Dynamically getting Category/dataType and load DCT

Hi All,

I need to write a generic datacapture.cfg where I need to get category Name and dataType dynamically on the basis of from where user clicked New Form Entry and then pass the category Name and dataType to our custom perl script which will load the datacapture.cfg for the user.

The only solution I can think of that write a CGI , call as inline from the UI DCT, get the vPath using cwd.vpath get the category name and Vpath then call the perl Script passing categoryName and vPath, get the datacapture.cfg from backend and then load the form for the user. Might be I sound like crazy but this is our requirement to have the DCT as generic.

Please let me know if any better solution is there.

Any help is highly appreciated.

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Adam Stoller

What version of TeamSite?

Which user-interface (CCPro? CCStd? TeamSite?)

Have you looked at / tried to play with inline scripts in your DCT?

It doesn't make sense for the entire DCT to be generic (why would you have more than one then?), but using inline elements you can make parts of the DCT generic across multiple category / datatypes.

SunnyMit

ghoti wrote:
What version of TeamSite?
Which user-interface (CCPro? CCStd? TeamSite?)
Have you looked at / tried to play with inline scripts in your DCT?

It doesn't make sense for the entire DCT to be generic (why would you have more than one then?), but using inline elements you can make parts of the DCT generic across multiple category / datatypes.

TS Version 741

Already have the inline command which externalize the DCT, but we have multiple versions of DCT which need to be passed, for that we need to update all UI DCTs wherever it refered to, that is little bit painful. So we decided to make it generic and have category and dataType dynamically then we do have categories XML which will have extra attribute for version. We will make the path to the backend dct using that dataType/Version

Adam Stoller

I don't understand what you're trying to do - a DCT is not generic by design unless you plan to have only one DCT - which would then be a waste of money [IMO] - categories and data-types are defined by the directory structure, and if you're using inlines you can capture that information and use it to pull in specific as well as generic fields.

nipper

Really strange requirement. Your approach could work.

You can also write a roll your own DCT. I have done similar where I have a container with multiple OR replicants which vary significantly. They would be the same category and type so it makes the usage of that data more difficult.

HTH. Andy

SunnyMit

Hi All,

I am able to achieve it without having any argument.

Thanks to your valuable inputs

Anil Kumar

Hi SunnyMit,

Can you please post the solution what you have implemented? otherwise when someone reads this post, what's the point readers get.

Regards, Aneel

SunnyMit

aneelgkumar wrote:
Hi SunnyMit,

Can you please post the solution what you have implemented? otherwise when someone reads this post, what's the point readers get.

Regards, Aneel

I have written one perl script , placed in IW_Home/httpd/iw-bin which has been called as inline command in datacapture.cfg.

Get the VPath from where the user initiated New Form and get category, DataType in my script which is nothing a directories and load the DCT accordingly.

To get the vPath I used following line

my $vpath = $cgi->escape_html_data($ENV{'IW_DCT'});

I hope this will help.