URL_TO_CLIENT in webutil

Question

hi, world
I am facing a problem with webutil_file_transfer.url_to_client in forms. am getting "WUC-18 Invalid server side file specification" error when i try the following code
DECLARE
FLAG BOOLEAN;
BEGIN
FLAG:=WEBUTIL_FILE_TRANSFER.URL_TO_CLIENT('http://sis60.suntecsis.com/public/test.txt', 'C:\public\');
END;
i would like to know
1. how to specify the URL in the url_to_client function?
2. whar are the configurations needed for this function to work?
3. any same code availabe for webutil commands?
waiting for your valuable directions
with regards
Aby Scaria
Program Manager
SunTec

Answer 1

two options:
from the documentation:
"One of the key features of WebUtil is its ability to auto-install any client side libraries that it requires. This feature is used by WebUtil internally for it’s own requirements, but can also be used by the WebUtil administrator to install application specific libraries as well.
The key setting in this section is install.syslib.location this should point at the virtual directory that contains the various WebUtil libraries which you should have defined as /webutil This path needs to either be an absolute URL of the machine and virtual directory mapped to the webutil\lib directory e.g.
http://apps-1/forms90/webutil
Or a virtual directory relative to the documentbase (<server>/forms90/) e.g. /webutil.
Libraries to be downloaded are then listed in the entries with the Format syslib.<os>.<package>.<n> where:
• <os> is a number representing the client operating system family that this library is destined for. These are the applicable codes Code O/S Family
0 Windows 32 bit (XP, Win2000 etc)
1 Linux
2 Solaris
3 HP
4 AIX
5 Mac
• <package> is an identifier representing the WebUtil component that uses this library. To add your own library to the download list you should use “user” for this value.
• <n> a sequence number starting at 1 and incrementing by 1 – there must be no gaps in this sequence for a particular platform and package combination. The library definition string itself consists of four segments delimited by a vertical bar.
The format is name|size|version|showDownloadDialog:
• Name – the name of the library file including its extension e.g. jacob.dll, cfunc.so
etc.
• Size – the size in bytes of the library. This is used to checksum the download andmust be correct
So make sure install.syslib.0.7.1 represents your platform correctly.
A second option to try is to provide an absolute URL for the syslib location in teh webutil.cfg file
install.syslib.location=http://host:port/forms90/webutil
Frank