Re: gb.web WebPage.Render problem on Apache

[T Lee Davidson <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/26/24 02:42, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> Le 25/03/2024 à 07:46, T Lee Davidson a écrit :
> > If a WebPage is set as the startup class, files in the .Public directory are served properly. But, if another module calls 
> > WebPage.Render on that same page, the files are not served up properly. IIRC, I've run into an issue similar to this before 
> > running a gb.web app on Apache, but I think it got fixed.
> >
> > The attached project has a MainPage webpage and a Main module that calls MainPage.Render. With MainPage set as the startup 
> > class, the application works fine. If Main is set as startup, it does not.
> >
> > Perhaps I am misunderstanding the intended use of .Render().
>
> Of course. By doing that, you short-circuit the startup method of the WebPage class that handles the ".public" project directory.
>
> The 'Render()' method is just for generating the HTML of the web page.
>
> Look at the source code of 'gb.web', and you will see what must be done exactly, if this is really what you want.
>
> Regards,

I've been looking at WebPage.class, starting with .Render().

That really confused me because .Render calls Me.__Render which calls Me._Render which ... appears to do nothing as it has no 
code! Now as I understand it, this is because that relevant code is generated at compile time: "The Gambas compiler takes the 
WebPage source file [...], and generates the code for its Render method."

I think the key part I need is lines 19 - 27, which is essentially:
If the request is for a file, send it;
otherwise, render the WebPage (or in my case, decide which content to serve/render).

Thank you for the response, Benoît.


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Lee

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