[Xerte] Re: Desktop Xerte 2.17 -- having trouble reading data from external script

Tue Aug 7 15:46:09 BST 2012

Shouldn't be as it's using an event.

> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 15:43:35 +0100
> From: patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Desktop Xerte 2.17 -- having trouble reading data from external script
> 
> Timing issue?
> 
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Paul Swanson <Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com> wrote:
> > Same thing.
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul Swanson
> >
> > Internal Business Systems Analyst
> >
> > Internal Business Intelligence
> >
> > Harland Financial Solutions
> >
> > (800) 274-7280 Ext. 2462
> >
> > Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com
> >
> >
> >
> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 5:01 PM
> > To: Xerte list
> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: Desktop Xerte 2.17 -- having trouble reading data from
> > external script
> >
> >
> >
> > What if it's on an actual web server?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com
> > To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 22:39:53 +0000
> > Subject: [Xerte] Desktop Xerte 2.17 -- having trouble reading data from
> > external script
> >
> > I’m have a devil of a time getting a Xerte app to read the response from a
> > PHP script when run through a browser. It works fine in Preview mode, and I
> > know the script is getting the login information and returning a string
> > because in preview mode I receive and can display the correct response with
> > info from my database. I also have the PHP database script email me the same
> > string. This works beautifully in Preview mode, but when I copy my rlo and
> > other published files to localhost and run it from there, Xerte prints
> > ‘undefined’ for the rawData property returned from a sendAndLoadVars call.
> > The database script still emails me the correct response.
> >
> >
> >
> > Here’s what I’m sending to my PHP authentication script (domain is defined
> > in a login script, and the parent Page icon has an id of loginCheck):
> >
> > // real url
> >
> > URLString = domain + '/wbt/app/admin/authenticate.php';
> >
> >
> >
> > // pass values to external script
> >
> > loginVars = new LoadVars ();
> >
> > loginVars.action = 'authenticate';
> >
> > loginVars.login = username;
> >
> > loginVars.sku = sku;
> >
> >
> >
> > // send to login script
> >
> > loginCheck.sendAndLoadVars(URLString, loginVars);
> >
> >
> >
> > Following the above, I have an Interaction with an Event icon (eventName =
> > onSendAndLoadVars, icon = loginCheck). Attached to the event is a script
> > icon with:
> >
> > // initialize btnPath -- assume not authenticated
> >
> > btnPath = 1; // 1 is the fail path
> >
> > message = ''; // initialize message
> >
> > responseMessage = ''; // initialize response message
> >
> >
> >
> > rawStuff = loginCheck.rawData;
> >
> > loginInstructions.setText(loginCheck.rawData);
> >
> >
> >
> > //rawStuff = replace(rawStuff, '<sup>®</sup>', '');
> >
> > rawInfoArray = rawStuff.split('&'); // save string pairs into an array
> >
> >
> >
> > for (i = 0; i < rawInfoArray.length; i++) { // break pairs into smaller
> > arrays and parse
> >
> >
> >
> >   tempArray = rawInfoArray[i].split('='); // split on = sign
> >
> >
> >
> >   switch (tempArray[0]) {
> >
> >     case 'reg_id':
> >
> >       sid = tempArray[1];
> >
> >       btnPath = 0;
> >
> >       break;
> >
> >     case 'message':
> >
> >       responseMessage = tempArray[1];
> >
> >       break;
> >
> >   }
> >
> >
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > debug('sid: ' + sid + '\nresponseMessage: ' + responseMessage);
> >
> > debug(loginCheck.rawData);
> >
> >
> >
> > // display appropriate response
> >
> > if (btnPath == 1) {
> >
> >   message = '<p>Could not retrieve account from the database.</p><br /><p>'
> > + responseMessage + '</p>';
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > I get all the expected debug info in Preview and login is successful. Debug
> > response is:
> >
> > sid: 71
> >
> > responseMessage: User Found in Database<br/>
> >
> >
> >
> > reg_id=71&message=User Found in Database<br/>
> >
> >
> >
> > 0
> >
> >
> >
> > Any ideas would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul Swanson
> >
> > Internal Business Systems Analyst
> >
> > Internal Business Intelligence
> >
> > Harland Financial Solutions
> >
> > (800) 274-7280 Ext. 2462
> >
> > Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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