DesignManager - programmatically add PDF attachment from CAS?

rorso · 2024-04-25T12:27:13+00:00

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I'm trying to configure an application in DesignManager, that casually should get a certain PDF attachment. For convenience the PDF should be stored in CAS so it can be replaced on the fly, once necessary without deploying a new application.

I created a "Placeholder Document" with a dummy page, as the documentation suggests.
I created a placeholder variable of type PDF
I even can use this "page" in Empower to manually upload a local PDF

What I'm missing is how to automatically preset the variable with a CAS stored file.

The "placeholder" register allows for the option "CAS resource" but I found no place to actually point it to a certain CAS resource. And I found no hint in the docs either.

Bonus question: Why Can I pick an image from CAS with ResourceBrowser, but no PDF attachment?

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rorso

Well, meanwhile this does work like intended. 😀

For anyone who is struggling with the same problem - here is the solution:

Create an array variable of data-type: Placeholder
in the "placeholder" tab set the placeholder-method to "PDF"
in the "values" tab enter the GUID of the CAS-resource, either as a constant or as a function.
I found no other solution than to look up this resource within "Workshop" and enter the "properties" page of the resource. There are 3 CAS-IDs to chose from. Usually one would pick the "Latest approved CAS-ID".
This is a stable ID and does not need to get refreshed. It even transfers nicely between platforms as long as the resource is moved via the "transport" mechanism.

Be sure to define the document that contains the page with the placeholder content as "Filler Page (as required)" for the respective usage of the page. This one is not straight forward, as it is neither on the page nor on the document properties and very easy to miss. If you don't, you may end up getting only the first page of the first attachment instead of every page of every attachment. Would make up a nice default, wouldn't it? 🙄

Finally, to get runtime access to the CAS at all, you have to add management-gateway connection parameters to your control file:

-MGWURL=https://{your WORKSHOP installation}:{MGW port}

-MGWTENANT={your Tenant Name}

-MGWAPPDOMAIN={your Application-domain}

-MGWUSER={a valid user ID with "resourcebrowser" permissions}

-MGWPASSWORD={a password certainly}

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rorso

Well, meanwhile this does work like intended. 😀

For anyone who is struggling with the same problem - here is the solution:

Create an array variable of data-type: Placeholder
in the "placeholder" tab set the placeholder-method to "PDF"
in the "values" tab enter the GUID of the CAS-resource, either as a constant or as a function.
I found no other solution than to look up this resource within "Workshop" and enter the "properties" page of the resource. There are 3 CAS-IDs to chose from. Usually one would pick the "Latest approved CAS-ID".
This is a stable ID and does not need to get refreshed. It even transfers nicely between platforms as long as the resource is moved via the "transport" mechanism.

Finally, to get runtime access to the CAS at all, you have to add management-gateway connection parameters to your control file:

-MGWURL=https://{your WORKSHOP installation}:{MGW port}

-MGWTENANT={your Tenant Name}

-MGWAPPDOMAIN={your Application-domain}

-MGWUSER={a valid user ID with "resourcebrowser" permissions}

-MGWPASSWORD={a password certainly}