Hi Jason, thanks for the response. that is indeed, exactly what I'm trying to do. However, though I can create both HTML templates and Images in the AR System Resource Definitions form, I don't seem to be able to figure out how to use one of those images in the HTML template.
So I need to be able to create an HTML template with image references in it. -Andy On Dec 6, 2011, at 5:39 PM, Jason Miller wrote: > ** Hi Andrew, > > What about putting the HTML file in the "AR System Resource Definitions" > form? A record in here and a little workflow to do a Set Fields to your View > Field should do the trick. > > Bullet two has a little bit of info in the 7.6.04 "Form and Application > Objects Guide" on page 380 and some more on 388 (the feature was introduced > in 7.5 so you have it in 7.6.03). > > ********************************************** > View fields > A view field is a display-only field that displays any type of content that a > typical browser can display, including the following: > > * Views of AR System forms. > > * HTML templates registered in AR System Resource Definitions with parameters > or embedded field references. These can be full HTML documents, or HTML > fragments that are included in the main page. > > * Attachment field contents, such as HTML files, image files, and Microsoft > Word documents. > > The common use of view field is to embed multiple forms on the view fields > that are present on a container form. Embedded forms can share the user > interface and workflow. You can load AR System forms as Inline forms. For > more information, see “Inline Forms” on page 150. > > You set the initial value of a view field by setting its Text property to > bind a URL or a template name. You can also set the initial value using a Set > Fields active link action, optionally using theTEMPLATE() function. For more > information, see “Creating view fields.” > ********************************************** > > Let me know if that works. > Jason > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Andrew Hicox <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have a pretty odd set up, where hostnames of our mid-tier servers are not > static. Which is to say, from one network segment in the company it's > "hostname 1", and from another it's "hostname 2", and from still others there > is no DNS at all, and it's just an IP address (and at that -- sometimes not > even the same IP, sometimes it's the IP of a proxy). There are also load > balancers involved across multiple mid-tiers as well. > > I have a form, and in that form, I have a view field. In that view field, I > want to load up an HTML template full of help text. I'd just love to include > some graphics (screenshots will be helpful here). The only problem is that > since the template is not being served from any discernible document root > (it's loaded up in an active link set-fields template() action), there is no > relative path for image files. > > I can bypass this by putting in an fully qualified URL to the image files, > but the problem is that I can't actually KNOW what the hostname is going to > be. It might have bounced through a proxy, into a nat translation, or what > have you. > > I'd *really* like to be able to include references to BMC image objects in my > template. Intuitively, it seems like this would be the "right" way to handle > it anyhow. > > I don't see a way to do that in the documentation (though admittedly, I may > have missed it). > We're on 7.6.03. > > Anyone ever do something like this? > > -Andy > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > > _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
