Miva Script Tags

Structure of a Miva Script Program

Introduction

Creating URLs for Miva Script Programs

Miva Empresa

Miva Mia

Writing a Miva Script Program

A simple Miva Script program

About Tags

About Attributes

Using Tags Inside Tags

Using JavaScript with Miva Script

Putting Comments in Your Program

<MvCOMMENT>

Exiting from a Program

<MvEXIT>

Variables

Introduction

Variable Naming Conventions

Additional Naming Considerations:

Valid Naming Conventions:

InValid Naming Conventions

Assigning Values

<MvASSIGN>

Assigning Variables in HTML Forms

Variable Scope

Prefixes and Scope

Passing Variables

<MvHIDE>

Site Variables

Expressions and Literals

Introduction

Expression

Literal

Examples

Quotes and Other Special Characters in Expressions

Other Special Characters

Displaying the Result of an Expression

<MvEVAL>

Miva Script Operators

Introduction

Arithmetical Operators

Comparison Operators

Logical Operators

Text String Operators

Bitwise Operators

Order of Precedence for Operators

Arrays

Functions

Introduction

Parameters

Function Definition

Local Variables and Parameters

Calling Functions

Calling Functions from a Form

More on Functions

Built-in Functions

Time Functions

Text String Functions

Boolean-valued String Functions

Other String Functions

Sources of Additional Information

Macros

Introduction

Security Issues with Macros

Macro Encoding

Entity-encoding

URL-encoding

Configuring Miva Processor

Introduction

<MIVA> Tag

Configuring Miva Script Code Interpretation

Configuring the Output

STANDARDOUTPUTLEVEL Values

Default Macro Encoding

Configuring Error Reporting

Syntax Errors

Expression Errors

Runtime Errors

ERROROUTPUTLEVEL

Configuring Runtime Error Handling

Flow Control

Introduction

Decision-making

<MvIF>

Attribute

Nesting

Either Or Decisions

<MvELSE>

Multiple Decisions

Repetition

<MvWHILE>

Repeating a Fixed Number of Times, <MvWHILE>

Repeating a Non-fixed Number of Times

Terminating a Loop

Passing Data to a Program

Introduction

Name/Value Pairs

Value List

Passing Variables

Using Cookies

External Files

Introduction

<MvDO>

Multiple Passes Through a Program

Using External Data Files

Reading from External Files

<MvIMPORT>

Filtering the Input

Terminating the Import

Using the Record Number (recno)

Nested Imports

Writing to External Files

<MvEXPORT>

File Locking

<MvLOCKFILE>

Nesting <MvLOCKFILE>

Database Locking

Communicating with an HTTP Server

Introduction

<MvCALL>

Requesting a Document

Tags

Text

Headers

MvCALL Examples

Limitations

Submitting Data with <MvCALL>

Using GET

Using POST

Processing the Response

Calling Miva Script (and other) Programs

Running System Commands

File Uploading

Authenticating the Upload

Processing the Upload

Sending Files

Receiving Files from End-users

Sending and Receiving Email

Introduction

Sending Mail

<MvSMTP>

Address Formats

Mail Headers

Reading Mail

<MvPOP>

Deleting an Email Message

Using Databases

Introduction

Using Xbase3 Databases

Introduction to Databases

Summary of Database Operations

Creating the Database

Database aliases

Opening the Database, <MvOPEN>

The Primary Database, <MvPRIMARY>

Adding and Updating Records

Indexing the Database

Database Navigation

Filtering the Database

Reading and displaying Database Records

Deleting Records, <MvDELETE>

Obtaining the Database Structure, <MvREVEALSTRUCTURE>

Creating a Database

<MvCREATE>

Example Database

Identifying the Database

Defining Database Fields

Specifying the Primary Database Alias

<MvPRIMARY>

Accessing Fields in a Record

Opening and Closing Databases

<MvOPEN>

Closing a Database Alias

<MvCLOSE>

Adding, Updating, and Deleting Records

Adding a Record to a Database

<MvADD>

Date Fields

Updating Records

<MvUPDATE>

Deleting a Record

<MvDELETE>, <MvUNDELETE> and <MvPACK>

Using Database Indexes

Creating a Database Index

<MvMAKEINDEX>

Flags

Setting a New Main Index

<MvSETINDEX>

Recreating Index Files

<MvREINDEX>

Moving Around in a Database

Finding Records

<MvFIND>

Interaction Between Indexing and Navigation

Filtering Records

<MvFILTER>

Moving to a Specific Record Number

<MvGO>

Skipping to a Record

<MvSKIP>

Obtaining a Database's Structure

<MvREVEALSTRUCTURE>

Accessing ODBC Data sources

Connecting to an ODBC Data source

Running SQL Queries

<MvQUERY>

<MvOPENVIEW>

Formatting Strings - FMT Operator

Introduction

FMT Patterns and Modifiers

Formatting U.S./English Canadian Monetary Values

Internet Commerce

<MvCOMMERCE> Tag

Commerce Library Exported Functions

miva_commerce_init

Syntax:

Parameters

Return Value

miva_commerce_loop

Syntax:

Parameters

Return Value

miva_commerce_cleanup

Syntax:

Parameters

Return Value

miva_commerce_error

Syntax

Parameters

Return Value

Using UPS Quick Cost

UPS Input Variables

Return Fields

Returned Fields

Example

System Variables

Time Variables

CGI, HTTP, and Other Variables

Localization

Language Identifiers

Retrieve Settings:

Localization Block

Localized Text

Localized Token

Localization Sample

Miva Script Index

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