Editing the IIS metabase using cfmx7
Hello Im running win2k03 server and cfmx7 Ive written a cfc to do the editing of the metabase.xml file i require, in order to add domains/mappings/ftp sites etc etc... however i'm running into a problem that corrupts the xml file. The problem comes with things like webserver bindings. Somebody in their wisdom decided to make them into a list delimited by some sort of white space, rather than seperate xml entities, and so when i use XMLParse() to parse the text into coldfusion readable xml, the whitespace seems to get changed or removed or something and so when you re-save the xml file, IIS throws up errors for the bindings and shuts down the sites affected... it also affects web server extensions in the same way. Has anybody run into this problem or somethign similar? Are there any solutions? I'm really doing very little more than XmlParse() into a variable, adding/editing/removing some xml entities, then saving the xml back using cffile... TIA, Ryan ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:217342 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Editing the IIS metabase using cfmx7
The problem comes with things like webserver bindings. Somebody in their wisdom decided to make them into a list delimited by some sort of white space, rather than seperate xml entities, and so when i use XMLParse() to parse the text into coldfusion readable xml, the whitespace seems to get changed or removed or something and so when you re-save the xml file, IIS throws up errors for the bindings and shuts down the sites affected... XMLParse() just follows the specs regarding normalization of attribute's values: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204/#AVNormalize Massimo Foti Tools for ColdFusion and Dreamweaver developers: http://www.massimocorner.com ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:217344 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Editing the IIS metabase using cfmx7
Ryan: I started fiddling with the XML metabase at one point, learned how messy and compromised the XML is, and decided to just CFEXECUTE .vbs scripts instead. But I'll definitely be watching to if anyone has suggestions for you. -- Roger Benningfield JournURL http://admin.support.journurl.com/ http://admin.mxblogspace.journurl.com/ ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:217345 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Editing the IIS metabase using cfmx7
ok i've looked a bit further, and it seems that the problem is with line feeds being used as a delimiter and being removed... i understand that XMLParse() is according to the specs, but surely there must be some sort of work-around for this? Ryan: I started fiddling with the XML metabase at one point, learned how messy and compromised the XML is, and decided to just CFEXECUTE . vbs scripts instead. But I'll definitely be watching to if anyone has suggestions for you. -- Roger Benningfield JournURL http://admin.support.journurl.com/ http://admin.mxblogspace.journurl. com/ ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:217346 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Editing the IIS metabase using cfmx7
an alternative method i guess is this: regex to replace any carriage returns within xml attribute values with a given string, and then replace them again for carriage returns before save back? would anyone be able to write a regex to do this? ok i've looked a bit further, and it seems that the problem is with line feeds being used as a delimiter and being removed... i understand that XMLParse() is according to the specs, but surely there must be some sort of work-around for this? Ryan: I started fiddling with the XML metabase at one point, learned how messy and compromised the XML is, and decided to just CFEXECUTE . vbs scripts instead. But I'll definitely be watching to if anyone has suggestions for you. -- Roger Benningfield JournURL http://admin.support.journurl.com/ http://admin.mxblogspace.journurl. com/ ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:217349 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Editing the IIS metabase using cfmx7
Roger: i got it working, i was looking for your email address so i could send what i have got through to you. IF you email me: [EMAIL PROTECTED], i'll pass what i have done on... Ryan: I started fiddling with the XML metabase at one point, learned how messy and compromised the XML is, and decided to just CFEXECUTE . vbs scripts instead. But I'll definitely be watching to if anyone has suggestions for you. -- Roger Benningfield JournURL http://admin.support.journurl.com/ http://admin.mxblogspace.journurl. com/ ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:217368 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
