Full path in URL Task

Hi,
I have a URL task in my workflow.I need to pass full path name along with the URI property of URL task.I used the "%fullpath" macro variable but it is not working.

Iam using the URI property as
"Myurl"?filepath=CONFIGURABLE(fname)
fname I set in ExtendedAttributeVariable Section as CONFIGURABLE variable
and it's default value is "%fullpath"

Note
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At ExtendedAttributeVariable Section if Iam giving the default value as "$IW_USER" then I got the user name.
but "%fullpath" ,"%path" etc are not working

Please give me a solution

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Rick Poulin

The %var macro variables are only valid for use in the EA-setting properties.

If you're looking for a CGI-like screen, use the CGI task with your URL and then find the task ID as a request parameter. From there, you should be able to find any path you need.

If you're actually using a URLExternalTask, then you're going about it the wrong way. The URL should always be the same (http://$IW_SERVER/iw-cc/urlexternaltask) and you specify your class with the ClassName task variable. From there, your class implementing URLExternalTask will have an execute() method that gets a CSTask object. From that you can again find any path you need.

Kannan1

The %var macro variables are only valid for use in the EA-setting properties.

If you're looking for a CGI-like screen, use the CGI task with your URL and then find the task ID as a request parameter. From there, you should be able to find any path you need.

If you're actually using a URLExternalTask, then you're going about it the wrong way. The URL should always be the same (http://$IW_SERVER/iw-cc/urlexternaltask) and you specify your class with the ClassName task variable. From there, your class implementing URLExternalTask will have an execute() method that gets a CSTask object. From that you can again find any path you need.

Is their is any method to get filename without using java.My actual need as to redirect control to an aspx page and their we are doing some conversion process.Now it redirecting but I didn't get the file name.Is their is any way to call a webservice from a workflow

Rick Poulin

The only alternative to Java is PERL. Either way, you have to think of the workflow as a way to model the flow of your business process. It's not some kind of magic swiss army knife of implementation. Any custom things like calling web services is up to you to do.

The fastest/easiest way to redirect the browser to another URL while passing the filename, is to use a CGI task with a simple PERL script. Your PERL script will be given the task ID. From this, use TeamSite::WFtask to resolve the task object and get the attached files. Then, use an HTTP Location redirect to go to your aspx page, with the filename parameter on the query string. Note that with this solution, something somewhere is still going to have to callback the workflow when you're aspx is done.

Note that I said 'fastest' and 'easiest', not 'best' or 'most robust' or 'best suited to your purposes'.

Kannan1

The only alternative to Java is PERL. Either way, you have to think of the workflow as a way to model the flow of your business process. It's not some kind of magic swiss army knife of implementation. Any custom things like calling web services is up to you to do.

The fastest/easiest way to redirect the browser to another URL while passing the filename, is to use a CGI task with a simple PERL script. Your PERL script will be given the task ID. From this, use TeamSite::WFtask to resolve the task object and get the attached files. Then, use an HTTP Location redirect to go to your aspx page, with the filename parameter on the query string. Note that with this solution, something somewhere is still going to have to callback the workflow when you're aspx is done.

Note that I said 'fastest' and 'easiest', not 'best' or 'most robust' or 'best suited to your purposes'.

Thanks for your response
Currently Iam using the script

$cgi = new TeamSite::CGI_lite;
$cgi->parse_data();
$taskId = $cgi->{form}{task_id};
$task = TeamSite::WFtask->new($taskId);
@files = $task->GetFiles();

But @files stores number of files.How can I get names of each files

Adam Stoller

Thanks for your response
Currently Iam using the script

$cgi = new TeamSite::CGI_lite;
$cgi->parse_data();
$taskId = $cgi->{form}{task_id};
$task = TeamSite::WFtask->new($taskId);
@files = $task->GetFiles();

But @files stores number of files.How can I get names of each files

You stopped showing your code a few lines early.
How are you trying to access the values of @files?
Show us that - and we'll be able to show you where you're going wrong.

Side notes:

Kannan1

[QUOTE=ghoti]You stopped showing your code a few lines early.
How are you trying to access the values of @files?
Show us that - and we'll be able to show you where you're going wrong.

Side notes:

Thanks now its got working.

Kannan1

The only alternative to Java is PERL. Either way, you have to think of the workflow as a way to model the flow of your business process. It's not some kind of magic swiss army knife of implementation. Any custom things like calling web services is up to you to do.

The fastest/easiest way to redirect the browser to another URL while passing the filename, is to use a CGI task with a simple PERL script. Your PERL script will be given the task ID. From this, use TeamSite::WFtask to resolve the task object and get the attached files. Then, use an HTTP Location redirect to go to your aspx page, with the filename parameter on the query string. Note that with this solution, something somewhere is still going to have to callback the workflow when you're aspx is done.

Note that I said 'fastest' and 'easiest', not 'best' or 'most robust' or 'best suited to your purposes'.

Thanks
Like you said I got the file names in aspx page.Their I had done some conversons processes.My problem is how to callback the workflow and continue with next task

Adam Stoller

Thanks
Like you said I got the file names in aspx page.Their I had done some conversons processes.My problem is how to callback the workflow and continue with next task

It depends on whether you can initiate perl code or server-side CLTs from the ASPX code - in Perl, create a TeamSite::WFtask object from the task id and then issue a CallBack, or a TeamSite::CGI_lite object (also utilizing the task id information) and issue an iwcallback.
From a CLT perspective you would need to issue the IWHOME/bin/iwcallback with the task id as one of the arguments.