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i want to execute a .tpl file and generate the html output for a dcr through perl..
What do i do

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i want to execute a .tpl file and generate the html output for a dcr through perl..
What do i do

Read the documentation regarding iwpt_compile.ipl which can be found in the FormsPublisher Developer's Guide and/or the Workflow Developer's Guide, and perhaps in the TeamSite Administrator's Guide - and perhaps the best resource: perldoc iwhome/bin/iwpt_compile.ipl

maitri

thank you.
Can the iwpt_compile tool be directly used in the perl script

Migrateduser

thank you.
Can the iwpt_compile tool be directly used in the perl script

Yes you can execute any perl or commands from a perl script.

Icebreaker

Hi Maitri,

You can also use iwgen, here is the example:

@out2 = `$iwhome\\bin\\iwgen -t $tpl -r $dcrpath $output_path`;

Regards,
Jay

maitri

by using the tpl file can the dcr file be derived by using string functions??(the dcr and the corresponding tpl that are present under the same datatype).
Only the tpl file is passed to the perl script.How can we derive the dcr from it

Adam Stoller

by using the tpl file can the dcr file be derived by using string functions??(the dcr and the corresponding tpl that are present under the same datatype).
Only the tpl file is passed to the perl script.How can we derive the dcr from it

Huh? The only way you could derive the DCR from the PT is if you only have one DCR for each and every data-type defined in your system (and this would be a significantly bad design).

Why do you say that only the PT is passed to the perl script (which perl script)?

maitri

okkk......then if i pass the dcr file to a perl script that uses the iwpt_compile tool and for that type theres is only one tpl file for generating the html output.
Then is there a way by which we can refer to the tpl file without passing it(assumin that the dcr file is passed to the perl script)

salesdetails_100rows_withdatatypes.csv.txt

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Adam Stoller

okkk......then if i pass the dcr file to a perl script that uses the iwpt_compile tool and for that type theres is only one tpl file for generating the html output.
Then is there a way by which we can refer to the tpl file without passing it(assumin that the dcr file is passed to the perl script)

Yes - if there is only one PT for a given data-type, then you can easily determine the name of that PT by looking in the data-type's presentation/ directory.

Or if you use a standard naming convention for your PTs you could derive the name of the PT based on your standard.