Getting the Branch Name from .ipl file.

I am on TS 6.5 and I have a custom drop down menu item which calls an .ipl file. In that .ipl file I need to retrieve, the branch name and the user name.

Below is the code that I have but it seems like the parameters are not being passed. Any ideas/thoughts?

#!c:\interwoven/teamsite/iw-perl/bin/iwperl

use strict;
use TeamSite::CGI_lite;
use TeamSite::Config;

$|=1;

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

my $user = $cgi->{'form'}{'user_name'};
my $branch_name = $cgi->{'form'}{'branch_name'};
print "branch: $branch_name\n";

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gzevin

from UICG:

Accessing CGIs from ContentCenter
A CGI located in iw-home/httpd/iw-bin can be accessed by custom menu items.
When invoked, all files that the user has currently selected in the invoking GUI will, by
default, be passed as TeamSite vpath parameters to the CGI in a standard Perl array.
If the user has selected no files and the script is being invoked from ContentCenter
Professional, then the user’s current directory is passed as a vpath parameter.
A vpath is a path within the TeamSite content repository, as described in “Specifying
VPaths” in Chapter 9, “Using URL Commands,” except that each vpath passed by
ContentCenter has its server hostname prepended to it as //server.
Note: This is a change in behavior from how CGIs were passed parameters from previous
Interwoven GUIs. See the discussion in “Custom Menu Items” in Appendix B,
“Migrating Existing Customizations” on migrating existing CGIs forward or using
an Interwoven-supplied adapter script to invoke them.

so - you should use vpath to get your branch name.

if you are adopting an older script, a wrapper ipl could be used, in that case, "area_path" param is also available

Greg Zevin, Ph.D. Comp. Sc.
Independent Interwoven Consultant/Architect
Sydney, AU

rodigz

how to get vpath through .ipl??

ISCBorisB

how to get vpath through .ipl??

in the context of what? Vpath of what?

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gzevin

how to get vpath through .ipl??

in the context of custom menu CGI - via the form parameters. Similarly to what described above.

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ISCBorisB

in the context of custom menu CGI - via the form parameters. Similarly to what described above.

Form's 'vpath' is a scalar that indicates where you were when CGI was called. There are various ways to get it. For example:

use TeamSite::CGI_lite;
my $cgi = new TeamSite::CGI_lite;
$cgi->parse_data();
. . .
my $forms_vpath = $cgi->{form}{vpath};

If some assets in this vpath were checked names are passed as {form}{name_0}, {form}{name_1}, etc...

Plenty more information is supplied (full path, Object ID's, etc). IW provides "show_env" cgi script to see all that.
Configure it in the menu, check few files/directories and run. You will see all you need to know to proceed on your own

gzevin

Form's 'vpath' is a scalar that indicates where you were when CGI was called. There are various ways to get it. For example:
use TeamSite::CGI_lite;
my $cgi = new TeamSite::CGI_lite;
$cgi->parse_data();
. . .
my $forms_vpath = $cgi->{form}{vpath};
If some assets in this vpath were checked names are passed as {form}{name_0}, {form}{name_1}, etc...

Plenty more information is supplied (full path, Object ID's, etc). IW provides "show_env" cgi script to see all that.
Configure it in the menu, check few files/directories and run. You will see all you need to know to proceed on your own

why are you replying to my post? did I ask you teh question? Smiley Happy

ISCBorisB

why are you replying to my post? did I ask you teh question?

Mea culpa Greg. Did not intend to. Perhaps just answered to the last one in linear mode

RonaldV

Hi,

from your post it looks like you are using "TS55"-style-cgi-params.

To be able to do so you should "wrap" your cgi in a "iw-home/httpd/iw-bin/wdpro_menu.ipl"-wrapper as described on page 119 of "Interwoven® User Interface CustomizationGuide" (uicg.650a.cg.pdf).

Alternatively use the vpath-param as described in the other replies.

Ronald