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Setting properties on AVM nodes with javascript webscript

stevereiner — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:45:49 GMT

I have added a new tab view in flexspaces with a tree and dual folders for navigating and working with AVM stores. While working on properties dialog and create folder support, I ran into this problemetting title and description doesn't work (get null values on these properties when look at the r

Re: Setting properties on AVM nodes with javascript webscript

pmonks — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:15:14 GMT

Unfortunately the AVM is currently exposed mostly R/O to Javascript, so to do anything R/W in nature in the AVM either requires calling Java APIs from Javascript (as described at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/JavaScript_API#Adding_Custom_Script_APIs and http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/JavaScript_API#Native_Java_API_Access) or implementing the Web Script in Java.

Note that you could possibly run into trouble using the mechanism described at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/JavaScript_API#Native_Java_API_Access in the 2.9C builds - although this change was applied to the 2.1E branch some time ago (in early April, from memory) I don't know the exact timing of the merge forward of that fix to the Community branch.

Cheers,
Peter

Re: Setting properties on AVM nodes with javascript webscript

stevereiner — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:40:12 GMT

Peter,

Only hit the R/O avm Javascript api wall when setting properties (actually does "W" just writes null no matter what). Was able to create/upload files, create folders, delete nodes, copy, move with javascript in the avm. Did notice no javascript apis for creating webprojects, creating webapp folders, checking links, submit, revert, webforms, etc.

Thanks,
Steve

Re: Setting properties on AVM nodes with javascript webscript

pmonks — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:43:25 GMT

Interesting! I guess that must have changed in 2.9 (or possibly 2.2 - most of my Javascript API knowledge dates to 2.0/2.1 ops.

In that case that behaviour sounds like a bug - could I suggest raising it in JIRA (http://issues.alfresco.com/) and posting the link back here for all of us to peruse?

Cheers,
Peter

Re: Setting properties on AVM nodes with javascript webscript

stevereiner — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:28:10 GMT

Found open existing bug in JIRA "Need to support editing properties on AVM nodes" ALFCOM-82 which was WCM-279 (but it doesn't mention javascript)
http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/ALFCOM-82

Created new bug
http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/ALFCOM-1720

FlexSpaces 0.3 and its webscripts now has AVM support (except for setting non name properties!)
Supports navigating / working with files and folders in AVM stores in new WCM tab view with tree and drag/drop/clipboard between dual folder views.
Also native drag/drop/copy/paste of desktop files into AVM stores in FlexSpceaces+AIR.

http://forge.alfresco.com/projects/flexspaces/

Also noticed could do an ADM to AVM copy, but not an AVM to ADM copy, in flexspaces/webscripts with the crossRepoCopy.copy()
This doesn't look javascript specific, since I saw the same problem in the web client.

Steve