Henry Huey's blog

An Agile fortune...

Henry Huey — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:44:35 -0500

...from Fire Bowl Cafe in Austin.

This one is from Lotus Restaurant in St. Paul, MN. The next time I ate there, I got "You can prosper in the field of medical research", so I disregarded it.

SQL stored proc to split a URL into tokens

Henry Huey — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:12:38 -0500

This is a stored proc to take an input URL with a query string and split out the URL and the individual query string parameters. For example, if you're considering a URL like this:

http://localhost/imismain100/iMIS/ContentManagement/Template.aspx?ContentCode=SimpleEventEdit&UniformKey=72290518-44b9-428b-909d-10142b4b6b9f&PreserveStatefulBusinessContainer=true&ButtonId=ctl00_TemplateBody_WebPartManager1_gwpste_container_SimpleEventShowcase_ciSimpleEventShowcase_EventShowcase_RefreshButton&ParentPageInstanceKey=ae6cfeb2-21c7-4221-a2e1-43d5e6c5b097&WebsiteKey=d30229f1-d53b-48d7-99ae-d0ce9fea621d&TemplateType=E&DialogCacheParam=0.9562794873612177

CCAuthTemplateCSharp updated

Henry Huey — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:39:43 -0500

Attached is an updated C# CCAuth template for use with the custom gateway. It resolves the problems described here: http://www.imiscommunity.com/custom_imis_15_1_3_ocx .

adding an image to an IC post

Henry Huey — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:45:15 -0400

Here's how to illustrate an iMIS Community post; I'm not sure if it's noted elsewhere.

First, create your new post. Scroll to the bottom and click "File attachments", which expands to show a file path entry field and Browse and Attach buttons. Click Browse, find the image you want, and click Attach. After the file is uploaded, under the Description there's a URL string in very small font. Copy the URL, then in the editor toolbar, click the Insert/Edit image icon (next to the Anchor). In the popup, paste in the URL, then tab out of the field; if all is well, you'll see your picture in the preview. Click OK.

Checking the versions of iMIS ActiveX components

Henry Huey — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:53:10 -0400

There are several ways to confirm that your iMIS Desktop installation has the correct versions of ActiveX components. The installer normally handles this, but once in a while some environmental issue interferes, leaving an older version of a component installed.

In iMIS Desktop, pick Help> About >System Info.
Download the AsiVersion utility from www.advsol.com/downloads - scroll down to the Diagnostic Tools folder and download AsiVersion.zip.
Add file version to Windows Explorer
1. Right-click on the field columns header
2. Pick "More..." from the context menu
3. Check "File version" in the list.
4. By default, iMIS ActiveX files are in C:\Program Files\ASI\iMIS15\ActiveX. Note that this checks the file version, but doesn't check the COM registered version loaded by desktop (they'll be the same, unless there's a problem). The first two options do.

command script to refresh the IIS world

Henry Huey — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:21:55 -0400

This is a command script I use to reset the iMIS world completely in my local development environment, making sure nothing's cached in IIS or ASP.NET. The script stops the Publishing and Workflow services, stops IIS, deletes the files in the ASP.NET cache, starts everything back up, and recycles the application pool used by iMIS.

Copy the lines below and save them in a .cmd file. It needs to be run as administrator.

IQA query to list IQA queries

Henry Huey — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:02:10 -0400

Here's a way to create an IQA query to list IQA queries and display their full document system path.

First, create a view to wrap the asi_PublishedDocumentPath function. This view definition is for published documents only (status = 40), but change it if you need different results.

CREATE VIEW [dbo].[vDocumentPath] AS
 SELECT dbo.asi_PublishedDocumentPath([DocumentVersionKey]) AS 'DocumentPath', [DocumentTypeCode]
   FROM [dbo].[DocumentMain]
 WHERE [DocumentStatusCode] = 40 AND dbo.asi_PublishedDocumentPath(DocumentVersionKey) IS NOT NULL

Next, in Business Object Designer, create a business object named DocumentPath. On the Database tab, add vDocumentPath, and both columns as properties. Save and publish.

Pasting a clickable hyperlink into an Outlook 2007 message

Henry Huey — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:28:06 -0400

I'm reasonably sure this was working as I expected it to (i.e. copy a URL from the browser, paste it into a message, and it created a clickable hyperlink), but recently stopped working, such that I had to go through the extra steps of Insert / Insert Hyperlink. Maybe an Office update changed the setting, I don't know...

Anyway, to switch it back, Tools / Options / Mail Format tab; Editor Options / Proofing / AutoCorrect options; check "Internet and network paths with hyperlinks" on the "AutoFormat As You Type" tab. Note that the identical checkbox on the "AutoFormat" tab didn't affect this.

Event Directions can include HTML

Henry Huey — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:14:43 -0500

This is a response to the question about including HTML in Event descriptions here: http://www.imiscommunity.com/complete_newbie_need_help I'm posting it here so I can include a screenshot.

The Event Directions field, from Define an Event in Desktop, is rendered as an asp:Label in public view and template sites, so it can include HTML formatting for bold and hyperlinks. The attached screenshot shows the desktop setup, with html in the Directions field, and its effect in public view. I didn't check to see how confirmation notices would handle HTML, so you'd probably want to check "Suppress printing of directions on Confirmation Letters".

SELECT @@VERSION returns the service pack number in SQL Server 2008

Henry Huey — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:44:38 -0500

Up through SQL Server 7.0, to determine the level of SQL Server, the routine was to execute SELECT @@VERSION, note the version number, and look it up in the table on the Microsoft site -- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321185 .

With SQL Server 2000, SELECT SERVERPROPERTY ('ProductLevel') was introduced, which returns "RTM", "SPn", or "Bn", for Release to Manufacturing, Service Pack n, or Beta n.

Set file modified date to EXIF date taken

Henry Huey — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:27:18 -0500

This is a non-iMIS problem I wanted to solve for my photography hobby, but there may be some interest in how to use LINQ to work with EXIF data from image files.

In this case, I had photos from two different camera bodies and the same event, and wanted to post them to a photo site, ordered by the date/time they were taken. Unfortunately, the site didn't support sort by date taken, just by file date modified. Since the photo ID numbers for the cameras weren't in sync, I couldn't use them for the sort. I'd started with .NEF format image files, and generated .JPEGs from them, so the order of the file date modified didn't necessarily match up with the date taken.

sp_who_i15

Henry Huey — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:20:00 -0500

I've seen numerous questions about the inability to use sp_who with iMIS 15 to see who's logged in. iMIS 15 uses the equivalent of the 10.x SQL security model 3 (only), so there's not a SQL-login-per-user model available, which lent itself so nicely to using sp_who. The reason for this is the iMIS 15 adoption of the ASP.NET Membership Provider as a single unified authentication store and the need to integrate it throughout iMIS, including the Desktop environment.

Making the Paypal credit card test account return a DECLINED status

Henry Huey — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:13:34 -0400

The Paypal test account is limited to transactions less than $1000. If you try to authorize a larger charge, Paypal / PayflowPro will return a DECLINED status, so you can confirm that declined transaction handling is working properly.

Implementing Payment Gateways - Innovations 2009 Session

Henry Huey — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:27:06 -0400

The session handout and the samples from this session, presented on April 28, 2009, are here: http://www.imiscommunity.com/implementing_payment_gateways_innovations_2...

Acrobat Reader install error: The Temp folder is on a drive that is full or is inaccessible...

Henry Huey — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:44:47 -0400

I ran into this when installing Acrobat Reader on a Vista system where User Account Control was turned off. To get past the error, turn UAC back on (Control Panel / User accounts).

More details from Adobe: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/333/333643.html

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) in iMIS 15.1 - Innovations handout

Henry Huey — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:40:40 -0400

The handout from the Innovations 2009 SSRS presentation is attached.

ASI logo animated cursor

Henry Huey — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:22:14 -0400

Here, just in time for Innovations, is an animated cursor based on the ASI logo. To install it, copy the asi_pinwheel.ani.txt file to your windows\cursors folder. Take off the .txt extension. In Control Panel / Mouse / Pointers, Browse to this cursor for the "Busy" and "Working in Background" selections. Click Apply and you're done.

iMIS 15 Desktop - Error during logon: 13 Type mismatch

Henry Huey — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:54:04 -0500

If you encounter this error, the very first thing to check is whether you can login to the full web view. Desktop uses the Membership Web Service for authentication, and the service runs as part of the iMIS 15 install on the application server (the URL specified by key="ImisWebServerUrl" in web.config). If you can't login to the full web view, try restarting IIS. If that doesn't fix the problem, the iMIS 15 server installation needs additional troubleshooting.

SELECT-a-script - view text of all stored procedures

Henry Huey — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:46:40 -0500

This example shows a SELECT statement that generates a script to dump the sp_helptext output for all stored procedures and functions. Run it with the output set to text in SQL Server Management Studio; copy the results to a new query window and execute the script, again with output to text. The "SET NOCOUNT" statements are included so that there won't be an extra row like this: (856 row(s) affected) at the end of the generated script, but you can omit them and just remember to leave it out.

SQL Server 2005 ReportViewer does not contain a definition for 'Reset'

Henry Huey — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:19:47 -0500

SQL Server Reporting Services support for the Coleto release uses the ReportViewer control ( http://gotreportviewer.com/ ). iMIS uses the Reset method, which was not in the original distribution of the control. Unfortunately, an older version of the 2005 ReportViewer control, without the Reset method, is included in several Microsoft installers. These place the older control in the GAC, where it's found before the newer version in the iMIS bin folder.