On 2011-08-21, at 12:33 PM, Tim Worman wrote:

> On Aug 21, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Chuck Hill wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 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 :-)
> 
> The only rewrite rules I use are the ones to convert my /cgi-bin/WebObjects 
> bla bla into the app name.
> 
> But I'm pretty sure I do have a problem here. :-) Because what I'm actually 
> doing is creating symlinks in 
> /Library/WebServer/Documents/WebObjects/Frameworks to the actual embedded 
> framework resources in the split install of the app. I have to because those 
> are the paths where the app tries to discover those resources in deployment. 
> But I'm not really sure when this started to be a problem or why - I've 
> always used the typical project layout and build files. Maybe my build files 
> are behind the times? 'Cause they never really get updated unless you create 
> a new project.

You need this in the build.properties file of the app:

frameworksBaseURL=/WebObjects/Cadre.woa/Frameworks

http://davidleber.net/?p=279



>> 
>>> 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 
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>>>>>> 
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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.    
>>>> 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.    
>> http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects
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