Converting DCR Name to uppercase in RENAME Option

Hi!,

Please suggest me the way to convert DCR Name to Upper Case While renaming a DCR/File through. What is the source where can i change the DCR Name to uppercase.

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Frederik

I for one am confused by your request...

But, looks like you need to do uppercasing of a file name programmatically, either as a custom menu action, or as part of the TPL generation perhaps... There's no out-of-the-box feature for that.

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TeamsiteUser

Hi! I want to convert DCR File name to upper case while renaming file in Teamsite..if user enters new file name in mixed case or in lower case.

Thanx

TeamsiteUser

Hi!

To be very specific I wanted to do it in perl file.

From Form Api using setDCRName I can set DCR Name to uppercase. But how can I do it in Perl.

Adam Stoller

Hi!

To be very specific I wanted to do it in perl file.

From Form Api using setDCRName I can set DCR Name to uppercase. But how can I do it in Perl.

Without full context of where you're trying to do this - the simplest answer is:

$fname =~ uc($fname);

With more context - and with you providing the basis of the code you are trying to write/use - the more specific the answer will be.

Frederik

Hi! I want to convert DCR File name to upper case while renaming file in Teamsite..if user enters new file name in mixed case or in lower case.

Seems like people still haven't understood your requirement...

If I understood it right, you want a hook into the "File > Rename" (and "File > Move" and "Edit > Copy"), so that if the user gives the file a new name, you can immediately upcase the filename (if necessary).

I checked the list of Command Triggers (ts.650a.clt.unix.pdf Ch.4) but that doesn't seem to have triggers for Rename etc.

One way would be to remove the default actions and recode them as custom menu items... bit heavy that. Maybe you can add the upcasing of the filename to the submit workflow, if that isn't too late. Or code the submit workflow so that it disallows submitting of filenames with lowercase... then the user is forced to go back to the files and fix the case himself.

good luck.

Migrateduser

Sorry, fish, but I know you would do the same to me:

[left]$fname =~ uc($fname);

Will not work. Remove the tilde:

[left]$fname = uc($fname);

Will work.[/left]
[/left]

Adam Stoller

Sorry, fish, but I know you would do the same to me:

[left]$fname =~ uc($fname);

Will not work. Remove the tilde:

[left]$fname = uc($fname);

Will work.[/left]
[/left]

Good catch - thanks!
I started out thinking about using the \U and \E escapes in regexs, and then realized that uc() was much simpler and probably more correct here - but forgot to change the operator.

jeeva

The uc command will only change the string $fname to Uppercase, but it will not change the DCR Name...

The Question here is how will the DCR name gets changed ( Name to be converted into uppercase)

Like the SetDCRName in FormAPI..

Do we have a similar command which can be used in perl..

kaalraa

The uc command will only change the string $fname to Uppercase, but it will not change the DCR Name...

The Question here is how will the DCR name gets changed ( Name to be converted into uppercase)

The $fname is just an example variable which can be used to retreive the value of the DCR programatically.

Like the SetDCRName in FormAPI..
Do we have a similar command which can be used in perl..

There is NO such command which changes the DCR name to upper case and thats too .. while taking inout from the user at the time of save. The only way which i could think off is to catch the jsp working behind the scene while saving.

Although, it is not supported and would be overwritten while installing patches or so.

Adam Stoller

The uc command will only change the string $fname to Uppercase, but it will not change the DCR Name...

The Question here is how will the DCR name gets changed ( Name to be converted into uppercase)

Like the SetDCRName in FormAPI..

Do we have a similar command which can be used in perl..

It's all a matter of context. Without a stated context, its a moving target as to where you're talking about fixing things. The uc() command was provided out-of-context as a mechanism for upper-casing a string in perl - I believe javascript has a similar mechansim (string.toUpper()) which can be used.

The perl example will work where you are capturing the proposed name in perl before actually creating the file, or afterwards if you intend to forcibly rename it - I believe the former is better than the latter.

The javascript method will work within FormAPI - again before actually setting the value (or re-setting it after it's been set but before it's been "used").

Neither of these mechanisms will work for the OOTB UI prompts when one clicks Save (for a new DCR) or Save As (which I almost always disable) or when one uses File > Move or File > Rename. Those all require the replacement of the OOTB mechanism with a custom mechanism that can then make use of the functions previously cited.