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Author Topic: Unknown Variable exception when using RtcParse to parse HTML file  (Read 3632 times)
kavetu
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« on: September 26, 2010, 09:15:58 AM »

I am getting an exception when I replace tokens in
my HTML file when using RtcParse. This is the exception I am getting:

raise exception ERtcParse with message
'Unknown Variable: person_name'.

My  TRtcDataProvider  OnCheckRequest event is coded like this:

procedure TPage_Provider.PageProviderCheckRequest(Sender: TRtcConnection);
var
  fname:string;
begin
  with TRtcDataServer(Sender) do
  begin
    fname:=GetFullFileName(Request.FileName);
    if (fname<>'') and (File_Exists(fname)) then
    begin
      Accept;
      Request.Info['fname']:=fname;
    end;
  end;
end;

The OnDataReceived event is coded like this:

procedure TPage_Provider.PageProviderDataReceived(Sender: TRtcConnection);
var
  Svr: TRtcDataServer;
  page: TRtcParse;
  fname: string;
begin
  Svr := TrtcDataServer(Sender);
  if Svr.Request.Complete then
  begin
    Svr.Request.Params.AddText(Svr.Read);

    fname:=Svr.Request.Info['fname'];
    if File_Exists(fname) then
    begin
      page := TRtcParse.Create(fname);
      try
        page['person_name'] := 'Manfredt Kavetu';
        Svr.Write(page.Output);
      finally
        page.Free;
      end;
    end
    else
      Write;
  end;
end;

The person_name token is wrapped in a P tag in my HTML file like this:

<P>The Deeds office has started a scanning effort of all deeds
from 1980 until present. Scan statistics.
Total to date <%person_name%>
</P>


My HTML file references external images and CSS. If I disable the line
page['person_name'] := 'Manfredt Kavetu' in my code (in the OnDataReceived event)
my HTML file is displayed nicely in the Firefox browser.

What am I doing wrong? How can I parse my HTML file and ENSURES the referenced
external images and CSS are included in the file when Outputting the
HTML file with the RtcParse object?

Manfredt Kavetu
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D.Tkalcec (RTC)
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« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2010, 12:31:12 PM »

Hi Manfredt,

I have tested the TRtcParse component now in Delphi 7 and Delphi XE with the HTML text and token you have provided below, but could not reproduce the problem you have reported. In other words, it worked without raising any exceptions. It would also be very strange if a HTML tag (like <P>) would break the parser, since its main purpose is to parse HTML files.

If you are using international characters in your template file (are you?), my guess is that you have stored the file in UTF-16, UTF-32 or Unicode format, in which case the TRtcParse component would be unable to find <% and %> tags. If that is the case, you should simply open the template file in Notepad (standard Windows text editor) and save it in "UTF-8" format.

Please let me know if that was it.

Best Regards,
Danijel Tkalcec
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kavetu
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« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2010, 01:12:15 PM »

Hi Danijel,

Thanks for your reply, indeed that was the problem, my HTML editor specified the HTML file
as unicode, so I replaced

<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode">

with

<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">

in the HEAD section of the HTML file as per your suggestion and it works nicely now.

Our RTC Server is solid and has been running for over 30 days without any issue.
We now have about 10 concurrent users. Initially we had a small issue (about a month
ago) than I wrapped all database access in a pool. Thanks a lot Danijel.

Manfredt Kavetu
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