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Kofi, I made a few minor changes which you may want to consider: - [ Keyword list tag ] Enabled 'Prefix mode' in the 3rd group of keywords (the ones for HTML). this allows all tags to be highlighted even when there are no separators among them . - [Comment & Number ] Checked 'Treat keyword as symbol' in the comment line section. This allows highlighting of comments even when there is no space separating -* or $. - [ Operators ] Removed '/' from activated operators as it was stopping highlighting on HTML closing tags. In the same section, I also defined " and ' as boundary delimiters and set the color to Blue so character strings (including those in HEADING, SUBFOOT, etc.) are treated similarly as in Dev.Studio. You did a great job at including most of the keywords we regularly use. I haven't looked at the masterfile section yet but I'm sure it's also great.  Prod/Dev: WF Server 8008/Win 2008 - WF Client 8008/Win 2008 - Dev. Studio: 8008/Windows 7 - DBMS: Oracle 11g Rel 2 Test: Dev. Studio 8008 /Windows 7 (Local) Output:HTML, EXL2K. | |||
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I thank you your suggestions and I apply them. Thank you! Kofi Client Server 8.1.05: Apache; Tomcat;Windows Server 2012 Reporting Server 8.1.05; Oracle; MS SQL; Windows Server 2012 | |||
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It's funny you said that as I dislike it too  .That thing actually caused me trouble a while ago after I installed MS Access in my desktop. Suddenly, Dev Studio could no longer open .mas files as that extension was being interpreted as a MS Access file instead of a WebFOCUS synonym. I never understood why Dev Studio did not recognize properly its own peers regardless of whatever Windows said  It does not seem to be a problem anymore ... or maybe it's because the last time around I installed Dev Studio *after* MS Office  Anyway, as now I know where to go to in case I need to fix this it does not bother me anymore.This message has been edited. Last edited by: njsden, Prod/Dev: WF Server 8008/Win 2008 - WF Client 8008/Win 2008 - Dev. Studio: 8008/Windows 7 - DBMS: Oracle 11g Rel 2 Test: Dev. Studio 8008 /Windows 7 (Local) Output:HTML, EXL2K. | |||
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Except in the case of composer's Radio Button control. I copied and pasted a Radio group, and the tool failed to adjust the NAME attribute -- so effectively I wound up with one radio group of 10 entries (spread over two tabs), rather than the expected two independent groups of 5 each. Nasty. | |||
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You can copy objects between pages. You should always check that the resulting name and id is unique for the page though. The tool will handle that, but a check is always best. We do not copy event handlers nor population though. Dialog Manager variables do not have a format per se, In HTML Composer, if a variable has the same name as a field, we will treat that variable as having the same format as the field. Reset: If you have a Reset button on the page, it will reset all the controls, including any double-list controls. Is that not good enough? What would a Reset button on a double-list control do? As far as the "ALL" value issue goes, we will address that. If you open a case, you will be notified when it is resolved. In addition to the search control on an individual control, there is a global search and paging control and that one has the case sensitivity options. The !IBI.AMP.label issue: I am suggesting that you pass in a value that has quotes and pass the quotes in with it. The Unbound Parameters box: I cannot reproduce what you are saying. Please open a case and provide a reproduction. Multi-column Radio Button: I cannot reproduce what you are saying. Please open a case and provide a reproduction. Form Document and Non-Form Document 768 and 769+: Please provide an example. David Glick Director WebFOCUS App Studio and WebFOCUS Developer Studio WebFOCUS Division Information Builders, Inc. Direct (917) 339-5560 Voice Mail (212) 736-6250 x3560 Fax (212) 947-5168 Email david_glick@ibi.com | |||
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Obligatory TextPad +1 comment from me and the syntax file to boot: ; TextPad keyword syntax file for WebFOCUS ; Copyright (C) 2010, Blake Thompson ; Derived from EditPlus syntax files courtesy Francis Mariani C=1 [Syntax] Namespace1 = IgnoreCase = No InitKeyWordChars = A-Z KeyWordChars = A-Z_- BracketChars = [()] PreprocStart = - SyntaxStart = SyntaxEnd = CommentStart = CommentEnd = CommentStartAlt = CommentEndAlt = SingleComment = -* SingleCommentCol = Leading StringStart = " StringEnd = " StringAlt = ' StringEsc = | CharStart = ' CharEnd = ' CharEsc =| [Keywords 1] ; FOCUS Requests ACROSS BY COMBINE COMPUTE COUNT DEFINE DYNAM END NOT EX EXEC FILEDEF IF JOIN MATCH MODIFY ON OVER PRINT RUN SUM TABLE TABLEF TSO USE WHERE MORE RECORDLIMIT READLIMIT HIGHEST LOWEST ; HTML Tags !DOCTYPE A ABBR ACRONYM ADDRESS APPLET AREA B BASE BASEFONT BDO BGSOUND BIG BLINK BLOCKQUOTE BODY BR BUTTON CAPTION CENTER CITE CODE COL COLGROUP COMMENT DD DEL DFN DIR DIV DL DT EM EMBED FIELDSET FONT FORM FRAME FRAMESET H H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 HEAD HR HTA:APPLICATION HTML I IFRAME IMG INPUT INS ISINDEX KBD LABEL LEGEND LI LINK LISTING MAP MARQUEE MENU META MULTICOL NEXTID NOBR NOFRAMES NOSCRIPT OBJECT OL OPTGROUP OPTION P PARAM PLAINTEXT PRE Q S SAMP SCRIPT SELECT SERVER SMALL SOUND SPACER SPAN STRIKE STRONG STYLE SUB SUP TABLE TBODY TD TEXTAREA TEXTFLOW TFOOT TH THEAD TITLE TR TT U UL VAR WBR XMP ; JavaScript Reserved words abstract boolean break byte case catch char class const continue default delete do double else extends false final finally float for function goto if implements import in instanceof int interface long native new null package private protected public return short static super switch synchronized this throw throws transient true try typeof var void while with ; FOCUS Verbs Etc ACCEPT ACTIVATE ALLOC AND AS COLUMN-TOTAL CONTINUE COPY DEACTIVATE DEL DELETE DUPL EDIT ELSE ENDSTYLE EQ EXIT FILE FILES FIXFORM FOLD-LINE FOOTING FOR FREE FROM GE GETTOK GETUSER GT HEADING HHMMSS IN INCLUDE INVALID JUSTIFY LE LT MATCH NE NEW NEW-AND-OLD NEW-NOR-OLD NEW-NOT-OLD NEW-OR-OLD NEXT NOMATCH NONEXT NOPRINT NOTOTAL OFFLINE OLD OLD-AND-NEW OLD-NOR-NEW OLD-NOT-NEW OLD-OR-NEW ON ONLINE OR RECAP REJECT ROW-TOTAL SET SKIP-LINE STYLE STYLESHEET SUBFOOT SUBHEAD SUBTOTAL SUB-TOTAL SUMMARIZE THEN TO TODAY TRANS UPDATE VIA CLASS ; HTML Attributes abbr accept accept-charset accesskey action align alink alt applicationname archive axis background behavior bgcolor bgproperties border bordercolor bordercolordark bordercolorlight borderstyle caption cellpadding cellspacing char charoff charset checked cite class classid clear code codebase codetype color cols colspan compact content coords data datetime declare defer dir direction disabled dynsrc enctype face for frame frameborder framespacing gutter headers height href hreflang hspace http-equiv icon id ismap label language leftmargin link longdesc loop lowsrc marginheight marginwidth maximizebutton maxlength media method methods minimizebutton multiple name nohref noresize noshade nowrap object onabort onblur onchange onclick ondblclick onerror onfocus onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onload onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup onreset onselect onsubmit onunload profile prompt readonly rel rev rows rowspan rules runat scheme scope scrollamount scrolldelay scrolling selected shape showintaskbar singleinstance size span src standby start style summary sysmenu tabindex target text title topmargin type urn usemap valign value valuetype version vlink vrml vspace width windowstate wrap ; JavaScript Built-in objects anchor applet area array button checkbox date document event fileUpload form frame hidden history image layer link location math mimeType navigator number password plugin radio regexp reset screen select string submit textarea window ; JavaScript added by FM blur close escape focus open unescape write ; FOCUS Dialog Manager and other code &DATEMMDDYY &DATEMtrDYY &DATEYYMMDD ALPHA FOCUS BEGIN BLKSIZE BLOCKS CATALOG CLEAR CRTFORM -CRTFORM CURSOR CYLINDERS CYLS DA DATA DATASET DEFAULT DEFAULTS DSN ECHO END FORMAT GOTO HOLD HTMLFORM IBI AMP FIL GLB IF LOG LRECL MOD NEW OLD PREFIX READ NOCLOSE RECFM REU REUSE SAVE SET SHR SPACE TOP TRACKS UNIT VALIDATE WINFORM WRITE ; HTML special characters aacute agrave acirc amp atilde aring auml aelig ccedil copy eacute egrave ecirc euml iacute igrave icirc iuml eth gt lt nbsp ntilde oacute ograve ocirc otilde ouml oslash quot reg szlig uacute ugrave ucirc uuml yacute thorn trade yuml ; JavaScript Properties & Methods above abs acos action alert alinkColor anchors appCodeName applets appName appVersion arguments asin atan atan2 back background below bgColor big blink blur bold border bottom caller captureEvents ceil charAt charCodeAt checked clear clearInterval clearTimeout click clip close closed compile complete concat confirm cookie cos current data defaultChecked defaultStatus defaultValue description disableExternalCapture domain E elements embeds enableExternalCapture enablePlugin encoding eval exec exp fgColor filename find fixed floor focus fontcolor fontsize forms forward frames fromCharCode getDate getDay getHours getMinutes getMonth getSeconds getSelection getTime getTimezoneOffset getYear global go handleEvent hash height home host hostname href hspace ignoreCase images indexOf innerHeight innerWidth input isNaN italics javaEnabled join language lastIndex lastIndexOf lastMatch lastModified lastParen layers layerX layerY left leftContext length link linkColor links LN10 LN2 load location locationbar log LOG10E LOG2E lowsrc match max MAX_VALUE menubar method mimeTypes min MIN_VALUE modifiers moveAbove moveBelow moveBy moveTo moveToAbsolute multiline name NaN NEGATIVE_INFINITY next open opener options outerHeight outerWidth pageX pageXOffset pageY pageYOffset parent parentLayer parse parseFloats parseInt() pathname personalbar PI platform plugins pop port POSITIVE_INFINITY pow previous print prompt protocol prototype push random referrer releaseEvents releaseEvents reload replace replace reset resizeBy resizeTo reverse right rightContext round routeEvent screenX screenY scroll scrollbars scrollBy scrollTo search search select selectedIndex self setDate setHours setInterval setMinutes setMonth setSeconds setTime setTimeout setYear shift siblingAbove siblingBelow sin slice small sort source splice split sqrt SQRT1_2 SQRT2 src status statusbar stop strike sub submit substr substring suffixes sup taintEnabled tan target test text title toGMTString toLocaleString toLowerCase toolbar top toString toUpperCase type unshift userAgent UTC value valueOf visibility vlinkColor vspace which width write writeln zIndex ; Stylesheets LEGAL LETTER LANDSCAPE PORTRAIT ACROSSTITLE ACROSSVALUE BACKCOLOR BY CASE CHKFMT COLOR COLUMN COLSPAN DADMY DAMDY DATA DAYMD DECODE DEFMACRO ENDCASE ENDREPEAT FIDEL FOCEXEC FONT FREETEXT GRID GRANDTOTAL HEADALIGN IMAGEALIGN IMAGEBREAK ITEM JUSTIFY LEFTMARGIN RIGHTMARGIN TOPMARGIN BOTTOMMARGIN LEFTGAP RIGHTGAP TOPGAP BOTTOMGAP LINE LJUST LOOKUP MACTYPE OBJECT OFF ON ORIENTATION PAGENUM PAGESIZE PERFORM POSIT REPEAT REPORT RJUST SIZE SQUEEZE STYLE SUBSTR TABFOOTING TABHEADING TITLE TYPE TYPE UNITS WHEN JAVASCRIPT ; JavaScript Events onAbort onAfterUpdate onBeforeUnload onBeforeUpdate onBlur onChange onClick onDataAvailable onDataSetChanged onDataSetComplete onDblClick onDragDrop onDragStart onError onErrorUpdate onFilterChange onFocus onHelp onKeyDown onKeyPress onKeyUp onLoad onMouseDown onMouseMove onMouseOut onMouseOver onMouseUp onMove onReadyStateChange onReset onResize onRowEnter onRowExit onScroll onSelect onSelectStart onSubmit onUnLoad ; Formatting and environmental parms | A ASNAMES CENT-ZERO D D DMtrYY DMY DMYY EMPTYREPORT EXITREPEAT F FOCERRNUM HOLDLIST HOLDFORMAT I LEADZERO LINES M MDY MDYY MSG NLS NOPAGE P PAGE PAPER PRINTONLY PRINTPLUS w W XRETRIEVAL Y YM YMD YY YYM YYMD ;Functions ABS ARGLEN ASIS ATODBL AYM AYMD BAR BITSON BYTVAL CALLDOS CHARGET CHGDAT CHKFMT CHKPCK CTRAN CTRFLD DADMY DADYM DAMDY DAMYD DAYDM DAYMD DECODE DMY MDY YMD DOWK DOWKL DTDMY DTDYM DTMDY DTMYD DTYDM DTYMD EDIT; EDIT; EXP EXPN FGETENV FTOA PTOA GETTOK GETUSER GREGDT HEXBYT HHMMSS IMOD FMOD DMOD INT ISALIVE ITONUM ITOPACK ITOZ JULDAT LCWORD LJUST LOCASE LOG MAX MIN OVRLAY PARAG PCKOUT POSIT RANDNUM REVERSE RJUST ROUND SIMILAR SOUNDEX SPACE SPELLNUM SQRT SUBSTR TODAY UFMT UPCASE YM TRIM TRIMV STRREP DATECVT ;Other stuff AFTER END FILE FOOTING GRAPH FILE FILENAME SEGMENT SUFFIX SEGNAME SEGTYPE FIELD FIELDNAME PARENT REMARKS ; Aliases ALIAS FIX FOC COM SQLMSS SQLORA SQLDB2 SQLINF U DKU KU S0 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 SH1 SH2 SH3 SH4 SH5 SH6 SH7 INDEX ; Data Types USAGE ACTUAL FORMAT CRFILE CRSEG CRKEY YMD DMY MDY YYMD DMYY MDYY DATE I6YMD I6DMY I6MDY A6YMD A6DMY A6MDY P6YMD P6DMY P6MDY I8YYMD I8DMYY I8MDYY A8YYMD A8DMYY A8MDYY P8YYMD P8DMYY P8MDYY ; Optional Attributes MISSING ACCEPT DESC TITLE FIELDTYPE A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 I1 I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 I7 I8 I9 Z1 Z2 Z3 Z4 Z5 Z6 Z7 Z8 Z9 Z10 Z11 Z12 Z13 Z14 Z15 Z16 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10 D11 D12 D13 D14 D15 D16 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15 P16 ; Formatting A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A38 A39 A40 A41 A42 A43 A44 A45 A46 A47 A48 A49 A50 A51 A52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A57 A58 A59 A60 A61 A62 A63 A64 A65 A66 A67 A68 A69 A70 A71 A72 A73 A74 A75 A76 A77 A78 A79 A80 A81 A82 A83 A84 A85 A86 A87 A88 A89 A90 A91 A92 A93 A94 A95 A96 A97 A98 A99 A100 A101 A102 A103 A104 A105 A106 A107 A108 A109 A110 A111 A112 A113 A114 A115 A116 A117 A118 A119 A120 A121 A122 A123 A124 A125 A126 A127 A128 A129 A130 A131 A132 A133 A134 A135 A136 A137 A138 A139 A140 A141 A142 A143 A144 A145 A146 A147 A148 A149 A150 A151 A152 A153 A154 A155 A156 A157 A158 A159 A160 A161 A162 A163 A164 A165 A166 A167 A168 A169 A170 A171 A172 A173 A174 A175 A176 A177 A178 A179 A180 A181 A182 A183 A184 A185 A186 A187 A188 A189 A190 A191 A192 A193 A194 A195 A196 A197 A198 A199 A200 A201 A202 A203 A204 A205 A206 A207 A208 A209 A210 A211 A212 A213 A214 A215 A216 A217 A218 A219 A220 A221 A222 A223 A224 A225 A226 A227 A228 A229 A230 A231 A232 A233 A234 A235 A236 A237 A238 A239 A240 A241 A242 A243 A244 A245 A246 A247 A248 A249 A250 A251 A252 A253 A254 A255 $ ------------------------------------ WF Environment: ------------------------------------ Server/Client, ReportCaster, Dev Studio: 7.6.11 Resource Analyzer, Resource Governor, Library, Maintain, InfoAssist OS: Windows Server 2003 Application/Web Server: Tomcat 5.5.25 Java: JDK 1.6.0_03 Authentication: LDAP, MRREALM Driver Output: PDF, EXL2K, HTM ------------------------------------ Databases: ------------------------------------ Oracle 10g DB2 (AS/400) MSSQL Server 2005 Access/FoxPro | |||
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Where do I add this into TextPad? | |||
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Save as a FILENAME.syn file into your /TEXTPAD INSTALL/system dir should do it. iWay 5.5 SMSP1 and 6.0.1 on Intel/Linux | |||
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Actually... There's a help page that tells you about adding document classes etc in textpad. Yes, you'll need to associate the file types you're editing with the SYN file... How to Create a New Document Class There are three basic steps required: Create the document class. Specify which files are members of that class. Optionally, specify which syntax definition file is required. These steps can be performed for you with the New Document Class wizard, using the command on the Configure menu, or as explained below. For example, for Perl files, first create the document class: Close any open documents, even blank ones. From the Configure menu, choose Preferences. Select Document Classes. Click the empty box at the bottom of the list of classes. Type the name "Perl" and press Enter. Click Apply. Click the "+" next to Document Classes. Select the new entry for Perl. Change any properties, such as "Create new files as UNIX", if the defaults are not appropriate. Click Apply. Second, specify which files are members of this class: Click the empty box at the end of the list of class members. Type "*.pl" and press Enter. Click Apply. Finally, specify which syntax definition file is required (optional): Click the "+" next to the Perl document class. Select "Syntax". Check "Enable syntax highlighting". From the list of syntax definition files, choose "Perl.syn". Click OK. Now, open a file with extension ".pl" and it should be syntax highlighted. If you don't see a suitable syntax definition file in the list, check if one is available from the free add-ons page on our web site. If you still can't see the one you need, you can create your own, as described in Reference Information: Syntax Definition Files, and taking an existing ".SYN" file as an example. However, do not use TEXT.SYN, nor start the file with "TEXT=1", as that is only intended for highlighting URLs in simple text files. iWay 5.5 SMSP1 and 6.0.1 on Intel/Linux | |||
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That worked great. Thanks. | |||
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Odd. I seem to have lost my DevStudio connection to EditPlus. Start -> Control Panel -> Default Programs -> Associate a file type or protocol with a Program > .fex is set to EditPlus, but in DevStudio, even though the icon is EditPlus and the file type is EditPlus WebFOCUS Program, fexes open in Notepad. 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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Could you provide me with a code sample or direction on how you did this? It sounds very useful. Thanks WebFOCUS Server 8.1.05 Windows 2008 Server WebFOCUS AppStudio 8.1.05 Windows 7 Professional IE 11 and Chrome Version 43.0.2357.124 m. Mostly HTML, PDF, Excel, and AHTML | |||
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Well, I am afraid I must be the nay sayer in this little discussion. If you use the tool the way it is designed to work, the HTML Composer workes just fine. Here are a few simple rules I follow: 1) have the report that is to be launched finished and TESTED before you even think about the launch page. 2) ALWAYS add parameter related components by clicking on the hyperlink properties of the button to be used to launch the report. Any new amper variables can be associated with the new control right there. 3) Then and only then , style the new components, and work on the functionality. Just for the record, I just finished an 8 tab html page with 24 reports and 35 graphs. Once the reports / graphs were done and ready, the application tabs took about 2 hours each. Never looked at the HTML once. Two weeks ago a 2 tab application with over 50 possible parameter controls, and 17 reports. The only time I opened the text view was to write the javascript to set default values or hide inappropriate controls for the report they had selected from a dropdown list. Francis, IMHO your mistake was trying to copy the HTML code from one page to the other. My suggestion would be to: a) Use the 'hyperlink properties' technique above to create the control in each of the four. This also handles all that pesky XML at the bottom of the apge. b) Style / place the first control c) Copy JUST the STYLE code from the first one to the rest. Just my 2 cents Robert F. Bowley Jr. Owner TaRa Solutions, LLC In WebFOCUS since 2001 | |||
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Re-usable code/modules and easily replicated appearance and functionality are the hallmarks of a good development environment. HTML Composter is great for creating one-off launch pages/dash boards and for tweaking existing ones (created with the same version!). But in most corporate environments, logos, color schemes, and key data elements (i.e., input variables) never change. Having to recreate these non-changing aspects from scratch for every launch page/dash board is a terrible waste of resources. And this is exactly the kind of work HTML Composter is unable to do without significant manual intervention: take a copy of an existing Composter-generated page and modify portions of it to create a new launch page/dash board. The last time I had to write a job-related focexec from scratch was probably in 1983.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Dan Satchell, WebFOCUS 7.7.05 | |||
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Amen! 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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*Nods in agreement* There's also the issue that often requirements change once a report is in use. That often means that new parameters are added to the report and need to be selectable on the launch page. Just adding a few new parameters to a launch page isn't usually a problem, but if the required behaviour changes (different data selections, different interoperability, etc.) you're in for some pain! I've only been working with WebFOCUS since 2010, but even I rarely write a focexec from scratch. We have a bunch of standard procedures that do the work of most of our styling, whatever the output format is. It'd be nice to be able to automate that some more, in their current state they still involve some copy/pasting to apply them to reports. It's still a work in progress - I can't imagine what that would look like after 29 years! I also can't imagine how IBI would ever be able to write a tool that would generate the correct code in such an environment. Perhaps with a code base that evolved, the best approach is to see if you can also generate the (admittedly rather complicated) embedded XML fragments that you need in your launch-pages. I do hope they documented how that works. I'm not saying that there isn't room for improvement in the tools! There is. IMHO, the first thing that needs fixing though is the attitude of tech support to such problems; too often the reply is that "it's working as designed" - design flaws are flaws too! For example, if the auto-prompter prompts me for variables that are in unreachable code, then something is wrong. If the cursor position indicator in Dev Studio disappears after using the HTML Composter while errors refer to such line numbers, that ought to be fixed. Those are real issues, whether they were designed that way or not. Right, I'll get off my soap box now. WebFOCUS 8.1.03, Windows 7-64/2008-64, IBM DB2/400, Oracle 11g & RDB, MS SQL-Server 2005, SAP, PostgreSQL 11, Output: HTML, PDF, Excel 2010 : Member of User Group Benelux : | |||
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Yes Dan Satchell is correctand so is WEP5622, there is no way to create ones own templates to leverage a consistent apperance and branding However my request to be able to find a way to develop my own templates was rejected. See below "Dear Geoffrey, After further review by Product Managment, the feature request to customize or modify RIA templates used within the HTML Composer has been declined by Product management. The recommendations I had provided earlier, which I have copied again below, will be the solutions. Previously provided suggetions: ------------------------------- Currently there isn't a way to create RIA templates for the HTML composer. Right now the recommendation is to apply styling on top of the RIA Theme selected in HTML Composer using the dialogs in the tool. The other option is to create a cascading stylesheet, .css and place it in the Other Files folder of a Domain. The HTML Composer tool can then select that stylesheet for use" I other words create your own stylesheet whch does not address the inflexibility of the templates in 7703. * another nod in agreement * 809 DevStudio, MRE, Report Caster , Report Library Output: Excel PDF, HTML | |||
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This CSS file cannot be found by Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, etc. 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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If you could send me a private message with your email address, I'll see if I can send you code and instructions. Rob WebFocus 8201m on Windows; App Studio 8201; Procedures: WebFocus with SQL; HTML Parameter Pages & Dashboard; Output: Excel, HTML, & PDF. | |||
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No prying eyes allowed?  Prod/Dev: WF Server 8008/Win 2008 - WF Client 8008/Win 2008 - Dev. Studio: 8008/Windows 7 - DBMS: Oracle 11g Rel 2 Test: Dev. Studio 8008 /Windows 7 (Local) Output:HTML, EXL2K. | |||
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Creation of templates is planned for a future release although not RIA templates because RIA templates are an extremely involved thing. You can save your own CSS on top of our themes and you can read the documentation to learn how to do that. In testing the releases, we always open pages created in prior releases and add new content to them as well as change interactivity previously created. So if you have a problem with doing that, you need to open a case with Support. David Glick Director WebFOCUS App Studio and WebFOCUS Developer Studio WebFOCUS Division Information Builders, Inc. Direct (917) 339-5560 Voice Mail (212) 736-6250 x3560 Fax (212) 947-5168 Email david_glick@ibi.com | |||
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No! - No, primarily I realized that I'd never put together an organized set of instructions on how to do what I'm doing, so I didn't want to put Version 1.0 out for the whole world to stumble over if I missed something! We'll see what I can do here. . . :-) Rob WebFocus 8201m on Windows; App Studio 8201; Procedures: WebFocus with SQL; HTML Parameter Pages & Dashboard; Output: Excel, HTML, & PDF. | |||
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As requested, here is a link to some basic documentation. I scarcely ever go through the rigamarole of adding this code to an existing page, since most of my new pages are generated by copying and modifying an existing page that already has the code. FSU Documentation My documentation is not extensive, so if something doesn't make sense, feel free to ask. Rob WebFocus 8201m on Windows; App Studio 8201; Procedures: WebFocus with SQL; HTML Parameter Pages & Dashboard; Output: Excel, HTML, & PDF. | |||
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Thank you Rob!! WebFOCUS Server 8.1.05 Windows 2008 Server WebFOCUS AppStudio 8.1.05 Windows 7 Professional IE 11 and Chrome Version 43.0.2357.124 m. Mostly HTML, PDF, Excel, and AHTML | |||
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This thread has certainly lost it's original intent! All the input on text editors and version control is great but they shouldn't be necessary to begin with. Here's my latest addition to the tales of woe. 7.7.05M/7.7.03 HF6 on Windows Server 2003 SP2 output to whatever is required. | |||
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So, my ultimate question is for you folks who do not use HTML Composer. How do you create web pages that serve as a UI into your WebFOCUS procedures? 7.7.05M/7.7.03 HF6 on Windows Server 2003 SP2 output to whatever is required. | |||
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John, can you point me in the direction of learning how to do this? Thanks! 7.7.05M/7.7.03 HF6 on Windows Server 2003 SP2 output to whatever is required. | |||
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Hand built, like in the old days, with lots of love, dedication, pride, and understanding of how it works.  Waz...
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The crucial bit for me. I start with a base and generally hand code everything else. I had read through IBIRLS2 when it was around and got a good understanding of what it did. Then IBIRLS3 cam along with all the included XML within the code which knocked me back immensely Picked myself up and started to try and understand the interaction between the components (JS,XML,HTML) and am now in a place where I can achieve most of what I used to without having to venture into composer.There are still times when I use composer but it is generally to get the base. I still use a form to contain the controls, get rid of the submit button and replace it with my own (actually I mostly change TYPE=SUBMIT to TYPE=BUTTON). I finally ensure that the value for the hidden input control named IBIF_ex is the fex that I want targetted and IBIAPP_app is the app(s) that I need in an app path. If the target is MRE then the parms are different of course but I still develop in apps and then move. There are times when I have to use composer - when showing Customers "how to" - but these tend to be simplistic offerings. Suggestions? Take the time to keep abreast of the HTML changes at W3C, learn JavaScript as best you can and bookmark those useful sites that you find when you google something like "javascript regualar expression"!! T
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