Sharing connector properties

Hi all,

I need to be able to share the properties set (and some worksite metadata) in a Worksite Web (8.2) connector, with a custom page.

Basically, this is so I can use the connector interface to modify the behaviour of the custom page, which will be called through the javascript.

I was hoping to use the HttpRequest.Headers.Add() method to set variables I could access throughout the session,
from the LoadHtml() method of the connector, but I get a PlatformNotSupported exception.

I'm now looking into whether it's possible to use a WebRequest to pass parameters from the connector to the custom page via the QueryString and setting Session variables, but it's not a nice solution...

Can anyone suggest a better way to share the connector variables to my custom page?

Thanks

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dabird

What about setting JavaScript variables with values when processing the connector on the server side? Then, when you call the custom page through JavaScript, you can append those values to your query string.

In your connector's Process() method (in your server-side code), you could do something similar to this:


//Assuming x, y, and z contain metadata you need to capture
string buffer = String.Format("<script>var x='{0}', y='{1}', z='{2}';</script>", x, y, z);

And then on the client-side when you call your custom page, you could do something like this:


var url = "http://server/myPage.aspx";

//function setURLParam is defined in /includes/Utility.js
url = setURLParam(url, "param1", x);
url = setURLParam(url, "param2", y);
url = setURLParam(url, "param3", z);

window.open(url)

Josh123

Yep, works perfectly.

Thanks dabird

dabird

One more thing I missed before:

In your connector's Process() method, use Encoders.JavaString() with your variables. This way your data will be properly encoded. The Encoders class is in the iManage.WorkSite.Web assembly.


string x = "some metadata";

//Assuming x, y, and z contain metadata you need to capture
string buffer = String.Format("<script>var x='{0}', y='{1}', z='{2}';</script>", Encoders.JavaString(x), Encoders.JavaString(y), Encoders.JavaString(z));