Creating DCRs from workflow

ReggieRWalker

Env. Win 2K3, TS 6.1

I am researching the possibility of allowing users to create DCRs in the context of workflow. I have set up a simple workflow with 2 tasks:
- CGI Task that calls create_dcr.cgi
- End task

I have been playing with this too long now and can't understand why I am getting "Error trying to open pipe to..."

This is my task's code:

<cgitask name="Create_Content"
owner="__TAG__('iw_user');"
description="Create Content DCR"
immediate="t"
start="t">

<areavpath v="__INSERT__($area_vpath);"/>
<successors>
<successorset description="Content Complete">
<succ v="Submit"/>
</successorset>
</successors>
<command v="__INSERT__("$data_capture_ui");"/>
</cgitask>

with $data_capture_ui = "create_dcr.cgi";

And this is the CGI code:

#d:\iw-home/iw-perl/bin/iwperl

use TeamSite::CGI_lite;
$|=1;

$cgi = TeamSite::CGI_lite->new();
$cgi->parse_data();

my $tid = $cgi->{form}{iw_taskid};
my $sid = $cgi->{form}{iw_session};
my $jid = $cgi->{form}{iw_jobid};

my $avp = $wf->GetVariable(avp);
my $tid = $wf->GetVariable(dcr);
my $tid = $wf->GetVariable(cat_type);

my $path = "$avp/templatedata/$ct/data/$dcr";


print<<"END";
Content-type: text/html
<html>
<head><title>Please wait to launch your DCR</title></head>

<body onLoad="javascript&colon;document.forms[0].submit(); window.close()">
<form action="/iw-bin/iw_cgi_wrapper.cgi/tmplJavaBrowserSwitch.cgi/new_dcr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="session" value="$sid">
<input type="hidden" name="task_id" value="$tid">
<input type="hidden" name="wf_action" value="callback">
<input type="hidden" name="area_path" value="$avp">
<input type="hidden" name="path_0" value="$path">
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
END


Nothing too major, right? Maybe a different pair of eyes can see something I can't see.

TIA

Adam Stoller

First of all, you need to make sure that your cgitask script can send a callback to the workflow when done. Rather than trying to call the explicit cgi program for editing the DCR - a better choice would be to create your own CGI script and use CCI URLs for editing a DCR.

The workflow that was developed for my customer has a cgitask script that performs several operations - among which are:
- prompting the user for the type of DCR to be created
- prompting the user for the name and location of the DCR to be created
- creating an empty (or nearly empty) DCR of that name in that location, with the correct EAs associated with it
- attaching that DCR to the workflow
- presenting the user with a hyperlink to edit the DCR where the hyperlink is the appropriate CCI URL

There are a number of other aspects of the overall WCM environment / process that makes all of this work, but its generally a very organized process and prevents a lot of headaches.

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com