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David Briars
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I am customizing the error file in WebFOCUS v7.6.4 - ENtemplate.xml.

I've completed customizing the message for Error 280. Error 280 HTML is displayed when the WebFOCUS Reporting Server is down.

Is there a way I can test my customization, without bringing the reporting server down, and attempting to render a WebFOCUS web page?

That is can I throw an Error 280?

Or, is there placeholder somewhere, where I can place code, temporarily, to test HTML customization? (Also, ideally, I wouldn't have to recycle the web server, every time I wanted to see an error message.)




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Francis Mariani
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Without bringing the server down, the only thing I can think of is to copy the customized HTML into another error - Invalid Password, for example. Then login with an invalid password to test the customized HTML. Don't forget to undo this after testing!


Francis


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David Briars
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Thanks, Francis.

Yes, copying the customized HTML into another error pocket, and then triggering that error to test, might be the way to go.

Can you suggest an error that would be a good placeholder for doing this? (I can't find a listing of the error messages in any manual, to help me choose.)

We have folks working/testing in the environment I need to change the errors file in. I want to cause them the least amount of grief, by using an error that they would be unlikely to trigger, yet would be easy for me to trigger.

Thanks again.
 
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Francis Mariani
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David,

As you may have already figured out, ENtemplate.xml works in conjunction with ENwebfoc_strings.lng. This file contains the string values that are used by the XML file. You'll have to read both files to see what each error means. A quick wade through the ENwebfoc_strings.lng file didn't help in coming up with a suitable error to test with, so I'd still suggest the Invalid Password error, which might be err_1003.

If you allow the users to change their passwords on self-service or MRE screens, perhaps you could use err_1023 (but then there's err_32036...) and enter a wrong password in the seccond, password confirmation box.

Regards,


Francis


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GamP
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You could of course also add a non-existing node in the odin.cfg using the webfocus administration console. Then, next, start up the ad-hoc reporting page that comes with webfocus, select a specific server, namely the non-existing one, and submit.
This will trigger the 280 message.

Hope this helps ...


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David Briars
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The Errors File in v7.6.4 is an XML file.

Each unique error page sits in a named template node. For example, the template for an error 11:

 
<template name='error_11'>
       <![CDATA[
            <HTML>
            <HEAD><Title><inserttext err_11 />
            </Title></Head>
            <Body>
            <H2>
            <inserttext err_11_explain />
            </H2>
            </Body>
            </HTML>
        ]]>
    </template>


'Something' must know how to 'call' the errors file and request the character data stored there, and then render that data in the browser.

Logically, there should be some way to emulate this process. That is, identify the .xml file, and call a particular template within it.

I know that there is a template processor (XSLT), but if this would be helpful, I don't have any experience with it.
 
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