VFE customization - Is there a max character limit in passing a string?

Hi,

Is there a limit on the number of characters that can be passed as a query string using openDialog method in VFE customization?

I have a dropdown in the VFE which when selected opens up a html page. The content in VFE is being passed to this html page. within the javascript getBodyHTML() method saves all the content but when I pass it to the htm page, the content gets truncated. What I have observed is that the string gets passed correctly upto a 1000 (approx) characters. But, when the content exceeds 1000 characters, it breaks.

Any idea why? Is there any way I can work around this problem?

Appreciate your help.

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ISCBorisB

It's not so much the string length as URL length.

SGML spec declares that a URL as an attribute value (e.g. <a href='{url}'>) cannot be more than
1024 characters. Similarly, the GET request is stored in the server variable QUERY_STRING,
which can have similar limitations in certain scenarios.

Perhaps you can modify it to use Post instead of Get

Resh_Bab

I'm using this method in ewebeditproevents.js to pop up a html page with the text. And this method uses GET to post the query.

eWebEditPro.openDialog(sEditorName, eWebEditPro.resolvePath("test_page.htm"), "sText=" + escape(srcText), "", "width=600,height=400,resizable,scrollbars");

Is there any other method that I can use in eWebEditPro so that I can have POST?

I tried looking in the documentation. Is my understanding correct? - The query strings are appended to URL when passed to a pop up. Does this mean there's no POST and only GET?

ISCBorisB

Is my understanding correct? - The query strings are appended to URL when passed to a pop up. Does this mean there's no POST and only GET?

As far as openDialog method goes you are correct, string is appended. It is strictly speaking neither POST nor GET,
these are two methods for Form submission.

Please note that nobody forces you to use openDialog though.
You can use window.open or window.showModalDialog or build the Form on the fly (with method="POST" action="myCGI")
and use submit method to call your script with POST.