Where can I find documentation which describes feature like $WebNode.WebNodes.GetItem($TypeNode)

Rajesh_Jeevagan_(eplus01admin_-_(deleted))

Where can I find the documentation related to $WebNode.WebNodes.GetItem($TypeNode). I could not find this feature in livelink builder help niether can I find any WebNodes class in WebNode OSpace.

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Krishnankutty_Nair

I do not know where the documenation is but the item can be found in$WebNode( Look Under Globals in this module ) WebNodes( this is an object or script reference you do this by ADD to Globals from the Ospace) .GetItem (call the method or script) ($TypeNode)(with the params). Right under the WebNode Globals object will be another objectif you do an inspect on the WebNodes object you can see the method.See screen shot .Since it is a global reference it cannot be called a part of this class and hence I guess will not show in the documentation meaning you can call this from any part of livelink module .

Rajesh_Jeevagan_(eplus01admin_-_(deleted))

Thanks Krishnankutty. $TypeNode is the parameter for the GetItem function. Now for e.g. I have two documents, one called suhas.doc and another called Krishnan.doc. Both of these documents will have the same value for $TypeNode i.e $TypeDocument.When I will call the function $WebNode.WebNodes.GetItem($TypeDocument), how will the system know which document it should fetch (i.e. rajesh.doc or Krishnan.doc) as both have the same key.In other words, since $TypeNode is not unique key, how does the system knows which document to retrieve.

Krishnankutty_Nair

I am inclined to say that the parameter passed to it will return a collection of the particular subtype.Then again once this is retreived it is filtered aginst the logged in user's permissions.As a quick example put suhas.doc in a folder and set the document for only SEE for you and krishnan.doc havingSee & .See Contents.When you browse you will see 'Suhas' as a entry without a hyperlink and the other one with a hyperlink.The uniqueness of the object is derived by the nodeid(objid) or simply dataid in dtree which is unique.A quick combination of dtree.dataid and dtree.subtype is what differentiates the objects amonst its types.So if you wanted a quick way to know all the documents you would say 'select * from dtree where subtype=142'.There are other objects that are used like GetNodeByID.Once again better programmers in this discussion may be able to help you most but tell us what you are trying to acheive here otherwise the thread may look too nerdy.

Krishnankutty_Nair

sorry 142 is for personal workspaces and 144 is the document subtype

Rajesh_Jeevagan_(eplus01admin_-_(deleted))

I think it just returns a generic object of type $TypeFolder instead of any specific $TypeFolder(for e.g. instead of Suhas.doc or Krishnan.doc, it will just return a webnode object of document type.I am trying to show all the items of a particular type on a page. I am trying to use the example provided by the opentext in web module development guide. Opentext creates a file called personal_addressbooktab.html where they have used the GetIem functionality. I have used the same functionality in our livelink installation and it works fine. I am just trying to figure out how actually it is accomplishing the task.

Hans_Stoop_(hstoop_(Delete)_1579932)

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The easies way to get to the object referenced by $Webnodes.webnode is by using the Inspector tool available in the tools menu of the builder.

Just pass the string $Webnodes.webnode to the input field and press evaluate.

Hans

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Subject: I do not know where the documenation is but the item can be found in

I do not know where the documenation is but the item can be found in Posted by ConocoUser10 (Nair, Krishnankutty N) on 08/26/2004 09:14 AM
In reply to: Where can I find documentation which describes feature like $WebNode.WebNodes.GetItem($TypeNode) Posted by EPLUS01Admin (Subramanya, Suhas) on 08/25/2004 11:29 PM

I do not know where the documenation is but the item can be found in
$WebNode( Look Under Globals in this module )
WebNodes( this is an object or script reference you do this by ADD to Globals from the Ospace)
.GetItem (call the method or script)
($TypeNode)(with the params).
Right under the WebNode Globals object will be another object
if you do an inspect on the WebNodes object you can see the method.See screen shot .Since it is a global reference it cannot be called a part of this class and hence I guess will not show in the documentation meaning you can call this from any part of livelink module .

Hans_Stoop_(hstoop_(Delete)_1579932)

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I would advise you to follow a Livelink builder class. That will really make you help understand how Livelink is internally structured and how to make customizations in Livelink.

More specific to your question:

Every object type in Livelink is implement by two classes, a LLNode and a WebNode. The LLNode class implements the core functionality and the WebNode class implements the UI functionality. What the function $WebNode.WebNodes.GetItem($TypeDocument) does is it returns the webNode class object for a document object.

A similar function is available to get the LLNode class object.

Hans

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Subject: Thanks Krishnankutty. One more related question...

Thanks Krishnankutty. One more related question... Posted by EPLUS01Admin (Subramanya, Suhas) on 08/26/2004 01:13 PM
In reply to: I do not know where the documenation is but the item can be found in Posted by ConocoUser10 (Nair, Krishnankutty N) on 08/26/2004 09:14 AM

Thanks Krishnankutty. $TypeNode is the parameter for the GetItem function. Now for e.g. I have two documents, one called suhas.doc and another called Krishnan.doc. Both of these documents will have the same value for $TypeNode i.e $TypeDocument.

When I will call the function $WebNode.WebNodes.GetItem($TypeDocument), how will the system know which document it should fetch (i.e. rajesh.doc or Krishnan.doc) as both have the same key.

In other words, since $TypeNode is not unique key, how does the system knows which document to retrieve.