Metadata Capture Edits

Is there a way to validate metadata capture info against something other then a regular expression?

I want to verify an email address field against an Exchange server (or maybe AD). I have a URL-based process to do this, but I'm not sure it's even possible to access this from within Metadata Capture as part of the validation step.

Ideas?

Thanks!

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iwovGraduate

TS version ? MT version ?

I think the answer is no regardless.

TKeyser

TS = 6.1.0 SP2
MT = 4.0 but it isn't hooked in at the moment.

This is all on Windows 2000 SP4.

I'm guessing that anything other then regex is, for the most part, impossible, but I wanted some verification before I deliver disappointing news to the users who requested this. Smiley Happy

gzevin

I have written a CGI callout for MD form. It searches a directory server and returns a valid address. It is not a validation as such, but serves a similar purpose

Greg Zevin, Ph.D. Comp. Sc.
Independent Interwoven Consultant/Architect
Sydney, AU

TKeyser

Is this automatic or does the user initiate the callout? I will probably add a "click here to verify" callout, but I would rather have this work behind the scenes so I don't have to trust the user to double check what they type.

gzevin

no, it's not an automatic feature - so far the MD form is much more limited than the templating DCT in terms of customisations available. Sorry to deliver this news, but you can't do much about it now.

What you can do is to add a task in the workflow that could read an appropriate metadata, query the dir. server, and bounce back to the user should the address be incorrect. Just see what suits you best

Greg Zevin, Ph.D. Comp. Sc.
Independent Interwoven Consultant/Architect
Sydney, AU

TKeyser

That's what I needed to know. Thanks!

iwovGraduate

I think there a FR (for a long time now) to provide same functionality to MDC that available in DCT. I would recommend you to call support and add your company/client to the list. (the more customers request it, the higher priority it gets)

gzevin

I heard from K.Cochrane that TS 7 will have a common API.. will have to wait to see this...

Greg Zevin, Ph.D. Comp. Sc.
Independent Interwoven Consultant/Architect
Sydney, AU