Hi,

I have a launch page that I created with the HTML Layout tool which contains (2) IB calendar widgets, 4 drop-down lists and a checkbox. The user selects/enters parameters, hits a run button and and external fex runs.

I don't really want to setup a dashboard just to run this HTML page. Is there anyway to run the HTM file on it's own? I would like to distribute a shortcut or link to the file for the user. I can run the HTM file from inside Developer Studio and all is well but if I create a shortcut and put it on the my local desktop, no calendar is displayed and one of the drop-down list which is dependant on a Focus table is blank.

Short of creating a dashboard to run the fex from; is my only alternative to create an HTML page, populate the parameters and call the fex myself from within the page?

Thanks,

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The link would be:

ort/approot/directory/htmlpage.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://yourwebserverort/approot/directory/htmlpage.htm.

This is assuming a self-service.

You can then send this link to your users.

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If you are using MRE, then create a FEX with -HTMLFORM filename.htm and have the user execute the FEX.

Ginny,

I don't understand the exact text that you typed in your response. Can you enter it again? I dont' get the "ort" part of the link and a smiley face was embedded right in the middle of it as well.

Thanks,

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Giiny's post is affected by the UBB software used on this (and many other) bulletin boards, where certain character strings are parsed as emoticons (smileys) such as colon and p as in Ginny's post.

The full URL that ginny posted can be interpretted as -

http://yourwebserver:port/approot/directory/htmlpage.htm.

T

Thanks, Tony. But it was cute.

Thanks Tony.

Based on your reply I was able to get the HTML page to run properly with all the bells and whistles. Yay!

Thanks Tony and Ginny.

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Here's what I do with this type of problem - Since I work with Oracle and haven't touched sqlserver in about 6 years my example would be with oracle. I switch out to the operating system and run a script that contains everything I want to do. If I have to I create the script first. So I will run sqlloader routines from that etc. You could use sqlservers bulk load facility if you are doing a whole bunch of inserts.

Another option is to create loop in focus and inside the loop have an insert/update statement that has &variables in it. Then just keep reading off the &variables and executing and comitting the sql. This isn't going to be very efficient for a large number but for a few dozen who'd notice?

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It was all Ginny, I only interpreted the URL knowing what UBB code does

and yes Ginny, it does make it look a little less austere but can be a mite confusing for some

T

I didn't do it on purpose, Tony. I just have to be more careful when I type stuff so that it doesn't get interpreted improperly.

Thanks Ginny,

The end-user is one happy little camper now.

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