[FX.php List] dashboard widgets and fx.php

[Bob Patin]

Alex,

Did you ever get this dashboard widget to work in pulling in records?

I'd like to write a few simple widgets; I have 3 projects in mind:

1. I'd like to pull in simple records and display them in a table  
inside a widget
2. I'd like to be able to write to a database with a widget (long- 
shot, I know, but one can dream...)

To begin with though, I'd love to be able to display records; have  
you gotten that to work? My tests so far have failed miserably...

Best regards,

Bob Patin
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On Jan 22, 2007, at 7:18 PM, Alex Gates wrote:
> Hi everyone-
>
> I managed to get something working today that I was quite pleased  
> with.
>
> Most of you probably know that Apple released a beta of Dashcode -  
> the dashboard widget authoring tool that will be a part of Leopard.
> You can download it here:
> http://developer.apple.com/tools/dashcode/
> (this is a newer version than the Dashcode that was leaked last year.)
>
> There is a template that will allow you to make a widget from an  
> RSS feed... you can simply enter the URL for the RSS feed and  
> Dashcode will make everything work for you....
>
> After a few tests today I was able to display FileMaker data in a  
> widget using fx.php
>
> I made a php file that outputs an xml file -
> like this:
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <rss version="2.0">
>    <channel>
>       <title>Web Tracker</title>
>
>       <description>My Web Tracker</description>
>       <language>en-us</language>
>
>
> <?php
> include_once('FX/FX.php');						
> include_once('FX/server_data.php');
> include_once('FX/FMErrors.php');
>
> $lookup=new FX($serverIP,$webCompanionPort,'FMPro7');
> $lookup->SetDBData('dbfile.fp7','layout');
> $lookup->SetDBPassword('xxxxx','xxxxxx');
> $lookupResult=$lookup->FMFindAll();
> $foundResult=$lookupResult['foundCount'];
>
> ?>
> <?php echo "
>       <item>
> <title>Found Count:</title>
>
>          <description>".$foundResult."</description>
>
>       </item>";
> ?>
>
> 	  </channel>
> </rss>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> I uploaded this file and used the URL to the php page as the .xml  
> address.  To my surprise, it worked.
>
> I know this is simply showing the foundcount, but for a beginner, I  
> was happy.  I'm sure it would be possible to do lots of cool stuff....
>
> As far as I know, it should be possible to take the xml output from  
> Web Publishing Engine to use for the widget... but I didn't think  
> about this until after I had done this...
>
> I'd really be interested in hearing if any of you have made  
> dashboard widgets from FileMaker data and how you did it..... or if  
> you have any suggestions as to a better method...
>
> Alex
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