Web Service Call

A dynamic web-service call to custom URL. Uses proxy settings defined in application variables PROXY and PROXYBYPASSLOCAL to make the request.

Component modes: Meta data | Legacy

Component mode: Legacy

Component settings

Request timeout
Timeout in seconds for each web service request.

SQL

SQL Call: Retrieve web service call (mandatory)

SQL-statement to retrieve web service call information.

May modify database: No

Parameters

@request bit
Set to '1' when webservicecall.aspx asks for call information.

Resultset: Web service calls

Resultset where each row is transformed into a web service call.
Table count: repeated exactly once
Row count: zero or more rows
Columns
action mandatory string
Web service name at URL.
namespace mandatory string
Namespace of web service.
requestid optional string
Request-id is used when webservicecall.aspx does a response database call (with @requestid, @responsexml). If omitted, requestid is automatically generated: 1 for row 1, 2 for row 2, etc.
url mandatory string
URL where web service resides.

Resultset: Call definitions

Resultset where each row describes a set of nodes in the XML-request.
Table count: repeated one or more times
Row count: zero or more rows
Columns
<xxx> optional string
Each column forms an ELEMENT-tag in the XML-document.
nodeid optional string
id for this node set. When 'nodeid' no other columns form ELEMENT-tags (only child nodes)
parentnodeid optional string
id of the rows node sets parent node. Used to create nested XML-documents.
requestid optional string
when used, this row (node set) is only applied for this requestid

SQL Call: Store result XML (mandatory)

SQL-statement that handles the xml returned from the web service.

May modify database: Yes

Parameters

@requestid string
Set to current requestid.
@responsexml string
Xml returned from web service.

Resultset: Forwarding definitions

Table count:
Row count:
Columns
ADMIN_ErrorMessage optional string

Displays a user friendly error message to the user.

ADMIN_InfoMessage optional string

Displays a user friendly success message to the user.

ADMIN_SuccessMessage optional string

Displays a user friendly success message to the user.

<passing_field> optional string
Any column with no other specific meaning will pe passed along to the menu item you are forwarding to.
ADMIN_CancelCidStepsBack optional int
Number of steps in the page history to jump back if the user clicks Cancel in an ADMIN_FORCE dialog (the default being none). This value overrides cancelcidstepsback specified in the query string.
ADMIN_CancelReturnToMenuItem optional string
Jumps back to the menu item with this alias if the user clicks Cancel in an ADMIN_FORCE dialog (the default being none). If no prior menu item is found with the given alias, then an error is thrown.
ADMIN_CancelMenuItem optional string
Alias of the menu item to execute if the user clicks Cancel in an ADMIN_FORCE dialog (the default being none). This value overrides cancelmenuitemid specified in the query string.
ADMIN_CancelMenuItemId optional int

Deprecated. Use ADMIN_CancelMenuItem instead.

Id of the menuitem to execute if the user clicks Cancel in an ADMIN_FORCE dialog (the default being none). This value overrides cancelmenuitemid specified in the query string.

ADMIN_CidStepsBack optional int
Number of steps in the page history to jump back after execution (the default being one step back). This value overrides any destination specified by the query string.
ADMIN_ReturnToMenuItem optional string
Jumps back to the menu item with this alias after execution. This value overrides any destination specified by the query string. If no prior menu item is found with the given alias, then an error is thrown.
ADMIN_Force optional string
Prompts the user with the specified text and the user may answer OK or cancel. If the user chooses OK the sql call will be rerun with the parameter @force set to 1.
ADMIN_Forward optional string
Displays a user friendly message and then forwards to the next menu item.
ADMIN_ForwardLink optional string
Alias of the link to forward to.
ADMIN_ForwardMenuGroup optional string

Alias of the menu group to show after execution (instead of former menu item). This value overrides any destination specified by the query string.

ADMIN_ForwardMenuGroupId optional int

Deprecated. Use ADMIN_ForwardMenuGroup instead.

Id of the menu group to show after execution (instead of former menu item). This value overrides any destination specified by the query string.

ADMIN_ForwardMenuItem optional string
Alias of the menu item to execute after execution (instead of former menu item). This value overrides any destination specified by the query string.
ADMIN_ForwardMenuItemId optional int

Deprecated. Use ADMIN_ForwardMenuItem instead.

Id of the menu item to execute after execution (instead of former menu item). This value overrides any destination specified by the query string.

ADMIN_Message optional string

Displays a user friendly error message to the user.

ADMIN_PasteHtmlFromPopup optional string
Pastes HTML into an HTML editor. See ADMIN_SetFieldValueFromPopup.
ADMIN_SetFieldValueFromPopup optional string
Sets the value of the field specified in the menuitempopup call. Only select this column if menu item is opened in a popup.
ADMIN_ClosePopup optional bit
If this column is anything but NULL the popup will be closed. Only select this column if the menu item is opened in a popup.
Default: The default behavior is to step back inside the popup window and close it if there is nothing to step back to.
ADMIN_Unselect optional bit
Alias for ADMIN_UnselectAll.
ADMIN_UnselectAll optional bit
If this column is anything but NULL all items are removed from the list of selected items.
Default: By default selected items are maintained when you return to the grid/calendar. This applies even if the selected item is no longer visible in the component unless this column is specified.
ADMIN_ClearHistory optional any
When the value is not NULL all navigation history is cleared and the user can't navigate back. This is only supported when forwarding to another menu item.
ADMIN_RefreshMenu optional bit
Will trigger a reload of the sidebar if the column is anything but NULL.
Cache optional string
Cache key to be cleared. Supports wildcards.
CacheUserId optional string
Either a user id or '%'.

Clears all caches (e.g. access permissions) related to the specified user id.

Use '%' to clear caches for all users.
CancelButtonText optional string
Changes the text of the Cancel button when used with ADMIN_Force.
OkButtonText optional string
Changes the text of the OK button when used with ADMIN_Message, ADMIN_Force, or ADMIN_Forward.

SQL Call: Validate parameters

Allows you to validate the parameters supplied by the user before any other SQL is run in the component. This call is only made if the component has visible parameters, the SQL is a stored procedure, and Validate parameters is checked.

May modify database: No

Parameters

@Force bit
Set to 1 if the last call to validate parameters used admin_force and the user clicked OK in the OK/Cancel dialog.
@ValidateParams bit
Set to 1 when this call is made.

Resultset: Messages (optional)

Table count: repeated zero or one time
Row count: zero or one row
Columns
ADMIN_Force optional string
Message asking the end user to confirm their parameters.
ADMIN_Message optional string
Message explaining why the parameters are rejected.

Custom access control and logging

SQL Call: Custom access control and logging

Use this call to restrict which entries a user is allowed to view and edit, and to log which entries a user views.

Access to a menu item is normally controlled through functions and roles alone but some entities need more fine grained control. For example, a user may have access to the View Member menu item for normal members but not for members with a protected identity.

The menu items a user visits are always logged (in ADMINLogMenuItem) but for sensitive data you may need to log exactly what entries are viewed. Do the logging in this call as the common ways of viewing data (grid and InfoSQL) are not allowed to modify the database.

If you bind a scalar function instead of a stored procedure to this call then its name must end with '_GrantAccess'.

May modify database: Yes

Resultset: Access permissions

Return whether the user is allowed to visit the menu item with the current parameters.
Table count: repeated exactly once
Row count: exactly one row
Columns
GrantAccess mandatory bit
1 if the user is allowed to view the menu item, 0 if the user should not be allowed to view the menu item.

If 0 then an error will be logged as the user should not have been able to reach the menu item with the given parameters in the first place.