Help While Editing Templated HTML file

Hi ALL,

Following is the Scenario.

1. I have a DCR called test.dcr, from which I generate html files called "1.html", "2.html", "3.html" and so on.
2. While Generation I set a metadata to DCR with it's generated html file name

In this case my DCR will have following metadata
- GeneratedFile1= 1.html
- GeneratedFile2= 2.html
-GeneratedFile3= 3.html

3. Each html file will be having some predefied extended attbutes like topNAV, leftNAV and so on

what I have done is, on click of generate I initiate a CGI which will ask topNAV and leftNAV.

The problem I am facing is.

When the user edits say 1.html the DCR "test" will open and when the user clicks on generate I have to populate above said CGI with the navigational elements of 1.html like wise when the user edits 2.html I have to populate the CGI with the navigational elements of 2.html and so on.

How can I know inside TEMPLATING client with which html file user is trying to edit the DCR ?

Please suggest some possible ways.

Thanks.
Sanjeev

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Migrateduser

In FormAPI, there is IWPageGeneration.getOutputFile(); When you open a generated .html file to edit the DCR, in the form settings the output path defaults to this particular .html file and thus the IWPageGeneration.getOutputFile() can give you the .html file path and name.

Adam Stoller

Hi ALL,

Following is the Scenario.

1. I have a DCR called test.dcr, from which I generate html files called "1.html", "2.html", "3.html" and so on.
2. While Generation I set a metadata to DCR with it's generated html file name

In this case my DCR will have following metadata
- GeneratedFile1= 1.html
- GeneratedFile2= 2.html
-GeneratedFile3= 3.html

3. Each html file will be having some predefied extended attbutes like topNAV, leftNAV and so on

what I have done is, on click of generate I initiate a CGI which will ask topNAV and leftNAV.

The problem I am facing is.

When the user edits say 1.html the DCR "test" will open and when the user clicks on generate I have to populate above said CGI with the navigational elements of 1.html like wise when the user edits 2.html I have to populate the CGI with the navigational elements of 2.html and so on.

How can I know inside TEMPLATING client with which html file user is trying to edit the DCR ?

Please suggest some possible ways.

Thanks.
Sanjeev

If you generate N output files from a DCR - does it really matter through which generated files you edited the DCR? All N of the files need to be re-generated, so whatever your process for managing the nav for each generated file you would have to do for all of them - right?

iw_store

If you generate N output files from a DCR - does it really matter through which generated files you edited the DCR? All N of the files need to be re-generated, so whatever your process for managing the nav for each generated file you would have to do for all of them - right?

Ghoti, Our case is little different. Content for each html file will be same but only navigational files will differ. In any case we are not keeping navigational files with DCR we are setting navigational elements with the generated html file.

The concept is different html's with same content and different nav files with same DCR.

Here the problem I am facing is when the user edits each html I have show it's navigational elements in CGI which initiates on click of generate. Eventually I need to get extended attribute of corresponding html file inside CGI.

I hope I have cleared the concept.

Thank you!!

iw_store

In FormAPI, there is IWPageGeneration.getOutputFile(); When you open a generated .html file to edit the DCR, in the form settings the output path defaults to this particular .html file and thus the IWPageGeneration.getOutputFile() can give you the .html file path and name.

Thank you very much for providing me above API. Will come here again for next stuck :-)).