Related HTTP SPRs: #1: Full GZIP support, #2: HTTP agent locale awareness

HCL Notes/Domino 8.5 Forum (includes Notes Traveler)

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Anyone interested in TLS on HTTP may also be interested in these two SPRs:

ARUI5Y9JPS - Enhancement Request: Request for other databases to use GZIP feature

This would give the Domino HTTP server *full* GZIP support, not just for web mail and static files on disk.

AKNX7ETP87 - Enhancement Request: Give agents awareness of HTTP rendering locale

HTTP can derive locale settings for web users via the $Preferences cookie or the browser's language settings. This allows forms, views, etc. to render numbers, dates/times, etc. in the format the web user is expecting.

If HTTP needs to call an agent (e.g. a WebQueryOpen/WebQuerySave agent on a form, or an ?OpenAgent call directly), the agent has no way of determining what format HTTP has determined to use. Agent code such as Cstr(Now) or .ToString() will always format using the server's locale. If this agent output is given to the web user it can cause confusing results.

ASP .Net has the Culture and CultureInfo classes. Notes *client* code can use the NotesInternational class, but when run on a server (e.g. web agent) that class always surfaces the server's locale, not the web user's.

Some way is needed derive the HTTP settings, e.g. a new class NotesWebInternational possibly with its own small set of functions such as NotesWebInternational.Cstr() to allow developers to present agent output in the format the user is expecting.

If either of these interest you you can follow Louis' steps in the original post to mention interest in these SPRs.

Feedback response number ECBS7FKGND created by ~Dana Elfreekony on 06/13/2008