CodeStore.net comments on "How to Embed a Login Form on All Lotus Domino Pages"

Reply from andy

andy

Here is a modified way of logging on using AJAX...

Using the same form from Jake..

add this code to your jsHeader..

var oXmlHttp;

function getHTTPObject()

{

if (typeof XMLHttpRequest != "undefined") {

return new XMLHttpRequest();

} else if (typeof ActiveXObject != "undefined") {

return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

} else {

throw new Error("XMLHttpRequest not supported");

}

function stateChanged()

{

if (oXmlHttp.readyState==4 || oXmlHttp.readyState=="complete")

{

document.write(oXmlHttp.responseText);

}

function login()

{

var content = '';

oXmlHttp = getHTTPObject();

oXmlHttp.onreadystatechange = stateChanged;

oXmlHttp.open( "POST", '/names.nsf?login', true );

oXmlHttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

content += "&redirectto=" + document.getElementById('redirectto').value;

content += "&username=" + document.getElementById('form_email').value;

content += "&password=" + document.getElementById('form_password').value;

oXmlHttp.send(content);

}

and this to your form...

everything else remains the same.

andy : notes411

Reply from Jake Howlett

Jake Howlett

Do you mean session-based authentication Ian? If so, yes. No need for SSO as such.

Reply from Ian

Ian

Does the login form rely on single signon being switched on?

Reply from Rob

Rob

Thanks Jake. That's just the info I need to try out your flyout login (that has a ring to it).

I like Tommy's idea about squeezing the code into the HTML body attribute form field too.

You're making me a hero to my customers.

Rob:-]

Reply from Chris Toohey

Chris Toohey

Well, if Tommy can link to *his* article... ;-)

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Reply from Tommy Valand

Tommy Valand

@Ajay: I've made a demoapplication on how to inject forms using DHTML if you're interested. Somewhat similar technique to what Chris is talking about, although not as fancy, as it was a quick mockup.

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Sorry for the intrusion Jake.. :)

Reply from Chris Toohey

Chris Toohey

I do something like this - but as I roll my own forms etc. I don't have to worry about this as much. What I typically do is have a DIV id'ed as "popup", where I'll throw UI prompt content and make it act as a modal window (ie., z-index it out, drop a full-page semi-transparent DIV between the background and the "popup") and use AJAX to populate said popup with whatever I need.

Most of the time it's field-level stuff - ie., a widget to complete a subset of fields on the form or something like that (think name pickers, etc.), but I've used the same approach to give the user a login form from anywhere in the application. The "popup" DIV sits right after the BODY tag, so it's never really an issue having to deal with nested forms - despite the DHTML giving the appearance of such functionality.

That being said, good stuff! ;-)

Reply from Erik

Erik

Thank you!

Sometimes we focus on domino being so different, that we try to make things to hard and miss these simple solutions.

You're the man!

Reply from jay

jay

Just make sure that the LOGIN form is NOT nested inside the MAIN form. As long as they are not nested, the correct form will be submitted.

Reply from Ajay B Mali

Ajay B Mali

Hi Jake,

We are getting two HTML form tag in view source of page in browser, one form tag for main form and other which is login form.

My question is, How will I handle when we are submiiting the Login form ? Will it submit the main form as well ?

Could you please help me

Regards

Ajay B Mali

Reply from Nick

Nick

Ooops. No money in it, I guess I should have said "Award"

Reply from Nick

Nick

Thanks Jake. More reason you got the reward. I never put any thought into putting this into our website, and I am quickly applying this as we speak.

Reply from Caroline

Caroline

This looks useful - not something I've ever thought about doing until now. Thanks.

Not sure about the element though! ;-)

"Form elements in HTML can not be nested. This means that if there's an open tag on the page then you need to close it with a before you can include the above PassThru!"