Article - CS295339

Web Frame Widget fails to display third-party web application within ThingWorx Platform

Modified: 23-Sep-2024   


Applies To

  • ThingWorx Platform 8.2 to 9.4

Description

  • Cannot display third-party web app within ThingWorx Platform
  • Encountering issues when trying to load a third-party URL in the webframe widget in ThingWorx Platform
  • Web Frame Widget does not work to display third party application
  • How to embed a third-party webpage within ThingWorx Platform
  • Mashup is not displaying a third-party web application correctly
  • Not able to embed an HTTP-based webpage within a ThingWorx Mashup's iframe widget
  • Trying to embed an HMI from a Beckhoff IPC into a web frame but cannot get it to work
  • Web Browser shows any of the the following messages when accessing a Mashup with a Web Frame Widget
    • Firefox
      • Blocked By X-Frame-Options Policy
    • Chrome
      • <Web Application Domain> refused to connect
  • F12/Dev Tools Console tab in Google Chrome shows one of the following errors:
    • Refused to display '<Third-Party Web App FQDN>' in a frame because it set 'X-Frame-Options' to 'sameorigin'
    • Refused to display '<Third-Party Web App FQDN>' in a frame because it set 'X-Frame-Options' to 'deny'
  • ThingWorx Web Frame widget fails to display 3rd-party webpage with the following error message
    • Firefox
      • xframe-blocked(1).png
    • Chrome
      • en
 
 
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