it to another language?


WF 7.6.2, WinNT/2K, MSSQL 2K, MSOLAP 2K, BID
October 10, 2007, 09:34 AM
TexasStingray
That is somthing I will have to check into. it all depends if/how Adobe FLEX will handle it.




Scott

October 10, 2007, 09:54 AM
Francis Mariani
What version of WebFOCUS ReportCaster does it work with? What platforms does it work on?


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
October 10, 2007, 10:10 AM
TexasStingray
I tested it with 7.6 however it should work with 7.x because I do not think there were any changes to the API. At it is jsp/java which is required for report caster any ways it will run on all platforms that report caster runs on. for the end user they only need the Adobe FLASH 9 plug-in.




Scott

October 11, 2007, 05:31 PM
TexasStingray
Francis Mariani

What language are you looking for?
And can you tell me does report caster store the data in the database in that language as well? I need to know if that would have to be translated as well.




Scott

October 11, 2007, 05:37 PM
Francis Mariani
It's Ingas that's interested in a localized version.


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
October 11, 2007, 05:51 PM
TexasStingray
Sorry Francis

Ingas,

What language are you looking for?
And can you tell me does report caster store the data in the database in that language as well? I need to know if that would have to be translated as well.




Scott

October 12, 2007, 01:46 AM
Ingas
Hi Texas,

I'm looking for russian language (Cp1251).

Official ReportCaster Console have a lot of problems with Cp1251.
(And MRE - also, a lot of problems and a lot of kinds of problems).

If your application have a resource file for labels, captions, menu titles - we'll try it localize. (And maybe use instead of official)

Regards,
Alex


WF 7.6.2, WinNT/2K, MSSQL 2K, MSOLAP 2K, BID
October 12, 2007, 08:32 AM
GamP
Texas,

I downloaded the program and the instructions.
Will try it very soon. Looks promising.

Thanks for this work, I think these initiatives are very valuable.


GamP
- Using AS 8.2.01 on Windows 10 - IE11.
in Focus since 1988
October 12, 2007, 10:24 AM
TexasStingray
Alex (Ingas)

I am in the process of setting it up so that from the application bar at the top you select a language. Then it load a language xml file that has what you want to display for each object. I have a co-worker that speaks spanish and has helped me some in translating a spanish.xml file. Would you be interested in testing it in the near furture? and creating a xml file for the language you want? I would then like a copy of the xml file so i could distribute it with the product.




Scott

October 12, 2007, 04:08 PM
Dan Kenny
That's pretty nifty, I like how the background blurs when drilling into a setting like Notify or Distribution.

The RCFLEX was installed into a Linux WFRS running 7.6.2. The user interface was tested on Mac, Linux and IE, and was consistent across all browsers. Wow! What's the possibility of GPL'ing it and perhaps getting access to the source?

Now if I can figure out how to hack it into the BID interface without forcing the users to re-authenticate....

Great work!

-- Dan

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Prod: WF 7.6.2 Linux BID/MRE/DataMigrator
October 15, 2007, 01:52 AM
Ingas
Yes.
I'm interested in translating and testing.

I like the idea of unofficial WF tools.


WF 7.6.2, WinNT/2K, MSSQL 2K, MSOLAP 2K, BID
October 17, 2007, 10:15 PM
TexasStingray
Dan, Currently I am not willing to make it a GPL as I have spent a lot of time learning FLEX and createing this application. With that said I have made some changes to it that I am still testing. The way I am setting it up is to all the developer to disable the login via the config.xml file, when the login is disabled it will look for a jsp called autologin.jsp. That page will be responsable for sending the required xml containing some settings. I currently have this working using the default MRE login that creates the WF_COOKIE. I then had to modify all the jsp to use the WF_COOKIE as well. I will be providing those jsp as a seperate example. Providing them as example should also show how to modify the entire jsp collection to use what ever security is required. Can you tell me what type of security you are using, is it the default installation security, where the users have to login to the dashboard with a userid/password?

Ingas, I am also close to providing an example that you can use to customize the user interface labels/text/messages, will keep you advised of when and how you can download and test it.

thanks to everyone who has download, installed, and tested it.




Scott

October 18, 2007, 12:01 AM
dhagen
TS,

Without seeing or knowing exactly how you process works, you should consider a centralized authentication point so that you do not have to change multiple jsp files to change how you authenticate.

If memory serves, you should be able to establish a caster security token at least 3 different ways:
- with WF_COOKIE
- with RC_COOKIE
- vis User id/Password

You shouldn't have to create the cookie, just look for the existence of it and use it.

But .... like I said above, without knowing anything about flex and what you are doing, I could be just talking out my butt!

Good luck with it.


"There is no limit to what you can achieve ... if you don’t care who gets the credit." Roger Abbott
October 19, 2007, 11:39 AM
Dan Kenny
Tex,

We use standard MRE security to log on to BID, behind the scenes using external LDAP to SunOne via the WF admin setup.

I'll check out your latest RCFLEX. Thanks for making it available to the community!

Regards,

-- Dan

Prod: WF 7.6.2 Linux MRE/BID/DataMigrator