Self Aware DCR?

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Can anyone tell me a good way to make a DCR self aware while being edited in the DCT? Ideally, the DCT should display a directory listing from another location on the server, the name of which would be identical to the saved name of the DCR. If anyone can shed light on how I might do this, please let me know.

Migrateduser

well... nothing like that is going to happen out of the box. You are going to need to do some coding (or hire someone to do it for you). The tools needed are there however (in the form of inline scripts, callouts and FormAPI).

The FormAPI manual and examples give some ideas, same thing with the inline/callout examples and templating developer's guide.

As for a simple idea, you could write an inline that queries your directory and then builds in certain items into your dct on the fly (based on what you have in the directory).

Another idea would be to use FormAPI's callServer routin to call a custom cgi that queries the directory and sets options in your dct accordingly.

These are just some ideas... no idea how much work it would take to make it work, but it should be possible given the utilities given.