Re: WebCat2 - Getting to the browser's username/password data
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texte = >>Aparently the only way right now for WebCat2 to get the [username] and>>[password] data from the browser (instead of from the database) while>>inside a [founditems] context is to create variables while *outside* of a>>[founditems] context ... such as v.browserUsername=[username] and>>v.browserPassword=[password] ...>>Unfortunately you can't just set the value of a string variable like that.>The solution might be to use a parameterized include to pass the variables>thru.I just checked this in the docs, because I had never used [include] before... but it sure looks simple. I guess using [include] like this would dothe same thing as naming a new variable in a hyperlink ... but with[include it is hidden because it's in the form instead of being in a
link which is always visible in the browser ...Actually I do remember trying [include] earlier but it didn't seem toinclude the designated file so I forgot about it. Was there an [include]problem in an earlier version of the CGI or plugin that's fixed now?>>Is it possible to have more than one [founditems]>>context in a template when they are *not* nested?>>You mean several places where exactly the same list of found records is to>be listed?Yes, that's exactly what I mean ... :)>Sure. As many as you want.Okay then, this makes life a lot easier! This means my response at the topof theis message is wrong, there is a much easier way to get the browser's[password] value. All I should have to do while in a [founditems] contextwould be to put a:[/founditems][password][founditems]into my existing templates wherever I need the *browser's* password insteadof the *database* password value. And if my [founditems] context is nestedin another [founditems] context, all I would need to do is get slightlymore complicated, such as:[/founditems][/founditems][password][founditems][founditems]This ought to work, right?Sincerely,Ken
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>>Aparently the only way right now for WebCat2 to get the
[username] and>>
[password] data from the browser (instead of from the database) while>>inside a
[founditems] context is to create variables while *outside* of a>>
[founditems] context ... such as v.browserUsername=
[username] and>>v.browserPassword=
[password] ...>>Unfortunately you can't just set the value of a string variable like that.>The solution might be to use a parameterized include to pass the variables>thru.I just checked this in the docs, because I had never used
[include] before... but it sure looks simple. I guess using
[include] like this would dothe same thing as naming a new variable in a hyperlink ... but with[include it is hidden because it's in the form instead of being in a
link which is always visible in the browser ...Actually I do remember trying [include] earlier but it didn't seem toinclude the designated file so I forgot about it. Was there an
[include]problem in an earlier version of the CGI or plugin that's fixed now?>>Is it possible to have more than one
[founditems]>>context in a template when they are *not* nested?>>You mean several places where exactly the same list of found records is to>be listed?Yes, that's exactly what I mean ... :)>Sure. As many as you want.Okay then, this makes life a lot easier! This means my response at the topof theis message is wrong, there is a much easier way to get the browser's
[password] value. All I should have to do while in a
[founditems] contextwould be to put a:[/founditems]
[password][founditems]into my existing templates wherever I need the *browser's* password insteadof the *database* password value. And if my
[founditems] context is nestedin another
[founditems] context, all I would need to do is get slightlymore complicated, such as:[/founditems][/founditems]
[password][founditems][founditems]This ought to work, right?Sincerely,Ken
Kenneth Grome
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