Previews with Session Variable

[FoodtestChris]

Hi All,

I am sure there is an easy answer to this but I can't find it.

My project uses session variables from a secure login which are used to filter the data used in the various controls .This means means the working and live previews do not work.

What is the way around this?

Thanks

Chris

[madtowng]

Try this.

'TIP: To simulate session variables when running in Working Preview you can use this code:
if eval_valid("request.SERVER_PROTOCOL") then
    if request.SERVER_PROTOCOL = "A5RES" then
        'running in working preview
        session.var1 = "simulated value for var1"
    end if
end if
​

[mikeallenbrown]

I think that method was deprecated. New method is...

if a5_isWorkingPreview() then
    'running in working preview
    session.var1 = "simulated value for var1"
end if​

[Russell Craycraft]

Quick screenshot for my method of testing:

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If you want to use them for JavaScript functions, you'll need to publish them as follows:

image.png

[FoodtestChris]

Thank you Mike and Greg. Where do I actually place this code in the UX component. Would it also be in the onDialogueInitialize, as suggested in Russell's example?

[madtowng]

Yes.
If you look near the bottom, just above end function, you will see the tip we referred to.

[CharlesParker]

I do the same thing as Russell can confirm for me it is the easiest method - also simple to comment out when not in use!

[Russell Craycraft]

I agree with CharlesParker. You can't leave these in OnDialogInitialize when you publish to your server, but do leave them in the Published Session Variables.

Also, be aware that if you use the comment out button at the top, sometimes it will jump up to the top and comment out the very top line.

A commented out line looks like:

' session.employeeKey = 1

And the text will turn blue when it's commented out.

[CharlesParker]

sometimes it will jump up to the top and comment out the very top line.

interesting, havn't seen that yet but will keep it in the back of my mind as a possible issue! Thanks

[FoodtestChris]

Thank you very much for everyone's advice here. In the end I just assigned the session variables in OnDialogInitialize and commented them out manually when publishing. This has allowed me successfully me to develop an xbasic function to achieve what I needed.

If anyone is interested my first post on the forum was about looping down a list in JavaScript, which turned out not to be possible. It is the functionally that I discussed in that thread, that i have now achieved using xbasic.

Thank you again.

Chris

[madtowng]

Looping through a list not possible with javascript ?
I loop through things all the time with javascript.

[FoodtestChris]

Hi Gregg,

You and I did discuss it in the other thread but it seemed not to be possible. I had a JavaScript double click action that worked when clicking each item in a list, but relied on the item in the list being 'selected' so that the details text boxes were populated. I wanted a way to automatically double click each item in the list.

[madtowng]

Are you getting those items double-clicked using xbasic ?
If not, we should be able to get the same results using javascript.

[PaulAmmoun]

Hi,
I use the following in On Dialog initialize xbasic:

if variable_exists("session.compid")
else
SESSION.COMPID="7"
SESSION.USERNAME = "kozahaya Diab"
end if

I used before russel's method but it happened few times were I forgot to remove it before publishing, so users were switched to another company..
with this, if the session variable is initialized, it won't get re-assign it.