Workarea or vpath from .js script (FORM API)

Hope someone can help.

I need to dynamically access the vpath of the DCR when a user clicks a custom generate button without hardcoding it per datacapture.cfg.

I can get the filename using IWDCRInfo.getDCRName() , but no path info.

I have considered that maybe I could embed a hidden ITEM field within the DCR which has an inline callout out to a script which would give me the fields which I could then reference from the API.

Something like

$output = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>\n";$output .= "<substitution>\n";foreach $key (sort keys %ENV){ $value=$ENV{$key}; if ($key eq IW_USER) { $output .= " <option label='$value' value='$value'/>\n"; } if ($key eq IW_DCT) { $value =~ s/(.*)\\WORKAREA\\.*/$1/; $output .= " <option label='$value' value='$value'/>\n"; } }$output .= "</substitution>\n";print $output;exit();

But is there an easier way?

Thank you muchly.

Piers

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Piers

OK I think I have something... there are a bunch of hidden fields in the source of the webpage.

<input type='hidden' name='iw_dcrVPath' value=' '>
<input type='hidden' name='iw_tdt' value="products/generic">
<input type='hidden' name='iw_action' value=' '>
<input type='hidden' name='iw_taskid' value="0">
<input type='hidden' name='iw_wfAction' value="prompt_new_job">
<INPUT type='hidden' name='area_path' value="/default/main/ba_www/WORKAREA/bob"><INPUT type='hidden' name='iw_callback_var' value=''><INPUT type='hidden' name='iw_dcr_path' value=''><INPUT type='hidden' name='iw_dcr_type' value=''>

Probably elementary to access them, but I'm a little new

IWDatacapture.getItem("/area_path").getValue(); didn't work

Migrateduser

Hope this may help u.

u will get current work area with the following command

iwpt_get_flag_param('-iw_include-location');

Edited by krishna1288 on 01/09/03 04:24 PM (server time).

Johnny

That is for a presentation template... not data capture template

John
Sydney, Australia

Piers

Thanks for your input, but I tried that already Smiley Sad

, any other ideas?

If I could just access those hidden fields

Edited by Piers on 01/09/03 04:49 PM (server time).

Piers

Responding to my own post, due to the very very helpfull nature of my friend at interwoven Michael B. THANK YOU MICHAEL Smiley Very Happy

"Though unsupported, the following can be used

dcrVPath = parent.gDCRVPath;
workarea = parent.gWorkarea;
TDT = parent.gTDT;