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Date in DD/MM/YYYY not populating in output XML

nirali

DCT[php]

manage events list.

Events

Event Date
Enter date in DD - DD, Month, Year format.

Start Date
Enter date in DD/MM/YYYY format.

End Date
Enter date in DD/MM/YYYY format.

Summary
Event Summary

Title
Event Title

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TPL[php]

<br> $xmlName = "/xml/Events.xml";<br> <br> # Get templating mode (preview - generate)<br> $pageMode = (iwpt_get_ofile_name() =~ m/.*\/zz_tst_.*preview/) ? "Preview" : "Generate";<br> <br> my $workarea = iwpt_get_ofile_name('dirname');<br> <br> $workarea =~ s|(.*\\development_area\\).*|$1|gsi;<br> $workarea =~ s|(.*\\infomaster\\).*|$1|gsi;<br> <br> if ($pageMode ne "Preview") {<br> unless (-d "$workarea\\xml") { <br> `mkdir -m 0775 $workarea\\xml`; <br> }<br> <br> }<br> <br>

<br> <br> #Create feed basic nodes<br> $xmlProlog = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?>\n";<br> $eventsOpen = "<events>\n";<br> $eventsClose = "</events>\n";<br> $eventClose = "\t</event>\n";<br> $eventdateOpen = "\t\t<eventdate>";<br> $eventdateClose = "</eventdate>\n";<br> $startdateOpen = "\t\t<startdate>";<br> $startdateClose = "</startdate>\n";<br> $enddateOpen = "\t\t<enddate>"; <br> $enddateClose = "</enddate>"; <br> $summaryOpen = "\t\t<summary>";<br> $summaryClose = "</summary>\n";<br><br><br> #Write into XML file<br> iwpt_output($xmlProlog);<br> iwpt_output($eventsOpen);<br> <br> <br> foreach my $listEvents (iwpt_dcr_list('dcr.events')) {<br><br> $eventdateNode = $eventdateOpen . "<![CDATA[". iwpt_dcr_value('listEvents.eventDate') ."]]".">" . $eventdateClose;<br> $startdatenode = $startdateOpen . "<![CDATA[". iwpt_dcr_value('listEvents.startDate') ."]]".">" . $startdateClose;<br> $enddateNode = $enddateOpen . "<![CDATA[". iwpt_dcr_value('listEvents.endDate') ."]]".">" . $enddateClose;<br> $summaryNode = $summaryOpen . "<![CDATA[". iwpt_dcr_value('listEvents.summary') ."]]".">" . $summaryClose;<br> <br> $allEvents .= $eventNode . $eventdateNode . $startdateNode . $enddateNode . $summaryNode . $eventClose; <br> <br> <br> }<br> <br> iwpt_output($allEvents);<br> iwpt_output($eventsClose);<br> <br>

<br><br><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><br><html><br><head><br> <title></title><br> <link href="/css/styles.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><br><br> <link href="/css/unbranded.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><br> <link href="/css/style_template.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><br><br> <br> <br><br><br></head><br><body><br> <div id="page"><br> <div id="v2_page_middle"><br> <div id="v2_container_top"></div><br> <div id="v2_container_middle" class="template"><br> <div id="banner"><br> <div id="logos"><br> <a href="/index.aspx"><img alt="novomedlink" src="/images/menus/main/nml-logo_Global.jpg"/></a><br> </div><br> </div><br> <div id="v2_menu-top-container"><br> <div id="v2_menu-top-left"></div><br> <div id="menu-top" class="menu-template"><br> <br> </div><br> <div id="v2_menu-top-right"></div><br> </div><br> <br> <div id="content-template"><br> <h1>Template Events List</h1><br> <br> <p>The template events list has been generated correctly.</p><br> </div><br> </div><br> <div id="v2_container_footer"></div><br> </div><br> </div><br></body><br></html><br><br>

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Generated XML output[php]
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[/php]I am using this DCT with TPL to generate an XML file. WHen I generate xml file its getting generated properly. But startDate and endDate are not getting populated in output xml file.

Can it be because of DCR itself is not generated properly with startDate and endDate in DCR xml ? Or can it because of TPL ? I dont have access to filesystem to check DCR. I tried clicking on DCR and do "view source", but that did not work. All other fields are getting generated properly in output xml
, except startDate and endDate.

Why is this generated XML not populating startDate and endDate ? How can I check whats wrong and where, if I dont have access to filesystem ?

1) If DCR is not generating properly, what can be reason and how do I make sure about it without access to filesystem ?

2) If TPL is wrong, what can be wromng with it ? Is that DD/MM/YYYY format ? or something else ?

Thanks

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Adam Stoller

I'm a bit confused by your posting. The DCT indicates that it's using datacapture6.0.dtd - which, I'm pretty sure, means that it should be defined as an "xml" style DCT (as opposed to "iwov" style) - yet the rest of the DCT code is written as "iwov" style (as opposed to "xml" style) - which makes me wonder if this DCT works at all - i.e. If you manage to get the DCT to render and fill in the fields, and then manage to actually save a DCR - can you in fact edit that DCR and see the data within it?

You'd probably be better off using FormAPI / JavaScript code to validate the values in the date fields rather than the hard-coded validation-regex (which is flawed since it would allow a date of 02/31/2000)

Why the DCT contains a field call "Event Date" (which is not date-format-restricted) and then "Start Date" and "End Date" (which are) strikes me as something that would be confusing to users of the DCT.

The TPL code is written in "strict-XML" style - which is generally not recommended because it requires a bunch of CDATA tags all over the place which makes it significantly harder to actually read the code.

My guess - without spending any real time trying to replicate and debug the issue myself (I'm not getting paid to do it for you) is that the discrepancy between the DCT's DTD specification and the actual DCT code (and how it may or may not be specified within the templating.cfg file) is probably the source of your problems - but that's just a guess.

nirali

I'm a bit confused by your posting. The DCT indicates that it's using datacapture6.0.dtd - which, I'm pretty sure, means that it should be defined as an "xml" style DCT (as opposed to "iwov" style) - yet the rest of the DCT code is written as "iwov" style (as opposed to "xml" style) - which makes me wonder if this DCT works at all - i.e. If you manage to get the DCT to render and fill in the fields, and then manage to actually save a DCR - can you in fact edit that DCR and see the data within it?

I dont understand your reply. Do you mean to say, if I am using datacapture6.0.dtd, then DCT can be only of XML type and not iwov type ? So datacsapture6.0.dtd does not support iwov type DCT at all ?

Yes, this DCT is woprking fine. I can open DCT with new form entry and in edit mode as well. If this DCT is iwov type (which I can not know, because I dont have access to templating.cfg) and that type is not supportwd by datacapture6.0.dtd, then how come it is working ?

Thanks

Adam Stoller

I dont understand your reply. Do you mean to say, if I am using datacapture6.0.dtd, then DCT can be only of XML type and not iwov type ? So datacsapture6.0.dtd does not support iwov type DCT at all ?

Yes - that's exactly what I'm saying. You may be getting "lucky" by TeamSite doing some sort of backwards-compatible "downgrading" of the DTD being used to support the DCT - but basically you have incorrectly written code / DTD-reference and should fix that.

Yes, this DCT is woprking fine. I can open DCT with new form entry and in edit mode as well. If this DCT is iwov type (which I can not know, because I dont have access to templating.cfg) and that type is not supportwd by datacapture6.0.dtd, then how come it is working ?

As I said, you may be getting lucky. At the same time, you should have access to templating.cfg if you are working under the heading of Developer - or you should not be developing code for TeamSite if you don't have access to the server - anything else defies logic.