Read the Value of Hidden Field in a DCR using Perl Script

Hi,

I am facing a problem.Firstly, I would like to mention that I am new at Perl and Interwoven. So I relly need help. This is what I have to do

I have several DCR's in a directory. Each DCR has a Hidden field "ValidateFlag" that is either True or False. Now a new Link was added to the File Menu in Team Site and on pressing that Link, a Perl script has to be executed that scans through all the DCR's and makes a list of oll the DCR's that have the Hidden Field as False.

I know this can be done by Parsing all the DCR's, but that has to be avoided due to Time constraints. So, I am looking for a solution using CGI WRAPPER. Please let me how can I make a call to a IPL file using iw_cgi_wrapper.cgi and then how can I read the Value of the Hidden field using CGI wrapper functions.

Please Help me out !!!!!!!!!!!

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abhi2005

Hi,

I am facing a problem.Firstly, I would like to mention that I am new at Perl and Interwoven. So I relly need help. This is what I have to do

I have several DCR's in a directory. Each DCR has a Hidden field "ValidateFlag" that is either True or False. Now a new Link was added to the File Menu in Team Site and on pressing that Link, a Perl script has to be executed that scans through all the DCR's and makes a list of oll the DCR's that have the Hidden Field as False.

I know this can be done by Parsing all the DCR's, but that has to be avoided due to Time constraints. So, I am looking for a solution using CGI WRAPPER. Please let me how can I make a call to a IPL file using iw_cgi_wrapper.cgi and then how can I read the Value of the Hidden field using CGI wrapper functions.

Please Help me out !!!!!!!!!!!

Try using and inline command. You can refer the formapidevelopers guide.

Thanks,
Abhi

ashish1511

Try using and inline command. You can refer the formapidevelopers guide.

Sorry, I am a bit confused. What has FormAPI got to do with this. Please tell me in little more detail as i am really new to all this.

I used FormAPI to store the Hidden Field Value as true/false. But now i simply have to scan all the DCR's and collect those that have the hidden field content as FALSE. And this has to be done without Parsing.

If there is some other solution, other than CGI wrapper, please let me know. Any solution will do.

Thanks

abhi2005

Try using and inline command. You can refer the formapidevelopers guide.

Sorry, I am a bit confused. What has FormAPI got to do with this. Please tell me in little more detail as i am really new to all this.

I used FormAPI to store the Hidden Field Value as true/false. But now i simply have to scan all the DCR's and collect those that have the hidden field content as FALSE. And this has to be done without Parsing.

If there is some other solution, other than CGI wrapper, please let me know. Any solution will do.

Thanks

Have you tried using a perl script to scan your DCRs? I think it should be fairly simple.
--Abhi

kaalraa

Hi,
I am facing a problem.Firstly, I would like to mention that I am new at Perl and Interwoven. So I relly need help. This is what I have to do
I have several DCR's in a directory. Each DCR has a Hidden field "ValidateFlag" that is either True or False. Now a new Link was added to the File Menu in Team Site and on pressing that Link, a Perl script has to be executed that scans through all the DCR's and makes a list of oll the DCR's that have the Hidden Field as False.
I know this can be done by Parsing all the DCR's, but that has to be avoided due to Time constraints. So, I am looking for a solution using CGI WRAPPER. Please let me how can I make a call to a IPL file using iw_cgi_wrapper.cgi and then how can I read the Value of the Hidden field using CGI wrapper functions.
Please Help me out !!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Ashish,
I opt out to do the same using DCRNode parser and going thru each file using DirWalk module. I know everyone has its own time contraints but still one has to do some work to get the results.

ashish1511

Hi Ashish,
I opt out to do the same using DCRNode parser and going thru each file using DirWalk module. I know everyone has its own time contraints but still one has to do some work to get the results.

No you got me wrong, what i meant by time constraints wasnt that I dont have time. What i meant to say was that, once the user presses the link, the entire functionality has to take place very fast. And there are more than 300 DCr's in the directory all have 40+ Fields, so parsing will take alot of time.

I want some way to directly access the Value contained in the hidden field, without using the XML parsing approach!!!!!!!!

abhi2005

No you got me wrong, what i meant by time constraints wasnt that I dont have time. What i meant to say was that, once the user presses the link, the entire functionality has to take place very fast. And there are more than 300 DCr's in the directory all have 40+ Fields, so parsing will take alot of time.

I want some way to directly access the Value contained in the hidden field, without using the XML parsing approach!!!!!!!!

AS I suggested before, use a standalone perl script - in that use of regexes to search thru the DCRS for the value you are looking for. Now dont ask for the script -- there are plenty available on the net.
Thanks,
Abhi

kaalraa

No you got me wrong, what i meant by time constraints wasnt that I dont have time. What i meant to say was that, once the user presses the link, the entire functionality has to take place very fast. And there are more than 300 DCr's in the directory all have 40+ Fields, so parsing will take alot of time.

I want some way to directly access the Value contained in the hidden field, without using the XML parsing approach!!!!!!!!

You are asking for a magic trick to get the value out of DCR. Smiley Happy

Adam Stoller

No you got me wrong, what i meant by time constraints wasnt that I dont have time. What i meant to say was that, once the user presses the link, the entire functionality has to take place very fast. And there are more than 300 DCr's in the directory all have 40+ Fields, so parsing will take alot of time.

I want some way to directly access the Value contained in the hidden field, without using the XML parsing approach!!!!!!!!

If you want something that fast, you probably need to push this information into a DB somewhere along the lifespan of the content development and/or approval process - then your query would be against a DB instead of against all the various files in the file system.

Whether you choose to use DataDeploy or write your own code (e.g.: using Perl: Smiley Very Happy

BI) for transferring this information to / querying from a DB is up to you.

You might be able to do this with a flat-file DB instead of a relational DB - but chances are the results will be better over the long-run with a real relational DB.