open url in iwp

[stuj1026]

We just upgraded our FM server advanced to v.3. Our agents who access us over the web would click a button which would open a url using the open url script step

open url (https://doctoopen.pdf) which worked fine in server advanced 7.v.1

Now that we have upgraded to server 7.v.3 the open url script opens as

http://https://doctoopen.pdf which fails to work.

We called filemaker and they have acknowledged that this is a bug in the latest release (which amazes me that they would release this with this bug.) To us this is a major security breach and they suggested I downgrade to 7.v.1

Can anyone think of a workaround? Any help would be appreciated..

Thanks

Stu

[Hanson]

Hi Stu

On osx i have developed a workaround solution to solve this problem.

Kind regards

jan Hanson

[stuj1026]

Thanks for the response Jan, But we are working on the Windows 2003 platform using IIS. I should have mentioned this in my previous post

Stu

[mattwestby]

Hello Jan

What is your workaround solution for the problem on OS X .

Regards

Matt

[Hanson]

It is a combination of exporting a calculated field based upon the url as a html document with the "correct url".

The calculation includes a java snippet in.

The javascript reloads the exportet html page after a Apple event calls it from scriptmaker.

Please find the solution in the attachment.

Regards

[Hanson]

Tested it on Windows XP and it seems to work there to !

Try it.

[mattwestby]

Hello Jan

Thanks for you reply, just one thing where;s the attachment you mention in your post.

Regards

[Hanson]

In the 1st reply of this post look for the orange link Attachment.

So far there is 3 downloads from this forum.

[mattwestby]

Hello Jan

I have used your database but you are using script commands that are not web capatable, the open url command works by using the filemake app, but when you are on the web it doesnt work. This doesnt answear the original problem posed by stu. Any more ideas

[Hanson]

Hi

Maby i should be better off reading the orginal post !

Let's take a look at server Advanced first:

The problem on Server Advanced is the "https://" Server Advanced adds a extra "http://" at the start of the url before "https://"

I have no solution for the "https//" issue on IWP Server Advanced (yet)

Second is the client version:

Since the start of FileMaker 7 there has been a problem with the Open Url

This problem still excist in the V3 of the FileMaker client, the url is added a extra / if there is more than 2 /

(FileMaker solved this issue on Mac OSX server Advanced.)

I edmit that i only solved the OSX client problem and not the "https://" issue on Server Advanced, but i will try to think of a solution.

Regards

[stuj1026]

Thanks for your time with this.. I really appreciate it..

Stu

[Hanson]

Stu & Mattwestby

I have made a new complete solution to address this issue on FileMaker Server Advanced on Mac OS X server.

Please find it attached to this message.

It includes Apple scripting that are not available in Windows - but with a some creativity and some Windows scripting experience you would be able to convert this into a Windows capable solution.

I presume that you OS X folks have some experience with OSX Web server or similar Web server.

The solution also gives the creative web programmer the opportunity to make static static webpages with links and other web stuff of all records in a database - this could include css or java scripting.

Enjoy

[Hanson]

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