programmatically creating page file?

I thought I had seen a thread on this before, but cannot seem to find it (if it existed) via Search - so ...

Environment[indent]TS/SP/LS 7.3.1 on W2K8 64-bit
Perl not Java code involved[/indent]Overview[indent]We're trying to programmatically create Page files using what is essentially a "template" of an existing Page file and substituting in values where we need to do so and then setting the requisite EAs.

The process thus far has been only slightly successful, and I think some of the problems have to do with the values we are trying use to fill in some of the data -or- perhaps the fields of data we are trying not to fill in.

Hoping someone can shed some light (preferably from functional experience)[/indent]Example template of Page file[indent][html]

****_TITLE_****

false

imt-microsite-page
fixed-layout

TemplateComponentID="0" CanBeActive="true"
Checksum="71444e775a84d77718be3c4e67c977ef90012084">

...
Default
Header
Header

****/yyy/Header.component

TemplateComponentID="0" CanBeActive="true"
Checksum="8857de681dd637265d8412ab1bfa26ea8aace346">

Default
ArticleLanding
ArticleLanding

****/yyy/IndustryNews/ArticleLanding.component

****_ARTICLE_ID_****

[/html]EAs Set on generated Page file

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nipper

I've done it a couple times.

Basically I just inserted the content into the correct locations. I did not worry about unique IDs, it did not make a difference. I did not do anything about the checksum either. This was 7.1 on DOS. No idea if 7.2.1 or higher is different but easy to POC

Adam Stoller

I've done it a couple times.

Basically I just inserted the content into the correct locations. I did not worry about unique IDs, it did not make a difference. I did not do anything about the checksum either. This was 7.1 on DOS. No idea if 7.2.1 or higher is different but easy to POC

Did you have any issues with the components thinking they were out-of-date and needing to be Updated or Overridden?

That seems to be the primary "issue" right now - as the rest of the Page seems to be okay.

nipper

Did you have any issues with the components thinking they were out-of-date and needing to be Updated or Overridden?

That seems to be the primary "issue" right now - as the rest of the Page seems to be okay.

Did not remember that. What happens if you get latest components, does it still want to update ?

Adam Stoller

Doh!
The issue was that the person who created the "template" of the .page files, did so on a different server - and so the versions and checksums of components were different, which is why they appeared out-of-sync on the server I was working on.

This will probably mean we'll have to create distinct "template" files for each server, but that's not too difficult to do.

And yes - this is now without changing the Page ID any of the component ID's, or any of the checksum values (and not setting a TeamSite/LiveSite/Checksum EA on the resulting file).

Thanks.