On 2011-08-20, at 11:28 AM, Tim Worman wrote:

> It's taken me a few days to get back to this due to a deployment.
> 
> On Aug 10, 2011, at 7:51 AM, Chuck Hill wrote:
> 
>> On 2011-08-10, at 7:03 AM, Timothy Worman wrote:
>>> On Aug 9, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Chuck Hill wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Tim,
>>>> 
>>>> I am not really clear on what you are doing and what the problem is.  This 
>>>> code should only affect URLs that get sent into your application.  Which 
>>>> should be none.  Why do you have relative URLs to resources?  Have you 
>>>> looked at the BASE tag, http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_base.asp?  That 
>>>> maybe a better solution to your problem.
>>> 
>>> I do believe I have relative urls in my css pointing to images used by the 
>>> css. I can't look at the moment but I used suggestions I found on the list 
>>> to do it. Maybe this causes issues.
>> 
>> Wonder uses this (e.g. the Ajax frameworks) so it should work if you have a 
>> Wonder app.  Check the page source, does the CSS link look like this:
>> 
>> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
>> href="/cgi-bin/WebObjects/AjaxExample.woa/_wr_/wodata=/Users/chuck/Documents/Wonder/Frameworks/Ajax/Ajax/build/Ajax.framework/WebServerResources/modalbox.css"/>
> 
> No, in deployment that page resources are linked like:
> 
> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
> href="/WebObjects/Frameworks/GSEISCoreFramework.framework/WebServerResources/core.css"/>
> <script 
> src="/WebObjects/Frameworks/Ajax.framework/WebServerResources/prototype.js"></script>
> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
> href="/WebObjects/Frameworks/Ajax.framework/WebServerResources/ibox/ibox.css"/>

That is vended through Apache.  Those won't reach the app (unless you have some 
whacky rewrite rules :-)


> In development they are linked more like:
> 
> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
> href="/cgi-bin/WebObjects/eTimesheet.woa/-55555/wr/wodata=/Users/worman/Source/corewo/GSEISCoreFramework/WebServerResources/core.css"/>
> <script 
> src="/cgi-bin/WebObjects/eTimesheet.woa/-55555/wr/wodata=/Library/Frameworks/Ajax.framework/WebServerResources/modalbox.js"></script>
> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
> href="/cgi-bin/WebObjects/eTimesheet.woa/-55555/wr/wodata=/Library/Frameworks/Ajax.framework/WebServerResources/modalbox.css"/>
> <script 
> src="/cgi-bin/WebObjects/eTimesheet.woa/-55555/wr/wodata=/Library/Frameworks/Ajax.framework/WebServerResources/ibox/ibox.js"></script>
> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
> href="/cgi-bin/WebObjects/eTimesheet.woa/-55555/wr/wodata=/Library/Frameworks/Ajax.framework/WebServerResources/ibox/ibox.css"/>

The app serves these.


> 
>>>>>>>> What's been causing this for me are requests for 
>>>>>>>> "Ajax/WebServerResources/ibox/images/bg.png" when using AMD.
>>>> 
>>>> I don't see why that should be.  Are you using a custom CSS file with the 
>>>> AMD?  Is the relative URL in there?  That will only work with Wonder, and 
>>>> only if the image path is relative to the location of the CSS file in your 
>>>> project.
>>> 
>>> I am not using custom css for the AMD. I'm simply using the component in my 
>>> app. I didn't know any of this trouble was happening until I started trying 
>>> to handle session restoration for ajax requests. Then I noticed that method 
>>> was being called all the time and it seemed related to image files. At that 
>>> point I started searching the list to figure out why that would be 
>>> happening. That's what bought me here to Klaus' thread on the same topic.
>> 
>> It should not be getting called all the time (obviously).  Do you have CSS 
>> and images that are vended directly from Apache and not through the 
>> application?  That is the only thing that I can think of.
> 
> I think the above links reflect that they are being vended through apache?
> 
> I also think this entire issue I've encountered is related to another issue 
> I'm having that I brought up in January regarding runaway httpd threads.
> 
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/webobjects-dev/2011/Jan/msg00224.html
> 
> I'm still having that issue but I'm gonna bring that thread back so that 
> subject stays on track.


OK


Chuck

> 
> 
>> Chuck
>> 
>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 2011-08-05, at 12:51 PM, Timothy Worman wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Aug 5, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 2011-08-05, at 11:45 AM, Tim Worman wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm seeing this now and it's been driving me exactly bat-sh!t crazy. In 
>>>>>>> all the threads I've read on this topic the only thing I haven't found 
>>>>>>> is WHY it happens. Why do any of the transactions on my pages believe 
>>>>>>> that image files are sessions ids? Anybody……….? Bueller………?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The transactions on your pages _don't_ believe that image files are 
>>>>>> sessions ids.  From that page:
>>>>>> The request URI looks like this: 
>>>>>> /cgi-bin/WebObjects/woapp.woa/wo/images/headerart.jpg. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The /wo/ indicates that it is a session based, component request so WO 
>>>>>> just hands it off to the WOComponentRequestHandler.  The 
>>>>>> WOComponentRequestHandler needs a session to handle the request, so it 
>>>>>> creates one if one does not exist.  After that point it hits the error 
>>>>>> of the URL being nonsense.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Chuck
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for the explanation Chuck - very much appreciated. After 
>>>>> implementing Klaus's code, I'm now  returning 404's on most of the images 
>>>>> in my app - so they don't show up at least in development. So, this will 
>>>>> fubar deployment. I am using Wonder/apache to rewrite urls. Do I have to 
>>>>> get the rewriting involved in referencing my images properly now?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tim
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What's been causing this for me are requests for 
>>>>>>> "Ajax/WebServerResources/ibox/images/bg.png" when using AMD.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> …and maybe others.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Oh, and thanks to Klaus for sharing the code!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Tim Worman
>>>>>>> UCLA GSE&IS
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sep 4, 2009, at 7:03 PM, Klaus Berkling wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Sometime back in 2005 Kaj Hejer posted a question about having a 
>>>>>>>> relative link to an image, and clicking links on the wo app page 
>>>>>>>> resulted in their custom 'session expired' page.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The solution was to catch the request for the image in dispatchRequest 
>>>>>>>> and return a 404.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Well I recently came acros the same type of problem. I though I'd 
>>>>>>>> share the code:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>        http://web.mac.com/kib/page1/files/relative_image.html
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> If you have sessions that you can't account for, this may be why.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> kib
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> "The trouble with normal is it always gets worse."
>>>>>>>> Bruce Cockburn
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Klaus Berkling
>>>>>>>> Systems Administrator
>>>>>>>> DynEd International, Inc.
>>>>>>>> www.dyned.com | www.eskimo.com/~kiberkli
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Chuck Hill             Senior Consultant / VP Development
>>>> 
>>>> Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall 
>>>> knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems.    
>>>> http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Chuck Hill             Senior Consultant / VP Development
>> 
>> Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall 
>> knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems.    
>> http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects
>> 
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> 

-- 
Chuck Hill             Senior Consultant / VP Development

Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall 
knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems.    
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