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How do you link to an HTML launch page that resides in Reporting Server?

I know how to link to a procedure using WFServlet:

http://myWebServer/ibi_apps/WF...&IBIAPP_app=myAppDir


But what if I want to link to a launch page called test.htm? Am I forced to have to create a procedure consisting of:

-HTMLFORM test.htm


And link to this?


Also, I am having trouble passing a variable from my launch page to the requested procedure. The following is the HTML for my launch page and was built in HTML Layout Painter (version 764). I want to pass the value of a hidden input in launch page to procedure and use as an amper variable. I know this is asking a lot but I’m stumped on these two items.

<!-- Generated by Report Layout Painter -->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Test Reporting</TITLE>
<BASE href=HTTP://myWebServer:80>
<SCRIPT src="http://myWebServer/Scripts/wfreports.js" UserSuppliedFullPath="1"></SCRIPT>

<SCRIPT id=clientEventHandlersJS type=text/javascript>
 
 
//Begin function window_onload
function window_onload() {
UpdateData();
// TODO: Add your event handler code here
//add onInitialUpdate() function to make changes before initial run of the reports
page_load(); 
}
//End function window_onload
</SCRIPT>

<SCRIPT for=window eventname="onload">window.onload = function() { window_onload(); }</SCRIPT>

<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3314" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY id=body_tag style="OVERFLOW: auto" edaconnectionrequired="true">
<SPAN id=report_description style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; Z-INDEX: 13; LEFT: 20px; WIDTH: 730px; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 60px; HEIGHT: 30px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" tabIndex=12>Just Testing .......</SPAN> 
<SPAN id=complete_txt style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; Z-INDEX: 18; LEFT: 260px; WIDTH: 230px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 540px; HEIGHT: 40px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" tabIndex=18>  
<FONT face=Arial>Report Request Completed.</FONT></SPAN> 
<IFRAME id=report_frame style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: center center; Z-INDEX: 4; LEFT: 10px; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 750px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 225px; HEIGHT: 440px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" tabIndex=16 name=report_frame frameBorder=no scrolling=no autoExecute="False"></IFRAME>
<SPAN id=processing_txt style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; Z-INDEX: 16; LEFT: 250px; WIDTH: 260px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 540px; HEIGHT: 40px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" tabIndex=15 ElementToPaste="true">
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">
<FONT face=Arial>Processing Report, Please Wait ...</FONT></P></SPAN>
<IMG id=report_watermark_img style="Z-INDEX: 15; LEFT: 230px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 240px" tabIndex=14 src="http://myWebServer/images/report_watermark.jpg" border=0 name=report_watermark_img UserSuppliedFullPath="1" originalHeight="342" originalWidth="245"> 
<IMG id=report_background_img style="Z-INDEX: 14; LEFT: 10px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 225px" tabIndex=13 src="http://myWebServer/images/report_background.jpg" border=0 name=report_background_img UserSuppliedFullPath="1" originalHeight="440" originalWidth="750"> 
<SPAN id=report_id style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; Z-INDEX: 12; LEFT: 620px; WIDTH: 130px; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 20px; HEIGHT: 13px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; TEXT-DECORATION: none" tabIndex=11>Report ID: CDC0001</SPAN> 
<SPAN id=report_title style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; Z-INDEX: 11; LEFT: 20px; WIDTH: 590px; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 20px; HEIGHT: 30px; TEXT-DECORATION: none" tabIndex=10 ElementToPaste="true">Test Report</SPAN> 
<SPAN id=text3 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; Z-INDEX: 7; LEFT: 30px; WIDTH: 590px; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 30px; HEIGHT: 30px; TEXT-DECORATION: none" tabIndex=6>Report Title</SPAN> 
<SPAN id=text4 style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; Z-INDEX: 8; LEFT: 630px; WIDTH: 130px; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 30px; HEIGHT: 13px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; TEXT-DECORATION: none" tabIndex=7>Report ID: XXXXXXX</SPAN> 
<SPAN id=text2 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; Z-INDEX: 9; LEFT: 30px; WIDTH: 720px; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 70px; HEIGHT: 30px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" tabIndex=8 ElementToPaste="true">Report Description</SPAN> 
<IMG id=report_header_img style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: center center; Z-INDEX: 10; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: fixed; LEFT: 10px; WIDTH: 750px; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: no-repeat; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 10px; HEIGHT: 210px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" tabIndex=9 src="http://myWebServer/images/report_header.jpg" border=0 name=report_header_img UserSuppliedFullPath="1"> 
<IMG id=report_button style="Z-INDEX: 17; LEFT: 640px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 170px" tabIndex=17 src="http://myWebServer/images/report_btn.jpg" border=0 name=report_button UserSuppliedFullPath="1" autoExecute="True" originalHeight="25" originalWidth="100" requests_list="2"> 
<xml id=ibi_requests>
<script>
	
<requests>
		
<request requestid="2" sourcetype="typeFex" targettype="iframe" targetname="report_frame" ibif_ex="test.fex" ibic_server="myReportingServer" activereport="0" reportcolumns="" ibiapp_app="myAppDir"></request></requests></script>
</xml></BODY></HTML>

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WebFOCUS 7.6.4
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HTML pages are server from the client. You use the HTML Layout Painter to create the file and it will reside on the reporting server. Since you are on a split environment, you must then copy the html file from the Data Servers section of Developer Studio to the Web Applications section.

Does that answer your question?


Ginny
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quote:
Dose that answer your question?


Yes, thanks GinnyJakes. I was able to copy htm file down to a directory I called launch under the "ibi_apps" section of the WebFOCUS Client on my web server. I am now able to link to:

http://myWebServer/ibi_apps/launch/test.htm


I am still trying to work out passing a value from a hidden tag in the html launch page. I have found examples of straight html form submission, but have not been able to find information on the xml request tags HTML Layout Painter generated here.


WebFOCUS 7.6.4
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Excel, HTML and PDF
 
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I have found out to pass a hidden value from the posted HTML launch page to the requested procedure I needed to add the following tag to the html file:

<INPUT id=RPT_NUM type=hidden value="RPT0001" name=RPT_NUM sourcetype="typeMaster">


This would allow &RPT_NUM in procedure to be populated with the value of RPT0001.


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