When I take the exact same code and drop it in the Finder app hosted locally, it fails. I get this message: "Unable to access application's configuration"
My code for the link: <b><a href="http://cayugacounty.us/realproperty" target='_blank'><font size= +1 color="FFBF00">Real Property Home Page</font></a></b><br><br>"
This message occurs when the app, during startup, cannot get access to or find the configuration information; without the information, it cannot build the user interface.
How are you running the app locally-hosted? There are two methods, and that will help to figure out what's happening:
In the first one, the app is seeking the configuration and user interface from ArcGIS Online using the app id; in the second one, the app is seeking the configuration and UI from the file Finder.json in the site's apps2 folder.
A next test can be to use Finder.json modified with your app's configuration values; you can download the one that I created for you from http://localgovtemplates2.esri.com/Support/CayugaCounty.json, put it in your site's apps2 folder, and run it using
After making any changes to a JSON configuration + UI file, be sure to run the file through a lint check such as http://www.jslint.com/ or http://jsonlint.com/. Parsers of the JSON format can be tripped up by stray or missing punctuation. The parser will give a generic error to the app in this case, and the app will be unable to create its user interface or to run.
This message occurs when the app, during startup, cannot get access to or find the configuration information; without the information, it cannot build the user interface.
How are you running the app locally-hosted? There are two methods, and that will help to figure out what's happening:
In the first one, the app is seeking the configuration and user interface from ArcGIS Online using the app id; in the second one, the app is seeking the configuration and UI from the file Finder.json in the site's apps2 folder.
A next test can be to use Finder.json modified with your app's configuration values; you can download the one that I created for you from http://localgovtemplates2.esri.com/Support/CayugaCounty.json, put it in your site's apps2 folder, and run it using
After making any changes to a JSON configuration + UI file, be sure to run the file through a lint check such as http://www.jslint.com/ or http://jsonlint.com/. Parsers of the JSON format can be tripped up by stray or missing punctuation. The parser will give a generic error to the app in this case, and the app will be unable to create its user interface or to run.
That works great. I just copied the the "helpMessageBox.content": portion of the one you made and pasted it into my locally hosted app. So it seems that it's OK to drop standard html into the online configuration tool, but the local version is more particular and needs the java. Thanks Mike!
