How to browse UNIX file system from workflow

I need to write a workflow template that allows the user to select a file or a directory in his workarea (only).

I don't think I can get a list of all the possible files/directories and create a selection list -- there are too many items in the workareas.

No, I don't want the have a usertask and then ask the user to add a file from it.

Isn't there some sort of "browse" templating-instance I can resort to when obtaining user input at the beginnig of the workflow?

Will I have to write a script to invoke from a cgitask? Yuch. Does anyone have such a script that allows one to pass parameters such as "ceiling directory," whether a file or directory should be selected, whether it is required, etc?

Actually, even a simple CGI script that allows one to navigate directories and select an item would be great.

Thanks,

S.

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Adam Stoller

Look at the default_submit.wft for an example of how files pre-selected in the browser UI can be automatically added to the workflow. In addition, you can check the value of the form variables, iw_workarea and iw_user, to verify which workarea they user was in when they initiated the job. This can give you [at least] two error conditions:
1) The user did not pre-select files - either have the job error out right there, or add a task for the user to select/add files as the initial task in the workflow
2) The user was working in the wrong workarea - have the job error out right there.

--fish
(Interwoven Senior Technical Consultant)

fiquebem

Thanks for trying to help, Sir Fish. Allow me to explain, though. I want to allow the user to select files/directories from the TS GUI, then select File --> New Job, and pick a job such as "Apply metadata from another file."

Thus, I need to prompt the user to select one more file (the one with the metadata), so I can apply that metadata to the initially selected files.

I was hoping to borrow some code to navigate directories, etc. Looks like lots of people could use that.

I think at the moment I'll just have a text field for the user to type in a file name.

Cheers,

S.

Adam Stoller

Ah - now I understand what you're trying to do...

The customer I'm working for right now developed (or borrowed?) their own file browser cgi script that they use in a cgi-callout on the metadata capture form to copy metadata from the browsed-to-selected-file to the currently-being-processed-file. (this is in the OOTB metadata capture form - not MetaTagger enabled)

As I did not write the code I'm not at liberty to post it (sorry).

--fish
(Interwoven Senior Technical Consultant)

Lynchy

I wrote this which allowed me to have a seperate assets branch where all website assets were stored then as needed in a DCR I would have a cgi-callout which would allow the user to browse the assets branch. Thought it amy help you.
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