Studio Templates and Add Ons
We do not use the out of the box web server (57772) for HealthConnect, we run a stand alone instance of Apache with https enabled. Now when I go to Tools > Templates > Web Form Wizard, I get an error Navigation Cancelled. I get a similar error when I try Tools > Add Ons > Add On.
Any ideas?
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You can just open Addon url in browser.
Any idea how to tell what the URL should be? Is there a table that lists the Add Ons? A package?
For example, Java Gateway Wizard is at:
http:://host/csp/reg/%25ZEN.Template.ObjectGatewayWizard.JavaHome.cls
I usually use "find in files" and search for page title to find where it is.
[@Jeffrey Drumm]'s answer is way better.
For the record, I checked back through the old Studio versions I have access to. This setting first appeared in 2009.1.
A bit more info on the answer from @Jeffrey Drumm
Here's how the relevant part of the 'Environment, Documentation and Proxy' section of Studio's Tools\Options dialog starts out:
In this state I can use the standard 'SOAP Wizard' add-in but it is served by the private web server of my Cache server installation. I'm testing from the Windows desktop this runs on.
I also have an instance of IIS on that Windows host, and the IIS is correctly configured to serve Portal and documentation pages from both http://localhost/ and https://localhost, plus from http://localhost/cache111 and https://localhost/cache111
Back in the Studio Options dialog I set the checkbox and start trying some value-pairs in the now-active Address and Port fields. Here are my results:
| Address | Port | Result of launching add-in |
|---|---|---|
| localhost | 80 | Success |
| localhost | 443 | White page, presumably because HTTP is requested from 443 |
| localhost/cache111 | 80 | CSP Error page, which reveals that the CGI variable CACHE_URL has the malformed value http://localhost:80/cache111:80/isc/studio/templates/SOAPClientWizard.csp |
| https://localhost | 443 | Works from Studio 2017.2.1 but fails from Studio 2014.1.1 and displays a page headed "Navigation to the webpage was canceled". |
| https://localhost/cache111 | 443 | Fails from Studio 2014.1.1 as above. Gives CSP Error page from Studio 2017.2.1, which reveals that the CGI variable CACHE_URL has the malformed value http://localhost:443/cache111:443/isc/studio/templates/SOAPClientWizard.csp |
Note too that if we enter a value for Address but leave Port blank the dialog files a value of 80 in the Port field. This can be seen when the dialog is reopened.
Conclusions from above:
- Templates and add-ins can be served from a server other than the Private Web Server as long as they are served from the root.
- Studio 2017.2.1 can fetch templates and add-ins using HTTPS when correctly configured. This is not true of some earlier versions of Studio.
In Studio's Tools menu, select Options, Environment, Documentation and Proxy. Check "Templates and add-ins will use Proxy server for <hostname>." Enter the address (including 'https://' if you're using SSL/TLS) and port number for your standalone web server. Click Apply.
You may have to re-authenticate each time you select a template, but at least you'll be able to get to them (and I'm sure there's a way around that too).
I also have a hunch that if your webserver is prepared to serve HTTP then it may be sufficient to make some server-side settings in Portal on your Caché / Ensemble server, as follows.
The settings are WebServerName, WebServerPort, and WebServerURLPrefix. These can be found in the Startup Settings ([System Administration] > [Configuration] > [Additional Settings] > [Startup Settings])
Doing this may mean you don't need to get each Studio user to change their settings. But it seems possible the server-side settings won't be able to make Studios use HTTPS for templates and add-ins rather than HTTP.