[FX.php List] Plug-in's and Web Server Advanced

[Dale Bengston]

Wow. Cool!

On Sep 1, 2006, at 10:01 AM, gerry.charest at agfa.com wrote:

> Thanks for your post Erik and Dale but, when all else fails RTFM. I  
> found this in the FMSA8-Web-Installation manual.
>
> Installing plug-ins for the Web Publishing Engine
> If you want to use calculation plug-ins with the Web Publishing  
> Engine, you must install the plug-ins in the following folder on  
> the host where the Web Publishing Engine is installed. These folder  
> locations are relative to the installation folder where the Web  
> Publishing Engine is installed (not the root folder):
> In Windows:
> Web Publishing\publishing-engine\wpc\Plugins
> In the Mac OS:
> Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/publishing-engine/wpc/Plugins
> Note   You must install the plug-ins for the Web Publishing Engine  
> in addition to any plug-ins you may have installed for FileMaker  
> Server or FileMaker Pro, even if they are the same plug-ins. For  
> additional information about using plug-ins, see the FileMaker  
> Server Administrator’s Guide.
>
> I added a copy of the plug-in to the specified location and  
> restarted the service and Life is good again!
>
> Best regards
> Gerry
>
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> Erik Andreas Cayré <erik at cayre.dk>
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> Erik Andreas Cayré <erik at cayre.dk>
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> Subject:	Re: [FX.php List] Plug-in's and Web Server Advanced
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> Den 01/09/2006 kl. 15.21 skrev gerry.charest at agfa.com:
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> > I have a group of databases that are intended for web access only.
> > I use a plug-in Tori File to do limited file movements on the
> > server based on activities selected by the web user. Everything
> > worked fine under the FMP Five and Six version of the web server, I
> > think this is because the old web server was an actual client and
> > had the files open in an application window. With the New 7 and 8.5
> > Server Advanced running as a service, I can no longer process any
> > scripts from the web that access the Tori File Plug-in. The plug in
> > just returns "?". Processing other scripts is not a problem. Is
> > there something special with the server? have I set something
> > incorrectly at the server level and the plug-in? Any ideas?.
>
> I think the Troi File plugin, as most if not all other plugins, is a
> client-side plugin. This means that it will not work on the server.
> You may want to check this with the publisher, Troi Automatisering.
>
> > I'm Using FX PHP to make the calls to the web-enabled FMP Server
> > all other scripts process as expected. I did not want to use PHP to
> > do the file movements for security reasons.
>
> You probably have no choice when running FMSA 7+.
> I'm quite certain your solution can be made secure using PHP for file
> manipulation though.
>
> best regards
>
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