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mwitt_65218
May 28, 2009Nimbostratus
Thanks to you both for your replies, Aaron and Ben.
Yesterday Mike at F5 called me about Case Number C526599 that I had created yesterday. I think I was working at cross purposes because we are in Policy Building Automatic mode with Policy Building on while also I was manually creating objects/parameters. So I need to decide at this point whether to go with Policy Building Automatic or Policy Building Manual. I guess that with Policy Building on, F5 can create a global parameter for username even though I had created already an object parameter for username.
Ben, if I understood Justin at F5 correctly when I spoke with him in the past about Case Number C523335 that I had created on 15-MAY-2009, I am to use the full URL path of the web page when I create an object and that then I would use the name of the textbox for the name of the user parameter for the control on that web page. So if the URL of the web page is https://secure.stinson.com/bds/Login.do for the entry into the controls of username and password, I should use /bds/Loginsubmit.do as the object path? Just at F5 had told me on the telephone that I should always use a beginning / mark in the path part of the object, and that then I should use the full URL from the browser for the web page. Here are some notes from when I spoke with Justin:
When adding the user-input parameter, I use Object Protocal HTTPS. I use Explicity.
In the textbox next to the Object Name Explicit,
I type a forward slash mark and the object names appear.
I can continue to type the path of the page that is my object to narrow down the choices if there are too many choices.
So in the textbox to the right of Object Name Explicit, I have /https://secure.stinson.com/bds/Login.do.
Maybe I misunderstood Justin though.
Thanks though for your replies, Aaron and Ben. It seems I must decide whether or not at this time I want to go with the Policy Building Automatic On approach or with the Policy Building Manual approach. Then again, maybe my object path was the problem as Ben mentioned.
mwitt