Mediabin/Teamsite connector download file renaming

I have a support issue in with IW for the following problem and they suggested I post the problem here for any help. Our problem is that we have setup the Teamsite/Mediabin connector, but when images are downloaded from MediaBin, they are converted to a specified format unless specifying to 'Get Original'. When they are imported to Teamsite with the connector, the name gets changed to the new format. We need to keep the name as the original even though we lose the modification check, so I tracked down the perl library call and modified the name after the call, but I can't get the files to import as original, only some modified version. Has anyone done anything similar to this and been able to get it to work?

This is my support issue:

I'm trying to use the ecm solution connector in a template, but the file path url needed to be changed from that returned from the following call:

iwov_mediabin_import id='{iw_value name="related_image.image" /}' import_dir='BCBSMA/common/en_US/images'/

I dug into the perl calls until I created this code:

use TeamSite: Smiley Tongue

T::iwov_mediabin_import;
use File::Basename;

# Get the id that the image is referred to
my $dcrpath = iwpt_get_dcr_name();
my $dcrname = basename( $dcrpath );
# This must begin with /.iwmnt
my $workarea = $dcrpath;
$workarea =~ s/^(.+)\/templatedata\/.+$/$1/;

my $mediabin_id = iwpt_dcr_value( 'dcr.related_image.image' );

my( $url, $path, $modified ) = TeamSite: Smiley Tongue

T::iwov_mediabin_import::get_filepath( $mediabin_id, $dcrname, $dcrpath,
"feature_menu_items.tpl", $workarea, '',
"BCBSMA/common/en_US/images",
"(Get Original)", "", "", "" );
#"(Get Original)", "JPG", "100", "100" );

# Url must be modified to make it relative to actual template
$url =~ s/BCBSMA\///;
# The conversion on the web server is broken for spaces in the image path
$url =~ s/ /\%20/g;

iwpt_output("$url\n");

This works ok:
"(Get Original)", "JPG", "100", "100" );
Whereas this:
"(Get Original)", "", "", "" );
will download the file ok, but gives a java.null.exception error on the generation of the dcr.

The docs say that the format(and sizes) are ignored if the task(Get Original) is specified. Can someone contact me and tell me how to fix this problem?

ECM Solution 1.1.1
MediaBin 4.5.2 Build 14
Teamsite 6.1.0 sp 1

Thanks

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Bill Klish

If you just use the tag like this, what happens?

import_dir="BCBSMA/common/en_US/images"/>

Off the top of my head, have you tried to put a leading slash in front of BCBSMA?

What exactly is the full content of the error you are seeing on generation?

We have piloted the ecm connector and not had any issues, but that was a while ago and I don't remember if we tried this. Let me know and I will try to do a similar thing in our env to see if I am seeing the same thing.

blacke

<iwov_mediabin_import id='{iw_value name="related_image.image" /}' import_dir="BCBSMA/common/en_US/images"/>

I should clarify what I have tested with the standard call and the results. If I specify the call as above, I get the attached error (note: all errors are identical), but the file is imported to the specified directory as 'filename--(Get Original).extension'. The second time I regenerate, there is no error and the generated xml output from the template is shown. If I add the additional 'task' parameter as '(Get Original)', I get no error on the first generate and the file is imported:

<iwov_mediabin_import id='{iw_value name="related_image.image" /}'  task='(Get Original)' import_dir="BCBSMA/common/en_US/images"/>

I can also specify 'format', 'label', 'width', and 'height' parameters instead of 'task', there will also be no error, and the file is imported as the converted 'format' with the specifed 'width' and 'height' (named 'filename--format (widthXheight).format_extension'):

<iwov_mediabin_import id='{iw_value name="related_image.image" /}'  label='{iw_value name="related_image.label" /}' format='JPG' width='100' height='100' import_dir="BCBSMA/common/en_US/images"/>

So, as you suggested, I added the beginning slash to the call that included the 'task' parameter and I get the error message, but the file is imported and the second generate is ok. That seems really odd to me since I wouldn't expect to get a java null error from that although that seems appropriate for a missing parameter.

Regardless, it doesn't look we'll be able to use the standard call since we need to modify the filename to put it back to the original name. It would have probably been a better idea to keep the name as it is when specifying 'Get Original' rather than putting it in the imported name.

rodigz

Hi All,

Will be possible to import assets inside the folder. Let say user will select the folder then all the assets in that folder will be copied into Teamsite.

regards