Re: dynamic PDF no longer working?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = This sounds like the random garbage that I have sometimes seen when WebDNA crashes. I don't know what's causing WebDNA to crash for you - my guess would be something inside of "dynamic.pdf". - Brian On Nov 3, 2004, at 5:00 PM, Marc Thompson wrote: > I get different results almost every time. The server returns a > portion of a tpl page. Not sure exactly which one. It sometimes > returns just the first few lines of an AdminSearch.tpl page I'd been > using earlier. > > It sometimes gives me a dialogue box asking me how I want to hangle > the file. My browser sees it as MIME/type application/octet-stream? > WebCatalog shouldn't be handing back Binary, UUencoded or PC > executable! > > Yesterday when I was testing, I tried it and it returned a header > image from another project entirely. > That's why I thing WebCatalog is returning cached data. > > Main thing is I run the same code on ver.4.0.2 and it works like a > champ, has fro a couple of years. Running the same identical code on > ver. 6.0 gives me a headache! > > Marc > > Stuart Tremain wrote: > >> What are your results ? >> On 04/11/2004, at 10:27 AM, Marc Thompson wrote: >>> Stuart, >>> I just tried hard coding all values and it still doesn't work? I >>> get the same behavior as before. >>> >>> Marc >>> >>> Stuart Tremain wrote: >>> >>>> Marc >>>> If you hard code the variables into your include sting do you get >>>> the expected result ? >>>> On 04/11/2004, at 10:05 AM, Marc Thompson wrote: >>>> >>>>> I looked through the talk list archives for a couple of hours and >>>>> couldn't find anything that helps. >>>>> Anyone have any ideas??? >>>>> >>>>> Marc >>>>> >>>>> Marc Thompson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> We have a site that populates a PDF file based on a database >>>>>> query. It's currently running fine on version 4.0.2. We've >>>>>> upgraded our dev environment to WebDNA ver. 6.0 and now the >>>>>> process fails? >>>>>> We've not changed anything except upgrading to version 6? What >>>>>> can I look at to resolve this problem? Anyone else experienced >>>>>> this? >>>>>> Here's a snippet of the code that's not working since the upgrade: >>>>>> [writefile file=data/[dir]/[cart].pdf&secure=f][include >>>>>> file=dynamic.pdf[formvariables name=_&exact=F]&[getchars >>>>>> start=2][name][/getchars]=[url][value][/url][/ >>>>>> formvariables]&Total_Price=[_Total_Price]&_cart=[cart]][/ >>>>>> writefile] I'm get back stange results from the server, they >>>>>> keep changing? Looks like it might be returning cached info to >>>>>> my browser??? Very wierd... >>>>>> Your assistance is appreciated... ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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This sounds like the random garbage that I have sometimes seen when WebDNA crashes. I don't know what's causing WebDNA to crash for you - my guess would be something inside of "dynamic.pdf". - Brian On Nov 3, 2004, at 5:00 PM, Marc Thompson wrote: > I get different results almost every time. The server returns a > portion of a tpl page. Not sure exactly which one. It sometimes > returns just the first few lines of an AdminSearch.tpl page I'd been > using earlier. > > It sometimes gives me a dialogue box asking me how I want to hangle > the file. My browser sees it as MIME/type application/octet-stream? > WebCatalog shouldn't be handing back Binary, UUencoded or PC > executable! > > Yesterday when I was testing, I tried it and it returned a header > image from another project entirely. > That's why I thing WebCatalog is returning cached data. > > Main thing is I run the same code on ver.4.0.2 and it works like a > champ, has fro a couple of years. Running the same identical code on > ver. 6.0 gives me a headache! > > Marc > > Stuart Tremain wrote: > >> What are your results ? >> On 04/11/2004, at 10:27 AM, Marc Thompson wrote: >>> Stuart, >>> I just tried hard coding all values and it still doesn't work? I >>> get the same behavior as before. >>> >>> Marc >>> >>> Stuart Tremain wrote: >>> >>>> Marc >>>> If you hard code the variables into your include sting do you get >>>> the expected result ? >>>> On 04/11/2004, at 10:05 AM, Marc Thompson wrote: >>>> >>>>> I looked through the Talk List archives for a couple of hours and >>>>> couldn't find anything that helps. >>>>> Anyone have any ideas??? >>>>> >>>>> Marc >>>>> >>>>> Marc Thompson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> We have a site that populates a PDF file based on a database >>>>>> query. It's currently running fine on version 4.0.2. We've >>>>>> upgraded our dev environment to WebDNA ver. 6.0 and now the >>>>>> process fails? >>>>>> We've not changed anything except upgrading to version 6? What >>>>>> can I look at to resolve this problem? Anyone else experienced >>>>>> this? >>>>>> Here's a snippet of the code that's not working since the upgrade: >>>>>> [writefile file=data/[dir]/[cart].pdf&secure=f][include >>>>>> file=dynamic.pdf[formvariables name=_&exact=F]&[getchars >>>>>> start=2][name][/getchars]=[url][value][/url][/ >>>>>> formvariables]&Total_Price=[_Total_Price]&_cart=[cart]][/ >>>>>> writefile] I'm get back stange results from the server, they >>>>>> keep changing? Looks like it might be returning cached info to >>>>>> my browser??? Very wierd... >>>>>> Your assistance is appreciated... ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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