From OS 9 to window NT server

March 24, 200322 yr

I have made a pilot CDML applicatio that works OK on my OS 9 machine. Now i have copied all files to a windows NT server, installed filemaker 5.5, set all files to sharing.

Now i notice that somehow my inline code does not work anymore.

1] is it possible that filemaker works different on a windows NT

2] is it possible that javascript works different on a windows NT.

Any help is appreciated.

Jitse

This is the code that works on my OS 9 server:

var i =0

var j =0

var k =0

var m =0

var Ar=new Array()

var temparray_1=new Array()

var temparray_2=new Array()

var temparray_3=new Array()

var varname=new Array()

var vardescription=new Array()

[FMP-InlineAction: -db=webexpert, -lay=L2, -RecID={CurrentRecID}, -Find]

[FMP-Record]

[FMP-Portal: showinfo]

Ar[i++]="[FMP-Field: showinfo::Toelichting]"

[/FMP-Portal]

[FMP-Portal: Definitions]

temparray_1[j++]="[FMP-Field: Definitions::Fieldname]"

temparray_2[k++]="[FMP-Field: Definitions::Definition]"

temparray_3[m++]="[FMP-Field: Definitions::Expert]"

[/FMP-Portal]

[/FMP-Record]

[/FMP-InlineAction]

function getchoice(){

if (window.document.myform1.keuze1.selectedIndex==0)

window.document.myform1.tekstveld1.value=Ar[0];

if (window.document.myform1.keuze1.selectedIndex==1)

window.document.myform1.tekstveld1.value=Ar[1];

if (window.document.myform1.keuze1.selectedIndex==2)

window.document.myform1.tekstveld1.value=Ar[2];

if (window.document.myform1.keuze1.selectedIndex==3)

window.document.myform1.tekstveld1.value=Ar[3];

}

function getchoice1(){

window.document.myform1.tekstveld2.value=vardescription[window.document.myform1.keuze2.selectedIndex];

}

function initpage(){

var i =0

var k =0

window.document.myform1.tekstveld1.value=Ar[0]

while (i<temparray_1.length){

if (temparray_3="0"){

varname[k]=temparray_1

vardescription[k]=temparray_2

window.document.myform1.keuze2.options[k]=new Option(temparray_3)

k++

}

i++

}

window.document.myform1.tekstveld2.value="vardescription[0]"

}

</SCRIPT>

March 24, 200322 yr

Author

I notice that some [] are missing, for example : temparray_1 shows as temparray_1.

i think copy and past from BBedit to safari form did not work completely.

Sorry for that

Jitse

March 24, 200322 yr

In theory everything should work the same. Is Web Companion working at all?

Javascript works in the Browser. The server makes no difference.

In BBEdit check that the file type (in preferences) is set to either Unix or DOS.

Good Luck.

Garry

March 25, 200322 yr

IMHO -- it should work OK.

I see the things as Garry

March 25, 200322 yr

Author

The lesson i have learned ; if one thing works it does not mean that other things also work.

Let me explain.

I have developed the site on my mac. Then moved the files to a windows NT. Found out that i got a lot of hidden files. Deleted then, thought to be clever by putting extensions to the filemaker files (fp5).

Now apparantly : a lot of things still work okay although the file is renamed from webexpert to webexpert.fp5. Only the inlinecode went wrong.

So i changed the inline code to the correct filename and voila !.

And indeed, in BBEDIT you should save to DOS file (under options)

Thanks for your attention

Jitse

March 25, 200322 yr

A good hint for everybody

Thank you.

Garry

March 25, 200322 yr

Hi, folks! On a related note, I know Mac users like me are lazy wrt extensions since we don't generally need them, but what is the best file extension to use for Windows FileMaker db's?

I used .fp recently and a Windows XP system did not recognize it. I used .fp5 instead and the icon became double-clickable, but I'd rather not use a version-specific extension if possible. Do I have to somehow "map" extensions to FileMaker?

What extensions do most people use?

What extensions are acceptable to FileMaker?

Do most Windows users hide their extensions (I the defualt is to do so but I found it annoying and stopped the hiding)?

Thanxalot!

March 25, 200322 yr

.fp3 vas specific to FM3 and FM4.

.fp5 is specific to 5, 5.5 and 6, maybe 6.5.

I guess .fp7 will be for FM7 -- FM8, maybe FM9

Extensions in Windows is just mechanism, the same as in Mac are the document type and creator.

You can probably "map" something in Windows Registry (like Mac Desktop database), but I wouldn't recommend that to anyone.

March 26, 200322 yr

Thanx. Does that mean Windows users have to change their CDML code when upgrading?

-db=database.fp3

-db=database.fp5

So far, I have (erroneously) used .fp or .fmp in the hopes that if we ever transferred some of our solutions to Windows that we would not have to re-code. I suppose we could use a REPLACE feature or GREP to do it all at once or almost all at once, but (sigh) I was hoping this would not be necessary or that somehow, Windows db's could be referred to without specific extensions. Oh, well.. we'll just have to make do.

March 26, 200322 yr

"Thanx. Does that mean Windows users have to change their CDML code when upgrading?

-db=database.fp3

-db=database.fp5"

The need to change CDML code is true for developers who use the .fp3 extention and then upgrade to .fp5 extention - regardless of OS.

If you have done this on a Mac, such an edit is very easy if you have written your own code in SimpleText. I can't comment on ease re: any HTML text editors.