Upload CGI

Simple upload cgi which is mentioned in KB, I am executing it and the CGI windows gives me an Internal Error. Can enyone please guide me wherei am going wrong. Here are the files for the same. Also i was wondering if anyone have tried to kick off a workflow for this DCR?

Thanks In Advance

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nipper

Internal server error is often an IPL that will not compile.

try

iwperl -c uploadfile.ipl

(or whatever the name is)

Migrateduser

Try changing
#!c:\Intewoven\TeamSite/iw-perl/bin/iwperl
to
#!c:\Intewoven\TeamSite\iw-perl\bin\iwperl.exe

In 6.5 on Windows you need .exe on the end. I just tested it with and without the exe and that triggers the same error when the exe if left off. It's a bug in 6.5 SP2 on Windows. Had to do it for all my perl stuff.

Adam Stoller

Try changing
#!c:\Intewoven\TeamSite/iw-perl/bin/iwperl
to
#!c:\Intewoven\TeamSite/iw-perl/bin/iwperl.exe

In 6.5 on Windows you need .exe on the end. Not sure if this will help, but give it a shot.

you should NOT need the .exe on the end - unless you've done something wrong like creating an empty file called "iwperl" in the iw-perl/bin/ directory - or broke the PATHEXT environment variable.

You SHOULD run:

iwperl -w -c scriptname

to ensure that there are no syntactic errors in the code.

If you pass that test - but still get an error - check the error logs for iwwebd (which are usually either in IWHOME/local/logs/iwui/ or IWHOME/iw-webd/logs/) for more details.

Bhargav Coca

Thank you Guys, i guess the problem was with iwperl.exe. And there was a typo. Thank you again. But i had this question as can can we make a workflow to kick of from this ipl file before the file can actually get uploaded?

Thanks

Adam Stoller

Thank you Guys, i guess the problem was with iwperl.exe. And there was a typo. Thank you again. But i had this question as can can we make a workflow to kick of from this ipl file before the file can actually get uploaded?

Thanks

What was the typo?
If you fix the typo but leave off the '.exe' does it still work?

Your script could kick off a workflow - but it makes little sense to do so before the file gets uploaded since there won't be a file for the workflow to focus on until it gets uploaded. The workflow could go through a review process before submitting the file to TeamSite's staging area - and could even remove the file if it is rejected so as to not leave it in the workarea - but that only makes sense after the file has been uploaded to the workarea.

For information about kicking off workflows look for documentation and forum threads on:

Migrateduser

you should NOT need the .exe on the end - unless you've done something wrong like creating an empty file called "iwperl" in the iw-perl/bin/ directory - or broke the PATHEXT environment variable.

You SHOULD run:
iwperl -w -c scriptname
to ensure that there are no syntactic errors in the code.

If you pass that test - but still get an error - check the error logs for iwwebd (which are usually either in IWHOME/local/logs/iwui/ or IWHOME/iw-webd/logs/) for more details.

When I first upgraded to 6.5 I had to put a call into support inquiring why my scripts wouldn't work. They (support) immediately had me add .exe to the code. They (support) indicated that it was a bug. I never had to have .exe it in 6.0, but in 6.5 there was a change that caused it to need the exe. Ask support, they'll back me up. And.... since it worked for the person posting this, then what else is there to debate.

Bhargav Coca

Yes Adam it did work even without ".exe" . My typo was at the Directory level, I missed "r" from Interwoven. I totally understand that workflow should be there after a file is uploaded on teamsite. Actaully one of our managers requirement was, that when ever a user uploads/Imports a file onto Teamsite, he should be notified. So i though of creating a template for uploading a file and make the user to kick a workflow which will send email to manager saying that one of his user has uploaded a file.
Can you think of any scenario in which this can be accomplished??

Thank you for your help

Migrateduser

Curious, what OS and patch, Teamsite version and path are you using? You should add it to your signature.

Bhargav Coca

Oooh, I am on TS6.5 with SP2 on Win 2000. Yes i did add my $iw_home in my tagline.
Thanks

Migrateduser

I did a little checking in my iw-perl\bin folder and low and behold, there was a 0 kb "iwperl" file in there as well as another 0 kb "i" file in there. As for how they got in there I'm not sure. Support knew the answer right away and mentioned that it was a bug that they were aware of then I don't think I put it there. I would imagine it was from one of the patches or SP's that I installed during when creating the server. It has a date of 11-11-2005 6:04pm. I renamed it and I can now run without the exe.

Dang, Ghoti, why do you always have to be right. Smiley Wink

Migrateduser

Oooh, I am on TS6.5 with SP2 on Win 2000. Yes i did add my $iw_home in my tagline.
Thanks

In my original post I wrote tagline, I really meant signature. It's in the control panel option on this discussion forum. It will help with others when they help you and when you help them.

Bhargav Coca

Ooh that , well i can use the tagline for sepcifying the Environment. Its only that we have various environments on which TeamSite is running. So i prefered it to be mentioned in post rather than on the tagline.
Thanks

Adam Stoller

Dang, Ghoti, why do you always have to be right.

Some things I know, and some things I really know - you just happened to be talking about something I really knew ;-)

Adam Stoller

Actaully one of our managers requirement was, that when ever a user uploads/Imports a file onto Teamsite, he should be notified. So i though of creating a template for uploading a file and make the user to kick a workflow which will send email to manager saying that one of his user has uploaded a file.
Can you think of any scenario in which this can be accomplished??

Thank you for your help

You've got several different scenarios to cover:

CLT.So - you need to figure out what your requirements are, and to what extent you're willing to go to try to acheive them.

Migrateduser

Do you really need it to kick off a workflow? Or do you just need to email the manager when someone uploads a file using this utility? If so, you should be able to just add some more logic into the perl performFileUpload.ipl that will send an email with the uploaded file details (name, location, person uploading it, etc).

Bhargav Coca

Yes i just need to send an email to the manager when ever he uploads a file, So can i do it using the get_cmd_mail function which we use in workflow?

Please suggest.
Thanks

Adam Stoller

Yes i just need to send an email to the manager when ever he uploads a file, So can i do it using the get_cmd_mail function which we use in workflow?

Please suggest.
Thanks

I believe the suggestion was that you do it in your custom upload script - you can utilize code such as that found in IWHOME/bin/iwsend_mail.ipl to send mail, but there are a number of other options as well if you take the time to look for them. You don't want to use iwsend_mail.ipl directly since it is expecting to be used in a workflow context and your custom upload script is not running in a workflow context.

jbonifaci

Yeah, trying to get your cgi to call one of your workflow email scripts is a bit of overkill. Sending an email with Mail::Mailer is as simple as:

use Mail::Mailer;
my $mailerObject = new Mail::Mailer('smtp', Server => 'mailserver.company.com');
$mailerObject->open(
 {
  'From' => 'someone@company.com',
  'To'  => 'someone@company.com',
  'Subject' => 'Hello World!'
 }
);
print $mailerObject 'The sky is falling!';
$mailerObject->close();

~Jeff

nipper

I did a little checking in my iw-perl\bin folder and low and behold, there was a 0 kb "iwperl" file in there as well as another 0 kb "i" file in there. As for how they got in there I'm not sure. Support knew the answer right away and mentioned that it was a bug that they were aware of then I don't think I put it there. I would imagine it was from one of the patches or SP's that I installed during when creating the server. It has a date of 11-11-2005 6:04pm. I renamed it and I can now run without the exe.

Dang, Ghoti, why do you always have to be right.

There have been a couple threads on this, usually someone trying to use a Unix style redirect to perl and creating a null file.

Bhargav Coca

Yes i posted the Perl part of it under PERL section, sorry for two posts, Thank you Jeff, adam and nipper. But i tried hooking up the Mail::Mailer in my performFileUpload.ipl, it didn't do a lot, I specified an ip adress for the mailserver, hope this is not an issue, can you sugget as where i am going wrong?
thank you

jbonifaci

Yes i posted the Perl part of it under PERL section, sorry for two posts, Thank you Jeff, adam and nipper. But i tried hooking up the Mail::Mailer in my performFileUpload.ipl, it didn't do a lot, I specified an ip adress for the mailserver, hope this is not an issue, can you sugget as where i am going wrong?
thank you

Well, for the mail server, specify whatever you have in <iw-home>/etc/iw.cfg under [iwsend_mail], mailserver=. Better yet, read it from iw.cfg:

my $mailServer = `iwconfig iwsend_mail mailserver`;

If you still can't get it to work, post your code.

~Jeff

Adam Stoller

Yeah, trying to get your cgi to call one of your workflow email scripts is a bit of overkill. Sending an email with Mail::Mailer is as simple as:
use Mail::Mailer;
my $mailerObject = new Mail::Mailer('smtp', Server => 'mailserver.company.com');
$mailerObject->open(
 {
  'From' => 'someone@company.com',
  'To'  => 'someone@company.com',
  'Subject' => 'Hello World!'
 }
);
print $mailerObject 'The sky is falling!';
$mailerObject->close();
~Jeff

For robustness - those lines of code (everything after the 'use Mail::Mailer Smiley Wink

should be within an eval{...}; statement so that you can catch the mailer exiting.