Specifying Locale in Metastorm BPM URL

Metastorm

The information in this article applies to:

Product: Metastorm BPM
Version: 7.5.1.x 7.6.x

Issue

• A URL fails when the Locale query field is specified according to the Metastorm BPM Web Author's Guide.

Resolution

• The Locale query field takes 12 tab-separated parameters, not 11 as specified in the Web Author's Guide, and the correct order is specified below. The final parameter must be a tab character, which must be specified by its hex value %09.

  NOTE: The values for the date separator, time separator, decimal symbol, and digit grouping symbol are user-selectable but must be specified using their hex values. See the Web Author's Guide for a description of the values that can be used for the other parameters.

  As an example, consider Locale=0%090%090%090%09%2f%090%09%3a%09AM%09PM%09%2e%09%2C%0920%09.

  1. 0 (This value specifies whether to display leading zeroes in dates.)
     %09 (tab)
  2. 0 (This value specifies the date order.)
     %09 (tab)
  3. 0 (This value specifies the year format.)
     %09 (tab)
  4. 0 (This value specifies the month format.)
     %09 (tab)
  5. %2f (This value specifies the date separator character, in this case a forward slash.)
     %09 (tab)
  6. 0 (This value specifies the time format.)
     %09 (tab)
  7. %3a (This value specifies the time separator, in this case a colon.)
     %09 (tab)
  8. AM (This value sets a string designator for the hours that are "ante meridiem" (before noon).)
     %09 (tab)
  9. PM (This value sets a string designator for the hours that are "post meridiem" (after noon).)
     %09 (tab)
  10. %2e (This value sets the decimal symbol, in this case a period.)
      %09 (tab)
  11. %2C (This value sets the digit grouping symbol, in this case a comma.)
      %09 (tab)
  12. 20 (This value specifies the number of rows per page to use in lists and grids.)
      %09 (tab)

  A complete URL might be as follows:

  Survey = window.open ('http://localhost/Metastorm/eForm.aspx?Map=Business&Action=Complete Form&Locale=0%091%091%091%09%2f%091%09%3a%09AM%09PM%09%2e%09%2C%0910%09&Service=Metastorm BPM Server&Client=External','Testing','fullscreen=no,height=200,location=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,status=no,titlebar=no,toolbar=no,width=400')