onSaveNameSpecified - Can't update the DCR name

Hi, depending on what the user inputs for the name of a new DCR, the name may have to be updated. ie in a certain case there are no capital letters allowed in a file name.
User input: Hello
Desired save name: hello

I am using the onSaveNameSpecified handler to capture the name the user inputs, however I don't seem to be able to update the DCR name, IWDCRInfo.setDCRName is not working for me.

TeamSite 6.7.0 on Windows


function onSaveNameSpecifiedHandler (savePath) {
 var parts = savePath.split('/');
 var filename = parts[parts.length-1];

 if (filename.toLowerCase() == "hello") {
  if (filename == "hello") {
   return true;
  } else {
   IWDCRInfo.setDCRName('hello');
   alert ('input name: '+filename+' get name: '+IWDCRInfo.getDCRName());
   return true;
  }
 } else {
  // save name is not index - no validation is performed
  return true;
 }
 alert ('Error in onSaveNameSpecifiedHandler - error with filename: '+filename);
 return false;
}

If I try to save the DCR as 'Hello', the output I will get in the alert box is:

input name: Hello get name: hello

yet the DCR saves as 'Hello'.

How can I update the name the DCR will be saved as from my function?

Thank you.

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ISCBorisB

How can I update the name the DCR will be saved as from my function?

IWDCRInfo.setDCRName is an asynchronous function. It's a developer responsibility to re-synchronise JS thread.
I've posted a sample of setDCRName callback usage [post=98599]here[/post], you may want to take a look.

AdamN

Hi ISCBorisB,

I tried implementing the checkStatus function from your other post, however, I'm guessing since in my case the user is always creating a new DCR, IWDCRInfo always returns UNAVAILABLE.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks.

nipper

You may want to take a different approach. For templates like this I add a name field to the template itself and use that to set the name. This allows me to enforce the consistency required (folder structure, naming and extension). It is more complex as you need to use a callserver (to create a dir if required and to verify the file does not exist already) but well worth the effort. When editing an existing DCR this field becomes readonly. The only downside is that it makes it difficult to rename a DCR (you may consider that a benefit rather than a detriment).

HTH

Andy

ISCBorisB

Hi ISCBorisB,

I tried implementing the checkStatus function from your other post, however, I'm guessing since in my case the user is always creating a new DCR, IWDCRInfo always returns UNAVAILABLE.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks.

function onSaveNameSpecifiedHandler(savePath) {
   var filename = savePath.replace(/^.+\/([^\/]+)$/, "$1");
   var dcrName = filename.match(/^hello$/i)? 'hello' : filename;
   setTimeout(saveDcr(dcrName), 100);
   return false;
}

function saveDcr(dcrName) {
   IWDCRInfo.setDCRName(dcrName, checkInfoStatus);
   IWDatacapture.save();
}

Adam Stoller

There's another potential issue here - if you're on Windows - which is case insensitive and you already have a file named "Hello" - it doesn't matter if you tell FormsPublisher to change the name to "hello" - Windows will see it as being the same name and will leave it as "Hello".

Yet another reason not to use Windows IMO ;-)

AdamN

Thanks for all the replies. My client has decided to go a different route and rework a couple of their scripts to make them case insensitive.

The issue from the beginning was some scripts not working correctly in certain cases so they have decided to fix the problem at the source rather then putting in this workaround.

ISCBorisB: I will play with the other code you posted when I have time as I am curious to see what I how it works in this scenario. Thanks.