Re: WebCat2 - Getting to the browser's username/password data
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texte = >1- What is the Form's [date] you mentioned above? Do you mean the value >of a variable named date that this form would have picked up from the >template or link that led to this page? If that's not what you meant, >please explain this to me ... :)Yes, exactly: if you happened to have an in a form, then it would use whatever value the user typed into that form field.>2- 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], then do something like this in the >following template: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.>General Question 1: Is there any limit to the number of nested >[showif][hideif] contexts?About 10 deep.>General Question 2: Is there anything NetCloak can do that WebCat2 cannot?Probably, but not much. I think they've got some redirect stuff that we don't have, but I haven't looked at their latest release. Certainly our nesting is an improvement over their on/off approach to cloaking. SiteGuard, at $299, is essentially NetCloak + WebSentinel, while WebCatalog is NetCloak + NetForms + WebSiphon + WebSentinel + Tango/Lasso + Verona/Butler/FMPro Server + WebCommerce Solution Lite + WebGenesis + Interaction + FlexMail>General question 3: 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? Sure. As many as you want.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | Tools for WebWarriors Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, #462 | SiteEdit, SiteCheck, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com
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>1- What is the Form's [date] you mentioned above? Do you mean the value >of a variable named date that this form would have picked up from the >template or link that led to this page? If that's not what you meant, >please explain this to me ... :)Yes, exactly: if you happened to have an in a form, then it would use whatever value the user typed into that form field.>2- 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], then do something like this in the >following template: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.>General Question 1: Is there any limit to the number of nested >[showif][hideif] contexts?About 10 deep.>General Question 2: Is there anything NetCloak can do that WebCat2 cannot?Probably, but not much. I think they've got some redirect stuff that we don't have, but I haven't looked at their latest release. Certainly our nesting is an improvement over their on/off approach to cloaking. SiteGuard, at $299, is essentially NetCloak + WebSentinel, while WebCatalog is NetCloak + NetForms + WebSiphon + WebSentinel + Tango/Lasso + Verona/Butler/FMPro Server + WebCommerce Solution Lite + WebGenesis + Interaction + FlexMail>General question 3: 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? Sure. As many as you want.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | Tools for WebWarriors Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, #462 | SiteEdit, SiteCheck, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com
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