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Gettting current directory with FormApi

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I need to get the current directory that a user is in when they use the "New Form Entry" command. The resulting DCT has the vpath hidden field value that I need.

<input type="hidden" name="vpath" value="//myserver/default/main/testbranch/WORKAREA/dev/htdocs/actuary"/>

But I can't get that full value with FormApi. It only returns the path to the workarea:
//myserver/default/main/testbranch/WORKAREA/dev/

Here is the FormApi line I'm using:

var dirPath = top.window.dataform.elements["vpath"].value;

I can use this line to get all of the hidden fields - but not the complete vpath.

What obvious thing am I missing??

Is there a better way to get the current directory path the user is in?

Thanks!

Melody

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CRB

what version of teamsite are you using?
do you need the path before DCR is saved or after it is saved?
try IWDatacapture.getDCRPath () or IWDatacapture.getDCTPath (), then trim the DCR name (filename.xml)

nipper

The answer Chris gave you should give you some idea that what you are asking for may not be what you actually want.

What if I create a new form ? Basically TS will know //server/main/branch/workarea/content/templatedata/catagory/type/data

If I edit a DCR ? TS will know: //server/main/branch/workarea/content/templatedata/catagory/type/data/some/dir/file.xml

This also depends on which UI you are using, if you have CC-STD it does not really have the idea of a CWD as CC-PRO does.

Adam Stoller

Perhaps a more important question is: Why do you feel the need to track the current working vpath directory from whence the user initiated a New DCR request?

What possible value could that information serve?

Migrateduser

Here is a little more background/clarification around what I'm doing:

Reason for getting current directory:
Our main intranet branch has 100,000+ generated files. It was created in 2000 and consultants at that time created the structure so that the key was the generated file...not the dcr. So users are working through htdocs with the generated file rather than dcr (no workflow to automatically generate the htm file).

Here we are in 2009 and we have this huge branch with 100+ business users and we are trying to implement changes so that users doesn't have to know what a dcr is or ever go into Form Settings.

My ultimate goal is to get the path to where the user is located in the directory structure in TeamSite, have a form field where they enter the file name and then automatically set the output/form entry path for the user. So I need the path prior to a save/generate. I know that there are probably 100 better ways to set-up our environment...unfortunately, at this point in time, I don't have much flexibility to completely re-do the structure at this point.

Both CCStd and CCPro new form entry creates a form that has the hidden field "vpath"...which has that all important directory I need. In the case of CCStd it also has the file name appended - but that I can chop off to get the directory.

I just don't get why I can't pull that full value when it is in the dct code.

If someone has a better way of accomplishing my goal...I'm all ears!

Environment:
TS 6.7.2
Windows 2003 server

Adam Stoller

Here is a little more background/clarification around what I'm doing:

Reason for getting current directory:
Our main intranet branch has 100,000+ generated files. It was created in 2000 and consultants at that time created the structure so that the key was the generated file...not the dcr. So users are working through htdocs with the generated file rather than dcr (no workflow to automatically generate the htm file).

Here we are in 2009 and we have this huge branch with 100+ business users and we are trying to implement changes so that users doesn't have to know what a dcr is or ever go into Form Settings.

My ultimate goal is to get the path to where the user is located in the directory structure in TeamSite, have a form field where they enter the file name and then automatically set the output/form entry path for the user. So I need the path prior to a save/generate. I know that there are probably 100 better ways to set-up our environment...unfortunately, at this point in time, I don't have much flexibility to completely re-do the structure at this point.

Both CCStd and CCPro new form entry creates a form that has the hidden field "vpath"...which has that all important directory I need. In the case of CCStd it also has the file name appended - but that I can chop off to get the directory.

I just don't get why I can't pull that full value when it is in the dct code.

If someone has a better way of accomplishing my goal...I'm all ears!

Environment:
TS 6.7.2
Windows 2003 server

If the path information is there - it's probably as a CGI Form Variable and not a hidden DCT field - so you may be trying to access it the wrong way. I don't have time right now to try this out, but my thinking would be along the lines of either a callserver or cgi callout script to see if I could access form variables that have values I desire - if so, use the CGI mechanisms to access them and then use the FormAPI methods to set your own [hidden] DCT field with the information.

If that doesn't work - I'd consider creating my own initial UI for creating the DCRs that uses a custom menu item (CGI) which does have access to current path information and such, generate a mostly empty shell of a DCR with the appropriate name in the appropriate location, with the vpath stored in a hidden field, and then call the OOTB Edit DCR URL to edit it.

This is just off-the-top-of-my-head thinking since I'm neither involved in the project nor attempting to implement anything like this right now.