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reFOCUSing
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Is there any FOCUS code that will tell you want sever your report ran on? If you run '? STYLE' BASEURL will tell you the server name but I don't know how you can get that value into a variable.
 
Posts: 406 | Location: Canada | Registered: May 31, 2004Report This Post
Francis Mariani
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Will &FOCEXURL help? The value of that system variable on my laptop is
 /ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIF_webapp=/ibi_apps&IBIC_server=EDASERV
 
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I wish it did but it does not. I need the 'http://servername/' part of the URL so that I can figure out which server the reports are on.

I don't know if this helps but the reports are being called by a self-server application and fex files are located on the app path.
 
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mgrackin
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Add the following code to the SITE.WFS WebFOCUS Client configuration file:

<SENDVAR>
WEBSERV=&SERVER_NAME
WEBPORT=&SERVER_PORT
<ENDSENDVAR>

The &SERVER_NAME contains the server name to which the report request is sent to. For example, if the URL for your WebFOCUS server is http://me.myself.com/ibi_apps/... then the value of &SERVER_NAME is 'me.myself.com'. The SENDVAR section will make a variable called &WEBSERV on the WebFOCUS Server to be used in report requests. &SERVER_PORT contains the port number which the Web Server is listening on.

I did a search for 'SERVER_NAME' on IBI's Tech Support web site and found this information.

Do a search on the internet for CGI Environment Variables for a list of other variables that you can get at with this technique.
 
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Francis Mariani
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Here's one solution:

In your parameter screen form, you could have a hidden text input called WEBSERVER, and load it with the following JavaScript:

<body onLoad="document.forms[0].WEBSERVER.value = document.location.hostname;">
 
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mgrackin
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FYI, the variable HTTP_HOST will also get you the host name of your server.

<sendvar>
HTTPSERV=&HTTP_HOST
<endsendvar>
 
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Francis Mariani
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Great technique, Mickey.
 
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Sweeeaaat,
Thanks Mickey.
Was trying to set those variables before but I was doing it to the server site.wfs file and nothing was happening. I didn't even think to try it on the client.
 
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