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  • How to pass parameters from an Active WEBDEV Page to a dynamic (Session mode) WEBDEV page?
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Starts a dynamic WEBDEV site from a static page or or from a dynamic WEBDEV page. The dynamic site to start must be on the same Web server as the current site.
Example
// Displays a dynamic site in the current frame
DynamicSiteDisplay("MYSITE")
// Displays a site in a new resizable browser (500x400)
// The browser can be closed only if the calling browser is closed
sSiteName is string = "MYSITE"
DynamicSiteDisplay(sSiteName, "", "", NewBrowser, ...
"NEWBRW", ONResizable + ONScrollBar, 500, 400, 0, 0, "dependent=1")
Syntax
DynamicSiteDisplay(<Site> [, <Page> [, <HTTP Parameters> [, <Destination> [, <Window name> [, <Options> [, <Width> [, <Height> [, <Horizontal position> [, <Vertical position> [, <JavaScript parameters>]]]]]]]]]])
<Site>: Character string
Name of the WEBDEV site to display.
<Page>: Optional character string
Name of page to display. If this parameter is not specified or if it corresponds to an empty string (""), the first page of the site will be displayed.
<HTTP Parameters>: Optional character string
Parameter that must be passed to the dynamic WEBDEV site. These parameters can be retrieved by PageParameter. The list of parameters must have the following format:
<Name parameter1>=<value parameter1> [&<Name parameter2>=<value parameter2> [...]>]
For example: "param1=1&param2=text"
This parameter can correspond to an empty string ("") if no parameter must be passed to the site.
<Destination>: Optional character string or constant
Name of target frame. <Destination> can also take the following values:
CurrentBrowserThe target is the current browser.
This parameter can also correspond to the "_top" string (compatibility with WEBDEV 1.5).
CurrentFrameThe target is the current frame (default value).
This parameter can also correspond to the "_self" string (compatibility with WEBDEV 1.5).
NewBrowserThe target is a new browser (a new browser window is opened). The following parameters of DynamicSiteDisplay are used to configure this new window.
This parameter can also correspond to the "_blank" string (compatibility with WEBDEV 1.5).
ParentFrameThe target is the container of the current page (parent frameset, parent browser).
This parameter can also correspond to the "_parent" string (compatibility with WEBDEV 1.5).
<Window name>: Optional character string
Window name in the new browser if <Target> is set to the NewBrowser constant. This parameter allows you to redisplay a page in a browser with the same name (if several browsers are opened on the computer of Web user).
<Options>: Optional Integer constant (or combination of constants)
Window parameters in the new browser if <Target> is set to the NewBrowser constant:
ONFull
(Default value)
The window of the new browser will include all the options (equivalent to the combination of all constants).
ONLinkThe link bar will be displayed.
ONLocationThe address bar will be displayed.
ONMenuBarThe menu bar will be displayed.
ONResizableThe window of the new browser will be resizable.
ONSatusBarThe status bar will be displayed.
ONScrollbarThe scrollbars will be displayed.
ONSimpleThe window of the new browser will be a simple window (no combination of constants).
ONToolbarThe toolbar will be displayed.
<Width>: Optional integer
Width of window in the new browser (in pixels).
<Height>: Optional integer
Height of window in the new browser (in pixels).
<Horizontal position>: Optional integer
Horizontal position (in pixels) of the window in the new browser (in relation to the upper-left corner of the screen).
<Vertical position>: Optional integer
Vertical position (in pixels) of the window in the new browser (in relation to the upper-left corner of the screen).
<JavaScript parameters>: Optional character string
Other JavaScript parameters that must be used when opening a new browser if <Target> is equal to the NewBrowser constant. For example, "dependent = 1" is used to force the closing of the new browser if the current browser is closed.
Remarks

Multilingual

DynamicSiteDisplay automatically sends the language of the current page to the WEBDEV site to be displayed. Therefore, if the current page is in French (Nation(5)), the WEBDEV site will be started in French.

Displaying a page other than the first page of the site

The <Page> parameter can correspond to any page of the site. For this page, the option "Accessible via the DynamicSiteDisplay function" must be checked in the "General" tab of the page description.

Security: How to select the page to display

To choose the page of the dynamic site to display, we recommend that you use a custom mechanism for page identification.
For security reasons, it is not recommended to pass the name of the page to be displayed as parameter to DynamicSiteDisplay. Use a numeric identifier instead.
Example: In the browser click code of a page:
DynamicSiteDisplay("Site", "", "Param=1")
In the initialization code of "Site":
// Retrieves the number of the page to display
PageNumber is int = PageParameter("Param")
// according to the page number
SWITCH PageNumber
CASE 1: PageDisplay(PageToDisplay)
END
 
// If no default page was specified,
// the first page of the project is displayed

Choosing the target

To choose the target of the file, we recommend that you use the <Target> parameter of DynamicSiteDisplay rather than ChangeTarget. Indeed, in this case, the corresponding JavaScript code is smaller and the size of your pages is optimized.

Caution

Even though DynamicSiteDisplay is a function used in browser code, its call triggers a return to the server. Therefore, this function should not be used from a "Submit" button with a server code.

How to pass parameters from an Active WEBDEV Page to a dynamic (Session mode) WEBDEV page?

The "Accessible via the DynamicSiteDisplay function" option must be enabled for the dynamic page (Session mode) in the "General" tab of the page description.
Another Active WEBDEV Page has a Button control for which the option "During the action" is set to "Do not send anything to the server".
Example of code for this button:
sParameters is string
sParameters = "P1=" + STC_P1 + "&P2=" + STC_P2 + "&P3=" + STC_P3
DynamicSiteDisplay("MYSITE", "MYPAGE", sParameters, NewBrowser)
Example for retrieving these parameters in the declaration code of global variables of dynamic page:
nParam1 is int = PageParameter("P1")
bParam2 is boolean = PageParameter("P2")
sParam2 is string = PageParameter("P3")
Component: WDJS.DLL
Minimum version required
  • Version 9
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