Writing extended attributes back to the DCRs

A customer have the following requirement:

They have extracted keywords for their DCRs using the TeamSite interface integrated with Metatagger 4.1.1.
Now they want to populate these extended attributes to become content of the DCRs, so that when any user edit the DCR, these keywords will appear in the DCT screen (please refer to the attached image).

Does everyone know how this could be done?
Any input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

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nipper

You should rethink the steps as you will be placing old information in the DCR.
User creates DCR (no keywords), MetaTagger is run, keywords attach. Some time later, user edits DCR, old keywords read (are they still good ? ) and are inserted in DCR. MT is run, possibly generating new keywords.

To do your request is not a trivial task, but I have done similar.

You need to be good in templating FormAPI as well as call servers.

On the form init, run a call server, which execs a perl script, it reads the EAs, creates the JavaScript needed to instert the keywords into the DCR and runs.

Andy

Migrateduser

The reason why this customer wants the keywords to be populated in the DCT so that it will become part of the output file when they click the "generate" button on the DCT.

In other words, what they hope to achieve is as follows:
Step 1: User enter content in DCT
Step 2: User click "Save" button
Step 3: MT server runs to extract keywords
Step 4: Keywords is written back to DCT
Step 5: User click "Generate" button to create output file

Does anyone has a better method of create the similar output?
Thanks.

Migrateduser

HI Andy

Thanks for your input.
Am wondering if u have any sample scripts to share with me on your method of implementation?
Many thanks.

nipper

There are examples of callserver code as well as formapi on devnet. It would behoove you to start there.

Migrateduser

Hi Andy

I supposed you are referring to the forum section in devnet for the sample codes and such?

nipper

Click on Tech Library, search for FormApi and Call server.