New DCR Vpath Parameter getting lost after login to CMS.

Hi All,
We are having functionality to create new form entry from website,
in this based on the category/datatype vpath is created and an URL command is created to create new form in CMS from outside. URL is

"http://ServerDomainName/iw-cc/newform?vpath=//Server/default/main/Ajuba/Intranet/HomeWeb/WORKAREA/authoring/templatedata/personalized/article/data/navigation/WhoWeHelp/Initiatives"

Here if the user click on new form link on website and if user already logged in to CMS then it opens up new form with same URL as above i.e. vapth parameter exist and user able to save the form at proper location, because I have used the vapth to save DCR at proper location in CMS folder structure.

If the user is not logged in then user has to enter the information in login screen, and user is redirected with new form, but here the Vapth parameter gets lost, I only gets the following url after login.

"http://ServerDomainName/iw-cc/newform"
no vpath paramter. I need this parameter to save the form at proper location
in CMS.

Please help me...if anyone faced with same problem before.....
I want this parameter exist after user logs in to CMS...

Ts :6.7.2
OS: Windows 2003.

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Migrateduser

That's how it works. You can only go to

[html]http://ServerDomainName/iw-cc/newform?vpath=//Server/default/main/Ajuba/Intranet/HomeWeb/WORKAREA/authoring/templatedata/personalized/article[/html]

Adding any more directory info will be ignored.

You could add another param to the url I posted above that sends the url you want, then use javascript in the DCR to get the extra param and use it on your save action (FormAPI) and path them to the correct location (if that's possible, I haven't tried it before).

[html]http://ServerDomainName/iw-cc/newform?vpath=//Server/default/main/Ajuba/Intranet/HomeWeb/WORKAREA/authoring/templatedata/personalized/article&pathToSave=data/navigation/WhoWeHelp/Initiatives[/html]

Rick Poulin

taalgaard's suggestion won't work because that URL is always redirected to either the real 'new form' command path, or to the login screen. In either case, the unsupported param isn't carried over to the form for your JavaScript to use.

The only way to do that is to use the actual command URLs that TeamSite uses and add your pathToSave parameter there, but of course that's not supported since those URLs could change in a future version.

Migrateduser

You are correct, the url params do get removed.

Another possible solution is to write your own custom page which you send them to first and in that page, set a cookie with a value of the vpath you want to use, then redirect them to the new dcr page. They will then see your login page which will forward them onto your new dcr page where you read the cookie to get your saved vpath.

Adam Stoller

Hi All,
We are having functionality to create new form entry from website,
in this based on the category/datatype vpath is created and an URL command is created to create new form in CMS from outside. URL is

"http://ServerDomainName/iw-cc/newform?vpath=//Server/default/main/Ajuba/Intranet/HomeWeb/WORKAREA/authoring/templatedata/personalized/article/data/navigation/WhoWeHelp/Initiatives"
...

According to the documentation, the parameters for newform are:

vaibhav2288

Thanks All for your response...
I tried each of your solutions, but got redirected to same form without parameters...
If anyone having any solutions...Please help me out...

I haven't tried the creating new page with set cookies and redirecting to login page then redirect to DCR.... If we dont have any options then it will be a last solution....Thanks taalgaard for this solution...