CGI Task with window.close in CCstd

I am running a workflow via both the CCstd and CCPro interfaces. Under CCPro it opens in a new window, runs and then closes the window via a javascript window.close(); command. When this CGI task is run via the CCstd interface, it takes over the main window and tries to close it when it completes. Is there a way in the code to determine which interface you are running under and behave differently? (i.e. window.close(); if under CCpro and redirect back to TS if under CCstd).

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ISCBorisB

I am running a workflow via both the CCstd and CCPro interfaces. Under CCPro it opens in a new window, runs and then closes the window via a javascript window.close(); command. When this CGI task is run via the CCstd interface, it takes over the main window and tries to close it when it completes. Is there a way in the code to determine which interface you are running under and behave differently? (i.e. window.close(); if under CCpro and redirect back to TS if under CCstd).

Your iwhome/httpd/iw-bin Folder should contain IWOV "sample_cgi_task.ipl". $DEBUG switch there controls logging of the background information.

You may want to set this sample as your CGI command and run WF in both CCStd and CCPro. Log then will show you if there is an interface indication
in either Posted Form or Environment variables. Certainly you may just as well log-out %ENV and CGI Form entries from your code.

Adam Stoller

Your iwhome/httpd/iw-bin Folder should contain IWOV "sample_cgi_task.ipl". $DEBUG switch there controls logging of the background information.

You may want to set this sample as your CGI command and run WF in both CCStd and CCPro. Log then will show you if there is an interface indication
in either Posted Form or Environment variables. Certainly you may just as well log-out %ENV and CGI Form entries from your code.

I believe this is the right approach - I believe there should be a form variable or cookie that contains the name of the UI - that you can use within a conditional in your code to determine whether to close the window or redirect with a done_page or something.

Migrateduser

I figured this out and am posting the solution for completeness.

In the iw-home/httpd/iw-bin/sample_cgitask.ipl file, the following lines provide this functionality.

sub DONE_PAGE_PARAM () { "done_page" }


# Get the value of the done page
my($donePage) = $cgi->{form}{&DONE_PAGE_PARAM};
# If the parameter has multiple values, just use its first value.
$donePage = $$donePage[0] if (ref($donePage) eq "ARRAY");
# Note:  The done_page parameter will be provided
# by the CCStd and CCPro UIs.  If it's not
# available, use a backwards-compatible
# refresh page.
if (!defined $donePage || ($donePage eq ""))
{
   $donePage = "/iw-cc/teamsite/common/webdeskpro_refresh.html";
}

Then you just print the $donePage URL into a window.location javascript call and it solves it. Alternatively, you can create the entire javascript call and close the window or set the window.location which is what I did.

Thanks everyone.

B80116

Farnsaw, thanks a million for posting this solution. This REALLY helped me out!