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Nomads / Convert NOMADS file to XML (need IOLIST)
« on: March 13, 2024, 03:13:51 PM »
I am writing a utility to convert PVXPlus program and library files to text so that Beyond Compare (a compare utility from Scooter Software) can easily spot changes.  Converting the program to text is easy and done.  I've decided to convert the NOMADS library files to XML.  I can do this with made-up column names (i.e. Field1, Field2, etc), but I'd rather have the meaningful names that go with the columns.

Have any of you already written a conversion of NOMADS library files to XML that you'd be willing to share?

Where would I find the IOLIST for a NOMADS library file?

Thanks - Phil

P.S. I'll be happy to share my conversion program and the Beyond Compare configuration to anyone interested.  It's quite useful.

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Web Services / Publishing a PDF through PXPlus web engine
« on: March 06, 2024, 02:30:45 PM »
I need to create a label of a specific size, format, font, etc and present it to be printed on the website.  The PVXPlus web engine will be running on one server and the website is on another server.  The website host will not have access to the folders for the application. The only access is through the web engine.

I'm using the *PDF* special file to create the PDF, but I do not know how to get the web server to publish that back to the website.  I'm sure it's simple.

Thanks - Phil

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iNomads / %inomads'upload_file() times out
« on: July 07, 2022, 09:23:09 PM »
Is there a limit to the size file the %inomads'upload_file() function can handle?  I've got my upload working well with small files.  I've tested with 2K file size with success.   The actual files the user will be uploading are generally 22-25MB Excel files.  This does not seem to be a very large file, considering that the upload attempts are either on the same server where EZWEB and iNOMADS are running or are connected with a 300Mb connection.  Whenever I try the larger file it sits for a long time then says that it cannot make a connection.  I then find that EZWEB is no longer running and I have to restart it.
Any idea what might be happening here or where I can begin to look for a cause.  The weird part, to me, is that the issues seems to kill EZWEB.

The server is Windows running PXPlus 2021 Web. 

Thanks!  - Phil

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Web Services / EZWeb /ShutDown?xxxxxxx-yyyyyyyy not found
« on: January 29, 2022, 09:46:47 AM »
I'm running latest version of PVXPlus with both Pro and Wayfarer licenses, installed in separate folders.  I'm running the EZWeb server from the Wayfarer instance and it's all working well, except that I cannot use the ShutDown directive from a web browser. 
When I try
http://localhost:8758/ShutDown?taskuser-xxxxxx
I get the response:
[font=courier]Not Found
The requested URL /ShutDown can not be provided by this server.
[/font]

I've tried all sorts of variations with no success.  The documentation says to use the 8 digit serial number, but my serial numbers are all 6 digits, unless I use the SSN value, in which case they are much longer.  I get the feeling that I'm missing something.  Since EZWeb is being started in background from task scheduler, I cannot use the system tray to shut it down, so I end up have to kill the process on the server.

Thanks for any help!

- Phil

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Registration and Setup / License seats requirement calculation
« on: January 07, 2022, 03:28:50 PM »
I'm trying to determine how many licenses of which type to purchase, but am not sure how they are consumed.

We have multiple processes that run from Task Scheduler every day.  They are all started on the server and run as the same user.  I believe these will altogether use 1 license.

We have iNOMADS running from IIS.  The usage is very light, typically only one person logs on to the website at a time.  I think this will use 2 wayfarer licenses.  At what point do we need to bump up the number of Wayfarer licenses? Is it just a matter of of performance because a single license can only handle one task at a time?

Right now we're using Pro licenses for development and to run the scheduled tasks, but we do not use PVXPlus SQL nor ODBC, so I think we can accomplish the same thing with Base licenses.  Is there a way to determine exactly what features we will loses if we move to Base licenses instead of Pro?  Will the Base license support the Wayfarer licenses running iNOMADS?

Thanks - Phil

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I have an iNOMADS transaction which successfully runs an application.  If I start EXWeb on port 8888 I can run the program from my browser:  localhost:8888?txid=FEShipping

I have installed Webster+ using the default port 8088.  Webster+ seems to work fine, but I cannot figure out how to get it to run txid=FEShipping.  I tried just running it the same way I would with EZWeb and no Webster+ (I.E. localhost:8088?txid=FEShipping) but that only takes me to the Webster+ default screen.  I have tried all sorts of combinations using Program and URL in the Webster+ menu with no success.

Any examples would be very helpful, I think.

Thanks - Phil

Philip Whirley
Ride the Lowcountry, LLC

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Webster Plus / Can Webster+ menu launch iNOMADS programs
« on: November 09, 2021, 09:59:56 PM »
I've got several programs that a customer has been running via iNOMADS for a while from a fairly ugly start page using some convoluted security.  While duplicating the system to a new customer, I started looking at Webster+ to be the front end and controller, giving better flexibility and built-in security.  The project is on a short timeline so I do not have the option of rewriting all the programs to work with REST.  I saw that Webster+ can use the TX=### so I thought, perhaps, that I can mix in iNOMADS with the new Webster programs while we, potentially, re-write what is necessary.  Is this possible?

Thanks - Phil

Philip Whirley
Ride the Lowcountry, LLC

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