Custom Menu Item with Variable

Hi all,

I've got two custom menu items which trigger two scripts which only difference is one variable. So the question is is there a way to pass over a variable or set a variable in the ipl bases on from where it was called. I've tried to add a variable at the end of the call in ui_custom.xml but seem not be able to retrieve in in the calling ipl.

Regards
M

link id="deploythesite_action_item.link" label="Deploy the site full" description="An administrator of the site can deploy the site to Front End" url="/iw-bin/wdpro_menu.ipl/deploy_all_action.ipl?mode=full" target="_blank" operationID="deploythesite.op" windowFeatures="scrollbars=1,resizable=1,width=300,height=200" />

Teamsite 6.1 on Solaris

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kaalraa

Hi all,
I've got two custom menu items which trigger two scripts which only difference is one variable. So the question is is there a way to pass over a variable or set a variable in the ipl bases on from where it was called. I've tried to add a variable at the end of the call in ui_custom.xml but seem not be able to retrieve in in the calling ipl.
Regards
M
link id="deploythesite_action_item.link" label="Deploy the site full" description="An administrator of the site can deploy the site to Front End" url="/iw-bin/wdpro_menu.ipl/deploy_all_action.ipl?mode=full" target="_blank" operationID="deploythesite.op" windowFeatures="scrollbars=1,resizable=1,width=300,height=200" />
Teamsite 6.1 on Solaris

On straight front... can NOT put the variable/value pair... however you can write a wrapper script which in turn uses the variable value and pass it on.

marcussteiner

like that?

url="/iw-bin/wdpro_menu.ipl/MYWRAPPER.IPL/deploy_all_action.ipl"

Regards

kaalraa

like that?
url="/iw-bin/wdpro_menu.ipl/MYWRAPPER.IPL/deploy_all_action.ipl"
Regards

url="/iw-bin/wdpro_menu.ipl/MYWRAPPER.IPL deploy_all_action.ipl

[color=Black]Pass your ipl filename as paramenter.
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Migrateduser

url="/iw-bin/wdpro_menu.ipl/MYWRAPPER.IPL deploy_all_action.ipl

[color=Black]Pass your ipl filename as paramenter.
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This is not a valid URL because you can't have a spaces.

Adam Stoller

Hi all,

I've got two custom menu items which trigger two scripts which only difference is one variable. So the question is is there a way to pass over a variable or set a variable in the ipl bases on from where it was called. I've tried to add a variable at the end of the call in ui_custom.xml but seem not be able to retrieve in in the calling ipl.

Regards
M

link id="deploythesite_action_item.link" label="Deploy the site full" description="An administrator of the site can deploy the site to Front End" url="/iw-bin/wdpro_menu.ipl/deploy_all_action.ipl?mode=full" target="_blank" operationID="deploythesite.op" windowFeatures="scrollbars=1,resizable=1,width=300,height=200" />

Teamsite 6.1 on Solaris

This looks about right, as I recall - how are you trying to retrieve the variable in your script?
It's possible that the use of wdpro_menu.ipl might be messing up the resulting URL that's actually getting run - if that's the case you should look into converting your script to use the new-style form variables and get rid of the wdpro_menu.ipl part of the url. However, I think it would be wise to first explain how you are trying to retrieve the value - because if you're not doing that right, removing wdpro_menu.ipl isn't going to help.

marcussteiner

I was trying to retrieve it like shown below (mode1 and mode2 are there for tests) but neither worked. I must confess that I'm not a real hero when it comes to cgi.....

use TeamSite::CGI_lite;
use POSIX qw(strftime);
use TeamSite::CGI_lite;
use TeamSite::Config;
use XML: Smiley Very Happy

OM;

my $iw_home = TeamSite::Config::iwgethome(); #Location iw-home
my $cgi = TeamSite::CGI_lite->new();
$cgi->parse_data();

#get infos and define variables
my $area = $cgi->{'form'}{'area_path'};
my $mode1 = $cgi->{'form'}{'mode'};
my $mode2 = $cgi->{'mode'};

Adam Stoller

I was trying to retrieve it like shown below (mode1 and mode2 are there for tests) but neither worked. I must confess that I'm not a real hero when it comes to cgi.....

use TeamSite::CGI_lite;
use POSIX qw(strftime);
use TeamSite::CGI_lite;
use TeamSite::Config;
use XML:OM;

my $iw_home = TeamSite::Config::iwgethome(); #Location iw-home
my $cgi = TeamSite::CGI_lite->new();
$cgi->parse_data();

#get infos and define variables
my $area = $cgi->{'form'}{'area_path'};
my $mode1 = $cgi->{'form'}{'mode'};
my $mode2 = $cgi->{'mode'};

Not sure why you're including TeamSite::CGI_lite twice, but it shouldn't hurt. $mode1 looks like it should be the correct one. You might try removing the wdpro_menu.ipl from the URL and see if that resolves this part of the problem (it will probably create other ones if you were relying on "old-style" IW form variables - but that can be resolved with a bit of effort).

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marcussteiner

Not sure if this is the way to be but I got it running:

ui_custom.xml
url="/iw-bin/iw_cgi_wrapper.cgi/deploy_diff_action.cgi?mode=differential"

deploy_diff_action.cgi
#!/iwenv/iw-home/iw-perl/bin/iwperl

use TeamSite::CGI_lite;
use POSIX qw(strftime);
use TeamSite::Config;
use XML: Smiley Very Happy

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

#get infos and define variables
my $area = $cgi->{'form'}{'vpath'};
my $mode = $cgi->{'form'}{'mode'};

So I had to rename my script from ipl to cgi and wrap it with iw_cgi_wrapper.cgi.

Cheers
M

Adam Stoller

Not sure if this is the way to be but I got it running:

ui_custom.xml
url="/iw-bin/iw_cgi_wrapper.cgi/deploy_diff_action.cgi?mode=differential"

deploy_diff_action.cgi
#!/iwenv/iw-home/iw-perl/bin/iwperl

use TeamSite::CGI_lite;
use POSIX qw(strftime);
use TeamSite::Config;
use XML:OM;
my $cgi = TeamSite::CGI_lite->new();
$cgi->parse_data();

#get infos and define variables
my $area = $cgi->{'form'}{'vpath'};
my $mode = $cgi->{'form'}{'mode'};

So I had to rename my script from ipl to cgi and wrap it with iw_cgi_wrapper.cgi.

Cheers
M

I question the need for requiring the file rename from .ipl to .cgi - as long as the file is executable and has the correct #! line in it (and is located in the httpd/iw-bin directory) it should work.

The iw_cgi_wrapper indicates that the script needs to be run as the user logged into TeamSite - as opposed to the owner of the TeamSite or iwwebd process.