xMII Wizard

[Former Member]

Hi All,

When accessing xMII Wizard from MS FrontPage, how can I change the Web Server? Right now, it asks me for my User Name and Password without asking for the Web Server I want to use. However, when I open the xMII Wizard seperately it first asks me for a Web Server Name (the default being 'localhost') and then the Illuminator Credentials. Please help.

Regards,

V M.

Edited by: V M on Jun 30, 2008 10:19 PM

[Former Member]

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[jcgood25]

Did you check the online 11.5 help docs? You will need to do a File...Open Site and provide the http://servername:port in the FrontPage dialog box. The embedded wizard actually uses the information from the application title bar to make the http requests to the server. In version 12.0 it always prompts you.

Regards,

Jeremy

[Former Member]

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for your reply. I don't think our xMII Wizard is functioning the way it is supposed to. I followed the exact steps as given in the help manual for installing xMII Add-In in FrontPage. But, when I go to 'Tools -> SAP xMII Object' it shows up the Wizard. And when I try to log in it gives me the error message 'Server could not be reached'. It is defaulting to the 'localhost' server and I need to change it. I didn't understand what you mean by port in "http://servername:port". Could you please elaborate? Also, when I use the xMII wizard by itself (not from FrontPage) I don't have login problems, but I am not able to create HTML. The button doesn't do anything when I click on it. I know I am missing something. Please explain in detail since I am still a beginner in xMII. Thanks.

Regards,

V M.

[jcgood25]

Read a little closer....http://help.sap.com/saphelp_xmii115/helpdata/en/Getting_Started/Quick_Start_Guide/SamplePage.htm

1. Within the file menu of Microsoft FrontPage select File...Open Site

2. In the dialog box that appears enter your server path in the Site Name field (such as: http://servername or if your IIS is running on something other than port 80 you will need to use the format http://servername:port)

3. If FrontPage Server Extensions have been setup properly on the server you should then be able to provide user credentials for the webroot and see the structure on the left.

Notice that the blue application title bar now shows something like: "Microsoft FrontPage - http://servername"; which is actually parsed by the plug-in tools to know where to route your http requests to the MII server for query/display template information, etc. If the application title bar has a mapped drive path or UNC share it will default to localhost, which is why you must open a web site from within the editor.

In standalone mode the wizard prompts you for the server and instead of embedding the text directly into the editor, the Create HTML or Save Script buttons just put the text into the Windows Clipboard, allowing you to Ctrl-V or Paste the text into anywhere.

Regards,

Jeremy

[Former Member]

Jeremy,

Appreciate your detailed info. For some reason, I can't get this thing to work. I checked with one of my colleagues. His xMII Wizard works fine when he opens it from FrontPage. He doesn't even have to login. When I open mine, it doesn't load the templates. He said he had the same problem but can't remember what they did to fix it (some 5 months ago). Any other thoughts?

Regards,

V M.

[jcgood25]

Did he perhaps run the wizard installation on his developer workstation, but you did not?

[Former Member]

Thanks Jeremy. I think I tried that as well, but didn't work. Anyway, I have come a little farther than that now. I am not using the Wizard. I am trying to work in the FrontPage directly. Had little trouble in the beginning. But I think I am ok now. I hope I can get away without having to use the Wizard forever, well at least on this project.

Regards,

V M.