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visualformat issues

rajeev

How to set value in a textarea in a DCT that is defined as
<item name="prodname2" pathid="prodname2">
<label>Product Name2</label>
<description>Enter the details of the link.</description>
<database data-type="VARCHAR(150)" />
<textarea external-editor='visualformat' rows='5' cols='50' maxlength='1500'/>
</item>

from a javascript which external to DCT

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Michael

I am not sure I understand your post sorry.

Do you wish to use formAPI to set the value of the field?
-then perhaps something like IWDatacapture.getItem("/prodname2").setValue("foo");

What do you mean when you say 'from a javascript which external dto DCT'?

What version/platofrm etc are you on?

Have you looked at the formAPI doco?

Cheers
Michael

gzevin

how external is it? can you be more specific? are you invoking a callout or something?

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

rajeev

I have to set value in the textarea from javascript which is in a ipl script. I am using teamsite 6.5.
I have tried using

opener.top.getSingleVFInstance()

But it is giving error

gzevin

again, you are not giving suficient details to let us help you. Where do you call this script from?

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

rajeev

I have a button in my dct. On click of the button i am calling a CGI script that displays result of database operation(displayed as links) in a new window. On click of one of those links javscript method is called that has to set some value in the textarea in the DCT. I want help regarding , how to refer to the textarea(visualformat) from javascript.

Michael

Hi Rajeev

Hasn't this then already been answered in your previous post http://devnet.interwoven.com/forums/cgi-bin/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=PRODUCTS_TEMPLATING&Number=55959&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1?

If you want further assistance how about posting up your ipl file and showing us the javascript you have written to try and set the value in the textarea.

Cheers
Michael

gzevin

most likely, you do not need FormAPI for this.

here is some code from Javscript that I wrote, it set value for a textarea (actually, this snippet is from my own RTF editor callout)




function set_datacapture_item_value( selectedValue )
{
    if ((window.opener == null)   ||
        (window.opener.closed))
    {
        return false;
    }

    var calloutForm;
    var calloutFormFound = false;
    for ( i = 0 ; i < window.opener.document.forms.length ; i++ )
    {
        if (window.opener.document.forms.name == 'dcreditForm')
        {
            calloutForm = window.opener.document.forms;
            calloutFormFound = true;
            break;
        }
    }
    if (!calloutFormFound)
    {
        return false;
    }

    var calloutElementFound = false;
    for ( i = 0 ; i < calloutForm.elements.length ; i++ )
    {
        if (calloutForm.elements.name == 'j')
        {
            calloutForm.elements.value = selectedValue;
            calloutElementFound = true;
            break;
        }
    }
    if (!calloutElementFound)
    {
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}

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

jbonifaci

Greg,

That was how things were done before formapi came along. Now you can just use:

opener.parent.getScriptFrame().IWDatacapture.getItem('/ItemName').setValue();

Either will work, but I think the formapi method is cleaner,

.

~Jeff

gzevin

I was not sure this would work in that CGI, but thanks for letting me know... Will try, should I need to write another CGI

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