calling perl script url ( having parameters) from custom menu item

Hi ,

Using TS 6.5 Sol 5.8

I have created a custom menu with

url = "/../iw-bin/myCustom.ipl?name=rohit"

Following entries have been made to ui_custom.xml
[HTML]
label="My Link"
description="My Link"
url="/../iw-bin/myCustom.ipl?name=rohit"
windowFeatures="width=640,height=570,scrollbars=yes,menubar=yes,
titlebar=yes,resizable=yes,status=yes,center=true,dependent=false,location=yes"
target="_blank">

[/HTML]

But when i click on Cutome Menu 'My Link' it calls

[HTML]http:///iw-bin/myCustom.ipl[/HTML]

I see that the parameter 'name=rohit' is missing the url which I got after clicking on Custom Menu Item

Also if I hover on the custom menu item ( My Link ) on the task bar ( to the left lower corner of browser)I can see the URL that i had updated in ui_custom.xml ie.,

[HTML]http:///iw-bin/myScript.ipl?name=rohit[/HTML]

Can anyone tell me why this is happening ie., the parameter gets vanished when I click on the custom menu link and just left with the base url without parameters.

I need to pass this parameter (name=rohit) to my perl script.

Am I doing something wrong here .

Regards
Rohit

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Adam Stoller

Is it at all possible that you started without the parameter and then added the parameter and forgot to rebuild the toolkit?

Or perhaps have a backup copy of the ui_custom.xml file sitting in the directory that didn't have the parameter - and rebuild the toolkit with it sitting there?

Or perhaps you rebuilt the toolkit - but it failed to build correctly and you didn't notice?

rohitspathak123

Hi Adam,

Thanks for looking into the post.

I am afraid that non of the mentioned scenarios applies to me.

I tried doing same thing on two TeamSite servers ( make_toolkit ) ..but on both the servers I am getting the same result.

One intersting thing.

If I goto my cutom menu item
1. RIGHT CLICK on menu item
2. choose the option "Open in new window"

Then in this case the full path along with parameters is appearing

ie

[HTML]http:///iw-bin/myScript.ipl?var=rohit[/HTML]

Do you know the reason for this ?

Rohit

Adam Stoller

One intersting thing.

If I goto my cutom menu item
1. RIGHT CLICK on menu item
2. choose the option "Open in new window"

Then in this case the full path along with parameters is appearing

ie

[HTML]http:///iw-bin/myScript.ipl?var=rohit[/HTML]

Do you know the reason for this ?

Rohit

If this works when you open it in a new window - are you sure the parameter isn't being passed when you don't do that? i.e. perhaps TeamSite is passing the parameter as a GET (or POST - I forget which is which right now) and thus it might not show up in the URL but still be available as a form variable to the processing script?