Hello
If I try to set a server connection with a remote server, I receive this popup dreamweaver error message:

"Server Action file "file:///Macintosh HD/.../dmxConnect/api/....php" cannot be found.

The url in the page is correct but your system not recognise the http parameter and search the connection in the local system:

<dmx-serverconnect id="serverconnect1" url="http://url/dmxConnect/api/....php" site="NAME"></dmx-serverconnect>

I'm searching to build an App with your new extension (to replace this old instruction www.dmxzone.com/go/22827/building-mobile-apps-with-html5-data-bindings-and-dmxzone-database-connector).

Is your new extension enable to build App (together with Server Connect)?
Thanks.
Regards,
Michele

Hello Michele,
we are going to check this issue and i will let you know what is wrong.

Hi Teodor,
is the problem fixed in the last version (released today)?

Thanks.

Hello Michele,
The option to select action files from different site definition will be integrated in our next updates.

Ok, thanks.
I hope to see very soon this option because otherwise I can't continue working.

Sometimes, working with your extensions is really frustrating and it's difficult to schedule work activity.

Hi Michele,

Have you setup correctly the Web URL from the Dreamweaver Site definition for used for your remote server?
It is under the site options / Servers / Edit / Basic settings - Web URL

If the right remote url site prefix is entered there everything should be resolved correctly.

Also make sure you pick the right site definition when you choose the server connect action.

Greetings,
George

Hi George,
I've setup correctly the site definition but the error is always the same (I'm using DW 2017.0.1 on OSX 10.12.3).

Could you (or someone in your team) refresh this video tutorial using your latest extensions?
www.dmxzone.com/go/22827/building-mobile-apps-with-html5-data-bindings-and-dmxzone-database-connector

I think it would be better to understand the exact/official procedure and avoid mistake/misunderstandings.

FYI, in the mac platform the icons "column", "value", "type" (e.g. in the dreamweaver popup source query builder) are missing.

Thanks!

Hello Michele,
We will update this tutorial in the next couple of days.
Are you sure your remote site has its URL properly setup in the site definition? You just need to select it from:

in the server connect picker dialog.

The icons could be missing if HTML5 Data Bindings extension is not installed, as Server Connect is currently using them as a source - this will be improved in the next updates. For now just install Data Bindings, so the icons appear properly.

Hello Teodor,
I tried in every possible way but nothing, always the same error:

"Server Action file "file:///Macintosh HD/.../dmxConnect/api/....php" cannot be found.

I'll wait your tutorial.

Hello Michele,
In the tutorial you will see the same as on the screenshot i posted above plus explanation, that your sites must be defined properly, with the site URL entered.
Please contact us in our live chat support today, so i can look into this issue directly with you.

Hello Teodor,
the site definitions are correct (also, to check I've used the same configuration from previous Apps created with the old HTML5 Data Bindings).

Also, I noticed that despite of the error, in the Dreamweaver Live view (2017.0.1) the records are visible but if I see the same page in the browser (or in the App installed on the smartphone), is empty.

For the moment I decided to stop the works on the App. I'll wait next updates.
Thanks for the support.

P.S. Please enable the function to insert "images" in the forum, I think it would be helpful to include screenshots without to load them from external resources.

Please send me your screenshots at: or contact me in the live chat..

Hi Michele, we've found the problem but there is not really a problem with the generated code. It is DW which is looking into the wrong place, and that's why the popup is showing, when you click the server connect component. This will be improved in the Server Connect and App Connect updates tomorrow.

Ok, thanks!

Hi Teodor,
I've installed the latest versions (that you have released today) and now the above error is fixed.

However, now I've a new problem... isn't possibile to load recordset from external source.
If I try to load the data from a query on a page and it isn't on the same server, the page is empty (not load nothing from the database/query).

With the old HTML 5 Bindings works good, with new App Connect not.

I'm working on a mac (latest os x version with "mamp pro" ) with Dreamweaver 2017.0.1.
My remote server (cloud server) has a OS Debian (last version).

I tried everything but the queries from cloud server (mysql) not load in the local (and I need about this behaviour because I'm building an App).

Thanks.

Hi Michele,

Is the generated URL all ok? If you call it in the browser directly does it return data?

-George

Hi George,
in the browser's console I receive these two errors:

[Error] XMLHttpRequest cannot load http://url-remote.com/dmxConnect/api/News.php?. Origin http://url-local.it is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin.

[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)
http://url-local.it/dmxAppConnect/maps/dmxAppConnect.js.map

I've hidden the urls for my privacy in this post... url-remote.com (with the server behaviours) and url-local.it (my local App) obviously aren't the real values.

The same page created with the old HTML 5 Bindings extension, not generate these errors.

Hi Michele,

Yes due to browser security you have to deal with something like CORS
So to allow your Server Connect Actions to be accessible from other domain than the current one a special header is required that you will have to add on your server.

If you have Apache server the easiest way is to create a .htaccess file in /dmxConnect/api folder in your site and add to it:

Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"

For other servers see:

enable-cors.org/server.html

We will see if you can make such integrations of CORS more part of the Server Connect in the upcoming updates.

Greetings,
George

Hi George,
I've insert the above Apache instruction and now it works.

Last thing... do you know if "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" could create some security ricks on my cloud server (is enable only in that specific domain)?

Thanks

Hi Michele,

No this actually is for adding more security.
If you want to make it even more secure instead of * use only the domain that is allowed to call your server connect api calls.

See developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Origin

Greetings,
George

Ok!
Thanks for the support!