Re: Custom xoop module [Module usage questions]

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Custom xoop module

2006/8/10 1:55
YouXoop
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Hi there,

I'm a xoop newbie.
When we develop a custom module in Xoop, does it need to be written in PHP lanaguage only? For instance, if I have a web report written in asp.net, can XOOP load this asp.net report as a module?

Please advice
Thanks

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Re: Custom xoop module

2006/8/10 4:26
nekro
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no ... check yout other post...

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Re: Custom xoop module

2006/8/10 16:07
wtravel
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I think it is possible if you use an iframe that points to a file on a webserver that can run asp scripts. I do not know enough about IIS to tell if you can run the scripts on the same server.

EFQ directory module web site

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Re: Custom xoop module

2006/8/10 17:57
YouXoop
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Iframe is a good work-around. I will try that.
My asp.net webreport might need user authentication information from the XOOP portal. Look like I need to pass that info via the URL querystring when I call my webreport in the IFRAME.

Does the IFrame come with XOOP after the installation?
On this web site (xoops.org), I clicked on the Module Repository menu but could not find IFRAME module.

Thanks for the advice. More advice is appreciated!

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Re: Custom xoop module

2006/8/10 18:08
wtravel
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IFRAME is not module, you can just use the HTML tag in your module output page. Be careful about security when using a passthrough webstring. Make sure only the authorized persons have 'view' rights to that module. People who can see the module can see the passthrough variables if put in the IFRAME element.

The 'how to create a module' documentation as refered to in the other topic you started are a great reference for the php programmer to start with

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EFQ directory module web site

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Re: Custom xoop module

2006/8/10 18:35
nekro
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there is a iframe module...

https://xoops.org/modules/repository/singlefile.php?cid=43&lid=1199

luck!... i am using it in the university where i work for... to show stadistics...
example:
http://sertec.unq.edu.ar/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle&artid=1
click any link... and you would go to a iframe from the myiframe module...

i am also using a iframe in a custom block... check in your right of my page... in the red number... that number... that nuber cames from an ASP page in a IIS server...

luck!

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Re: Custom xoop module

2006/8/10 19:53
YouXoop
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Thanks for bringing up the myIFRAME.
I clicked around on your sample site.
One thing I saw (same experience I had with the other portal from RainbowPortal using IFrame), user will see two scrollbars; one from Xoop and one from iframe. I think it's minor issue but my users do ask questions once in a while. The security issue is what I have to think more about it. Passing user authentication in the URL string is not safe at all.

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Re: Custom xoop module

2006/8/10 21:13
nekro
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you can have ... a page in your server in PHP which takes the information... soo... you call that page into a iframe something like..