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executing a java script through web script ..

linton — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:53:26 GMT

Hi, I have a javascript which assigns a work-flow to a user. I placed this script in side the scripts folder.I use the webscript command/script/execute interface to execute this. for example ..if i type the following url in the browser the asignworkflow.js script is executed and a review wor

Re: executing a java script through web script ..

zaizi — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:50:33 GMT

The error is most likely to do with authentication. When calling the URL from your java code does login to Alfresco and thus provides no user context.

The Alfresco way to implement this functionality is to create a simple javascript file and load it into Data Dictionary -> Scripts folder. Create a content rule to execute this script when new document is added to your folder. The new document is available "document" root object within your script.

Re: executing a java script through web script ..

linton — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:50:54 GMT

hi Zaizi,
Thanks for the reply, But i do run the above code in the current session.

Re: executing a java script through web script ..

linton — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:29:23 GMT

Getting the ticket and attaching it with the url done the trick.

 NameValuePair[] kvps = 
               new NameValuePair[]{new NameValuePair("ticket", ticket),
              new NameValuePair("scriptPath", "/Company Home/Data Dictionary/Scripts/assignworkflow.js"),
               new NameValuePair("contextPath", "/Company Home/admin_signup.txt")};
         get.setQueryString(kvps);‍‍‍‍‍