Call a ASP program from a url link in infoview

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Hello,

Great forum. Got lot of input and now I need some help.

My client wants to invoke an ASP application from Infoview (BO XI 3.1) using a url.

They would like to pass the user id to the ASP to authenticate the access to that application.

Any ideas ??

Thanks for the time

Theja :canada: (BOB member since 2010-05-01)

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Infoview is a completely “locked down” application, in the sense that:

a) modifications to the Infoview portal are not supported
b) no documentation of Infoview exists

Having said that, your requirement is feasible although you will need to:

  1. determine if this is happening using Infoview .NET or Java
  2. establish from where within the portal you’ll need to pass the user’s BO user ID to this external ASP application and locate that .jsp in the Infoview application tree and start your “tweaking”
  3. develop an authentication/handshake method that allows passing of the userid from BO to your ASP application (depending on your requirements and its need for security etc)

Once you figure this all out, you should also note that you will have to merge changes for future upgrades/servicepacks of Infoview to the version you customized which as others on the forum have mentioned, can be rather painful at times.

Hope this helps

Atul Chowdhury (BOB member since 2003-07-07)

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Thanks Atul. I worked great.

Theja :canada: (BOB member since 2010-05-01)