DCR does not save when clicking Finish button

We are using TS 6.5 on Win2K3 Server.

Some of our DCTs feature replicants containing both <item> and <container> elements.
When I open an existing DCR, then click the "+" sign on such a replicant and select one of the available elements, this element is inserted into the DCR at the appropriate position.
If I don't perform any other changes and simply click the "Finish" button, the associated workflow starts and submits and deploys the DCR. However, the change (addition of one or more replicant elements) is not saved at all. Instead the latest version of the DCR is deployed (again).
Please keep in mind that if I edit the content of any DCR element the auto-save feature is invoked when I click the "Finish" button. But adding elements without further changes results in the DCR not being saved.

Does anyone know this problem? Or can someone confirm this behaviour? If so, do you know any workaround or fix?
Thanks,
Tobias

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Adam Stoller

Are you providing values for the elements you've added? or are you just clicking the '+' sign without filling in any values in the contained fields?

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com

tobias

In this specific case we have three replicants that consist of a (prefilled) checkbox each. So there's no need to fill in any values.
But I just checked and the same behaviour applies for more complex replicants (containing text fields and textareas): if I only click the "+" and add one of these replicants, do not fill out any of its elements but click the "Finish" button, the workflow starts without the DCR being saved.

jbonifaci

I would definitely contact support about this to get this fixed.

Short term, you might want to play around with formapi and doing the save yourself with IWDatacapture.save().

~Jeff

rodigz

how will I know if the user click finish and do IWDatacapture.save()

please advise..

thanks

ravio

how will I know if the user click finish and do IWDatacapture.save()

please advise..

thanks

I have replied to this in your other post

ravio

how will I know if the user click finish and do IWDatacapture.save()

please advise..

thanks

If you have to call a *specific* function upon clicking just the Finish button you will need to catch the button in a button case function

This is sample code from the manual:

function saveHandler(button) {
switch (button) {
case IWDatacapture.SAVE_BUTTON:
case IWDatacapture.SAVEAS_BUTTON:
case IWDatacapture.SAVECLOSE_BUTTON:
// User clicked 'Save', 'Save As' or 'Finish'
...
break;
case IWDatacapture.PREVIEW_BUTTON:
case IWDatacapture.GENERATE_BUTTON:
// User clicked 'Preview' or 'Generate'
...
break;
}
}

RJEmy

In this specific case we have three replicants that consist of a (prefilled) checkbox each. So there's no need to fill in any values.
But I just checked and the same behaviour applies for more complex replicants (containing text fields and textareas): if I only click the "+" and add one of these replicants, do not fill out any of its elements but click the "Finish" button, the workflow starts without the DCR being saved.

Tobias have you added the 'OnReplicantAdded' event to Event Registry
something like

IWEventRegistry.addItemHandler(itemName,"OnReplicantAdded", functionName);

In the function get the item.getValue() and IWDatacapture.redraw();