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Master
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Is it possible to call to an external entity using a WebFOCUS drill-down in a stylesheet? Thinking there is another directive besides FOCEXEC that I am missing?

DEFINE FILE CAR
GOOGLE_THIS/A13 = '(Google This)';
END


TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
GOOGLE_THIS
*

ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTML
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
     ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE,
$
TYPE=REPORT,
     GRID=OFF,
     FONT='ARIAL',
     COLOR=BLACK,
     BACKCOLOR=NONE,
	 HFREEZE=TOP,
	 RIGHTGAP=0.005,
	 LEFTGAP=0.005,
$
TYPE=DATA,
     COLUMN=GOOGLE_THIS,
     FOCEXEC='http://www.google.com/search?q=' || CAR,
	 TARGET=_blank,
$
ENDSTYLE
END


-ABT

This message has been edited. Last edited by: ABT,


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WF Environment:
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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

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Databases:
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Oracle 10g
DB2 (AS/400)
MSSQL Server 2005
Access/FoxPro
 
Posts: 561 | Registered: February 03, 2010Report This Post
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Shouldn't you do the drilldown to a URL and not a Focexec ?


WF 7.6.11
Oracle
WebSphere
Windows NT-5.2 x86 32bit
 
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Master
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Yes, that was my question. What is that keyword?

- ABT


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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
 
Posts: 561 | Registered: February 03, 2010Report This Post
Master
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Roll Eyes

Ummm, found it. URL=

- ABT


------------------------------------
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
 
Posts: 561 | Registered: February 03, 2010Report This Post
Master
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Closed. Works just like I want it. Thanks!

DEFINE FILE CAR
GOOGLE_THIS/A13 = '(Google This)';
END


TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
GOOGLE_THIS
*

ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTML
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
     ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE,
$
TYPE=REPORT,
     GRID=OFF,
     FONT='ARIAL',
     COLOR=BLACK,
     BACKCOLOR=NONE,
	 RIGHTGAP=0.005,
	 LEFTGAP=0.005,
$
TYPE=DATA,
     COLUMN=GOOGLE_THIS,
     URL=http://www.google.com/search? (q=CAR),
	 TARGET=_blank,
$
ENDSTYLE
END


- ABT


------------------------------------
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
 
Posts: 561 | Registered: February 03, 2010Report This Post
Expert
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ABT, RTFM

Read
The
FOCUS
Manual

Stylesheet options would have given you the URL tag.


Waz...

Prod:WebFOCUS 7.6.10/8.1.04Upgrade:WebFOCUS 8.2.07OS:LinuxOutputs:HTML, PDF, Excel, PPT
In Focus since 1984
Pity the lost knowledge of an old programmer!

 
Posts: 6347 | Location: 33°49'23.0"S, 151°11'41.0"E | Registered: October 31, 2006Report This Post
Master
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quote:
Originally posted by Waz:
ABT, RTFM


Actually, I did the next best thing. I did a quick look through a program doing something similar but with the FOCEXEC keyword.
I searched Google for 'WebFOCUS FOCEXEC drill-down external URL', etc

My results took me here (which introduced the FOCEXECURL topic), here (which got close, if I had seen/paid attention to the next link in the chapter (on the left), here (which describes how to link graphs to external URLs via the GUI tool), here (which describes limitations for drill-downs via ReportCaster), as well as several topics on the forum that regurgitate issues regarding the topics listed above.

At no point in my searching using the keyword I did know and the approach I was trying to achieve, did I run across an article that uncovered the URL keyword in the results.

Respectfully, I counter your RTFM assertion with "I did" and that given the insight into the methods I used and my results, think you'll agree that this is akin to looking up unfamiliar words in the dictionary to verify spelling. WTFDB

Write
The
Focus
Documentation
Better

- ABT


------------------------------------
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
 
Posts: 561 | Registered: February 03, 2010Report This Post
Expert
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FYI

There is a link to the documentation at the top of this page.

Here is a link to a search facility.

Search for "drilldown url"/Technical Documentation

You will see the top result is documentation on drilldowns


Waz...

Prod:WebFOCUS 7.6.10/8.1.04Upgrade:WebFOCUS 8.2.07OS:LinuxOutputs:HTML, PDF, Excel, PPT
In Focus since 1984
Pity the lost knowledge of an old programmer!

 
Posts: 6347 | Location: 33°49'23.0"S, 151°11'41.0"E | Registered: October 31, 2006Report This Post
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quote:
RTFM

Read
The
FOCUS
Manual

So, that's what RTFM means Smiler
 
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And many others...

Music


Waz...

Prod:WebFOCUS 7.6.10/8.1.04Upgrade:WebFOCUS 8.2.07OS:LinuxOutputs:HTML, PDF, Excel, PPT
In Focus since 1984
Pity the lost knowledge of an old programmer!

 
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