get documents Method

Retrieves the specified documents for viewing on the client computer.

Syntax

method=get documents:server_extension_version
&service_name=/&url_list=list_of_urls
&effective_protocol_version=server_extension_version&old_theme_html=(true|false)

Parameters

service name

url_list

effective_protocol_version

old_theme_html

validateWelcomeNames

Decoded

POST /site_url/_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.dll HTTP/1.0
.
.
.
method=get+documents:6.0.n.nnnn
&service_name=/
&url_list=[caps1010.css;contact.xml;corporate_home.xml;Default.xml;department_home.xml;
_themes/themes.inf;_themes/capsules/capbacka.gif;_themes/capsules/capbackd.gif;_themes/
capsules/capbackh.gif;_themes/capsules/capbackp.gif;_themes/capsules/capbanna.gif;_themes/
capsules/capbannd.gif;_themes/capsules/capbul1a.gif;_themes/capsules/capbul1d.gif;_themes/
capsules/capbul2a.gif;_themes/capsules/capbul2d.gif;_themes/capsules/capbul3a.gif;_themes/
capsules/capbul3d.gif;_themes/capsules/capglob1.gif;_themes/capsules/caphomea.gif;_themes/
capsules/caphomed.gif;_themes/capsules/caphomeh.gif;_themes/capsules/caphomep.gif;_themes/
capsules/capnavha.gif;_themes/capsules/capnavhd.gif;_themes/capsules/capnavhh.gif;_themes/
capsules/capnavhp.gif;_themes/capsules/capnavhs.gif;_themes/capsules/capnavva.gif;_themes/
capsules/capnavvd.gif;_themes/capsules/capnavvh.gif;_themes/capsules/capnavvp.gif;_themes/
capsules/capnavvs.gif;_themes/capsules/capnexta.gif;_themes/capsules/capnextd.gif;_themes/
capsules/capnexth.gif;_themes/capsules/capnextp.gif;_themes/capsules/caps1010.css;_themes/
capsules/capsepa.gif;_themes/capsules/capsepd.gif;_themes/capsules/capsules.inf;_themes/
capsules/capsules.utf8;_themes/capsules/captext.gif;_themes/capsules/capupa.gif;_themes/
capsules/capupd.gif;_themes/capsules/capuph.gif;_themes/capsules/capupp.gif;_themes/
capsules/color0.css;_themes/capsules/color1.css;_themes/capsules/custom.css;_themes/
capsules/graph0.css;_themes/capsules/graph1.css;_themes/capsules/theme.css;_vti_pvt/
_x_todo.xml;_vti_pvt/_x_todoh.xml;corporate/history.xml;corporate/human_resources.xml;
corporate/jobs.xml;corporate/testpage.xml;corporate/testpage_files/filelist.xml;corporate/
testpage_files/image001.wmz;corporate/testpage_files/image002.gif]
&effective_protocol_version=[major+ver=4;minor+ver=0;phase+ver=1;ver+incr=2276]
&old_theme_html=false

Return Value

Success

Each file is retrieved from the specified site directory as a full binary file (octet-stream) that begins with a MIMEboundary statement. The first file begins at the end of the method statement.

Note  Each file can be preceded by its meta-information.

Error

Returns an error message in standard format. For more information, see Error Message Format for FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions from Microsoft.