Javascript Alert in a Workflow

I would like to alert (Javascript Alert) an user after he submits files to a task that was asssigned to him.
Is there a way to call a Javascript function in the WF Tasks. Can I use a CGITask to do this or is there any other way

Thanks

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nipper

What you can do, is when someone starts a job, have the first task be a CGI task with an immediate start. This could kick off some JS.

A CGI after another task will automatically start up when the use transitions. So if it is not the 1st task, you can do it, as long as the person making the transition is the one you want viewing the JS.

Andy

rapti

I dont want it to be the first task. This will be a task that comes after assignment and a few other external tasks like emails and so on.
So how would I do this.

gzevin

I dont want it to be the first task. This will be a task that comes after assignment and a few other external tasks like emails and so on.
So how would I do this.

alert ('string'); ???

kaalraa

I would like to alert (Javascript Alert) an user after he submits files to a task that was asssigned to him.
Is there a way to call a Javascript function in the WF Tasks. Can I use a CGITask to do this or is there any other way
Thanks

It would be same as any other alert within any web page. Please elaborate more on as where and when you want the alert prompt, along with task details and user interactions.

rapti

It will be within a task where users submit files to tasks assigned to them.. so how do I can I call a javascript alert in a wft file within the task .. ( or )

rapti

alert ('string'); ???

Hi..
Yes that is the right syntax for a JS Alert. But I am looking for how to call that in a wft task so that the user sees it.
And this is the not the first task in the workflow , so I need to have a seperate task that will show the JS to the user.

Thanks,

kaalraa

It will be within a task where users submit files to tasks assigned to them.. so how do I can I call a javascript alert in a wft file within the task .. ( or )

Are you submitting the files through submit task or through CGI task?

rapti

Are you submitting the files through submit task or through CGI task?

The Submission of files is a USER Task. If I want to throw a Java script alert to the user , can I do in this task or should I have another task to do it.
Below is the task code (Attachment)

owner="__TAG__(iw_author_id);"
description="__TAG__(iw_desc);Authors Please Add Docs to this Task"
lock="f">');

__INSERT__("");

__INSERT__('

kaalraa

The Submission of files is a USER Task. If I want to throw a Java script alert to the user , can I do in this task or should I have another task to do it.
Below is the task code (Attachment)

< name="Author_Task">owner="__TAG__(iw_author_id);"
description="__TAG__(iw_desc);Authors Please Add Docs to this Task"
lock="f">');

__INSERT__("");

__INSERT__('

In a USER task the answer would be NO. As earlier mentioned alert is a method of javascript which is to be enclosed within <<SCRIPT>> tag and script tag can come only where you can write your HTML code.

I hope you have understood the concept.

rapti

What is the syntax to do this is a CGI Task

kaalraa

What is the syntax to do this is a CGI Task

If you dont have any idea about the syntax to do a CGI task then i must say:

1. Read the manuals OR
2. Enroll in the IWOV training course.

As per your question is concerned, a usertask can be changed to a cgitask but it should be done as per requirements; not just for the sake of an alert. Still if you need the change, please elaborate more on your requirements.

rapti

I did not mean syntax of a cgi Task , I saw that in the manual.
Our req. is as below:

Task 1(User Task): User Uploads a File
Task 2 (External Task) Smiley Frustrated

ome external file is called

Between Task1 and Task2 , we would like the user to see a Javascript Alert , when he clicks on on Finish in Task1

For the JS Alert is CGI Task the only way. We dont want the user to see any other screens or output before the job proceeds to Task 2

Adam Stoller

I did not mean syntax of a cgi Task , I saw that in the manual.
Our req. is as below:

Task 1(User Task): User Uploads a File
Task 2 (External Task)ome external file is called

Between Task1 and Task2 , we would like the user to see a Javascript Alert , when he clicks on on Finish in Task1

For the JS Alert is CGI Task the only way. We dont want the user to see any other screens or output before the job proceeds to Task 2

Neither the usertask nor the externaltask provide a browser window in which to pop-up an alert dialog box and TeamSite does not provide a way for a usertask or externaltask to cause an alert to pop-up within the TS GUI itself.

If you change the externaltask to a cgitask - it can pop-up the alert window and then do whatever it was going to do as an externaltask (think of the cgitask as an externaltas with user-interactive capabilities).

abhi2005

As per the manuals, you might want to create a CGI task and write the javascript. OR convert your workflow to a nested workflow.
Thanks,
abhi