Creating Generate event on save

Is it possible to create generate event on save. We want to generate output page when user clicks on save button.

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Out of the box no. It will happen on the close event, but I doubt you want to do that. You could write a call server to run iwpt_compile and and the use the callback routine to kick off a preview. Certainly not trivial, but you can do it.

Now, why are you going through this exercise ? What is the real problem you are trying to solve ?

DebSaunders

i am just try to generate output file after user save the dcr. I don't want them to go browse again and give new file name to save the output file. I just want them to save the dcr and generation should happen automatically. making sense??

nipper

i am just try to generate output file after user save the dcr. I don't want them to go browse again and give new file name to save the output file. I just want them to save the dcr and generation should happen automatically. making sense??

Certianly but you can do a couple things instead. 1st, my users edit the HTML and not the DCR. After the form is saved they are asked to regenerate (which they usually do) to preview. No filenames are needed as they edited the HTML, so the system knows what to generate.

Second I always include a generateHTML step in the workflow which will build the data regardless. You certainly could do this in a callserver, but I suspect the onClose event will still ask the user if they want to regenerate the output and allow them to name it anyway.

DebSaunders

in my case if i am clicking on save button...it should generate output page after saving the dcr...what is the best to do this...

nipper

I think you would be better using formapi to set the output file (and TPL if needed). Check out IWPageGeneration.setOutputFile and when the person closes the DCR it will ask if they want to generate which that can say yes or no. This will for the path and file name for you.

gzevin

I think you would be better using formapi to set the output file (and TPL if needed). Check out IWPageGeneration.setOutputFile and when the person closes the DCR it will ask if they want to generate which that can say yes or no. This will for the path and file name for you.

true. One can set file (DCR) name and browse to a directory (in the IA of the site). Then formAPI will set the output file and appripriate TPL. Not trivial as some scripting on the server is required, but this is how I do most of my DCTs these days.