FormAPI image path

My guess is that you're getting a Javascript error. What are you trying to do, exactly? Why do you set the "root" variable at the top, anyway? If you're trying to do some basic string manipulation, it's probably very straight-forward and could possibly be done in far fewer lines.

Please advise as to what you're trying to do...

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.5 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3

When I add an image to my DCT, the image path contains 'htdocs' in it (ie. '/htdocs/images'). I want to strip off the 'htdocs' from the path (ie. '/images').

It works fine for me, although you are probably getting an error on this line:

IWDataCapture.refresh();

The C shouldn't be capitalized and it is redraw, not refresh. Also, what version are you on? If you are using 6.x, you don't need redraw any more.

Oh, sure!



<script language="Javascript">
var regExp = /^\/htdocs/;
... (handler and function declarations) ...
item.setValue(item.getValue().replace(regExp,''));
...
</script>

The blue line basically does everything for you. You didn't mention what version of TS you're using but I don't think you'll need the IWDatacapture.refresh() to accomplish this. In fact, you might get an error because of it.

Let me know how it goes.

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.5 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3

You might also want to consider doing something like this:

item.setValue(item.getValue().replace(/^\/htdocs(\/?)/, '$1'));

Which will only remove /htdocs, not /htdocs-subfolder, or any other sub folder that would start with htdocs.

~Jeff

ALWAYS trying to one-up me, aren't you, buddy??

Seriously, though, will passing $1 work? This is Javascript, right? I haven't seen that in JS.

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.5 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3

I'm using TS 6.0 on Win2K.. I tried both suggestions but they didn't work.. What else could be going on?

Do you know where it's faulting? When I was writing my post to you before (with the blue text), I was wondering if I was trying to do too much in that one line, but I doubt that's the problem. Can you put alerts in your code so that you can find out where it's faulting and attach your new code with that?

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.5 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3

cliffhanger

Jeff,
I am also interested to know if $1 works in JS, as Dave mentioned, haven't seen it in JavaScript....

-cliff

Dave: Yeah, $1 will work,

. And I hit reply before I even saw your post, but I actually tested that line of code out before posting it, so I didn't post right away,

.

tmsy: can you post your DCT? Your script element should currently look like this:

<script><![CDATA[
    IWEventRegistry.addItemHandler("/article/image","onItemChange", fixPath);
    IWEventRegistry.addItemHandler("/article/section/subsection/paragraphImage","onItemChange", fixPath);

    function fixPath(item)
    {
        item.setValue(item.getValue().replace(/^\/htdocs(\/?)/, '$1'));
    }
]]></script>

Is that correct? If you try that and that doesn't work, then more than likely you aren't referencing your items correctly.

~Jeff

Weird, I put alerts in but didn't get anything.. I don't think it's even entering that block of code..

I attached my file..

I think it is, but his code is otherwise good. If you were to remove the red items, it should work for you:

item.setValue(item.getValue().replace(/^\/htdocs(\/?)/, '$1'));

This makes the regular expression a little less flexible, though, because you're now saying that you strictly want to replace "/htdocs" and to leave the following slash if there is one. By leaving the $1 blank, you're replacing "/htdocs" with an empty string.

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.5 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3

Oops, try posting again..

tmsy: you need to reference your items by their exact name with correct case. Change your script section to:

<script><![CDATA[
    IWEventRegistry.addItemHandler("/game-review/Image","onItemChange", fixPath);
    IWEventRegistry.addItemHandler("/game-review/Section/Subsection/ParagraphImage","onItemChange", fixPath);

    function fixPath(item)
    {
        item.setValue(item.getValue().replace(/^\/htdocs(\/?)/, '$1'));
    }
]]></script>

And everything should work fine.

~Jeff

Oh gosh, that did the trick.. Thanks so much!!

Wait, so you're using $1 in Javascript? ... and apparently it works! Do you know where I can find documentation on that? It just seems bizarre -- I've never seen that syntax in JS before.

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.5 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3

Hah, of course, did you think i was getting my languages confused?

As far as I know, it only works with .replace though.

Wow, okay here's my follow-up question... does that work just in TeamSite (where Perl might be involved) or in general?

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.5 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3

Dave, it is a javascript feature, so anywhere.

Johnny

It's a regex thing... It should be available in any language that supports the standard regex syntax.

John Cuiuli