Block that populates other blocks?

January 23, 2009, 02:46 PM

This question may have been answered and I have done searches for "block" and dahsboard block" and can't see to find exactly what I am looking for. If this has been answered feel free to post the link and I can do the rest.

Thanks in advance!

My question:

Is it possible to have an html page with parameters that populate a block on the dashboard and when the continue button is clicked these parms are passed to the other blocks in that same tab on the dashbaord? If that didn't make sense, let me know!

January 26, 2009, 09:42 AM

dhagen

Yes you can. You will need to know the display frame name of the block that you wish to target, and ensure the TARGET value is set for either the form or URL that will do the populating. Getting the name will not be easy however (I did a lot of "view source" a few years ago when I was trying something very much like what you described). However, once a block has been defined, the name of that block will not change again unless you delete/remove it and than try to recreate.

January 26, 2009, 10:14 AM

susannah

i think its so much easier to do your own framesetting.
have your single Launch block reference a .htm in your domain that is a frameset. You write that frameset yourself, naming your frames whatever works for you.
the top frame is your launch page
the bottom frame is your output frame.
the target specified in your top frame is the name of your bottom frame.
You can even get your frameset to load a default version of your fex report into the output frame ... that's what i always do.
frames, not iframes (iframes being so last millenium );
Then you're not at all constrained by "block" characteristics.

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January 26, 2009, 11:29 AM

slfmr

Thank you for the suggestions! I am not an expert in frames but will do some research and try out these ideas.

Thank you again!
S

January 26, 2009, 06:29 PM

susannah

i'll give you a leg up

<!-- Generated by hand -->
<!-- my launch page is 110 pixels high, adjust below to fit yours-->
<html>
<head>
<title>nice page title goes here </title>
</head>
<FRAMESET border=0 frameSpacing=0 rows="110,*"
frameBorder=0 topmargin="0" ,
framespacing="0"
edaconnectionrequired="false">
 
 <FRAME name=topframe
src="/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIF_webapp=/ibi_apps&IBIC_server=EDASERVE&IBIWF_msgviewer=OFF&IBIAPP_app=myapp&&IBIMR_drill=X,mydomain/mydomain.htm&IBIF_ex=mylaunchpage.htm"
frameSpacing=0
scrolling=no
topmargin="0"
target="myoutput">

<FRAME border=0
name="myoutput"
frameSpacing=0
 src="/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIF_webapp=/ibi_apps&IBIC_server=EDASERVE&IBIWF_msgviewer=OFF&IBIAPP_app=myappname&&IBIMR_drill=X,mydomain/mydomain.htm&IBIF_ex=myfexname&sh_ytd0=1"
  frameBorder=0
  topmargin="0"
  target="_self">


</FRAMESET>

</HTML>