topic Re: Share Calendar Script in Alfresco Archive

Share Calendar Script

m_guerra — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:08:46 GMT

Hi,As you may have noticed I'm a newbie here, so I hope I'm not posting this topic on the wrong forum, and that this question wasn't answered before, so correct me if Im wrong please. I've implemented a script that on the arrival of a new item on a data list, assigns a Review and Approve workflow

Re: Share Calendar Script

m_guerra — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:22:07 GMT

Greetings…

I still haven't figured a way to solve my problem…

Anyone has any ideas? Anything at all would be much appreciated…

Best regards

Marcelo Guerra

Re: Share Calendar Script

zladuric — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:40:22 GMT

Maybe you can see how these webscripts work and do something with that?

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/3.0_Activities_Developer_Guide#Sample_2:_Calendar_Events

Re: Share Calendar Script

m_guerra — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:26:53 GMT

Hey…

Thanks Zlatko… I looked into that and some other things and right now my script is looking something like this:


<import resource="classpath:/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/calendar/lib/calendar.lib.js">

var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
var random = Math.round(Math.random() * 10000);
var event = qwerty.createNode(timestamp + "-" + random + ".ics", "ia:calendarEvent"); //qwerty is the name of my site

event.properties["ia:whatEvent"] = "Event";
event.properties["ia:whereEvent"] = "Here";
event.properties["ia:descriptionEvent"] = "An event";

var fromDate = "2011-03-09";
var toDate = "2011-03-10";

var from = new Date(fromDate);
event.properties["ia:fromDate"] = from;

var to = new Date(toDate);
event.properties["ia:toDate"] = to;
event.save();
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But I can't seem to create the event… it is giving me this error:

02090119 Failed to execute script 'workspace://SpacesStore/7c6e1b80-ed29-4008-ac30-13e9cfa75dc6': 02090118 ReferenceError: "qwerty" is not defined. (workspace://SpacesStore/7c6e1b80-ed29-4008-ac30-13e9cfa75dc6#25
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I'll keep messing around…

Thanks again Zlatko

Best Regards

Marcelo Guerra

Re: Share Calendar Script

zladuric — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:56:53 GMT

Well qwerty is not a root object in alfresco, they didn't predict you'll be naming your site that
You do have companyhome object though.

So you gotta get a hold of the site space, something like:

var qwerty = companyhome.childByNamePath("Sites/querty");

Or if you need the actual site (not the site space, the site itself), you need to:
var querty = siteService.getSite("querty");

So use whichever you need.
Hope that helps.

Re: Share Calendar Script

m_guerra — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:12:27 GMT

Well many thanks Zlatko

Right now I can create a calendar event… well kind of… the .ics file is being created in the right place (on the folder calendar of the site "qwerty") but it isn't showing on the calendar itself…

Any thoughts on that? :roll:

Thanks

Marcelo Guerra

P.S.
My script now looks like:


<import resource="classpath:/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/calendar/lib/calendar.lib.js">

var site = siteService.getSite("qwerty");
var calendar = getCalendarContainer(site);

var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
var random = Math.round(Math.random() * 10000);
var event = calendar.createNode(timestamp + "-" + random + ".ics", "ia:calendarEvent");

event.properties["ia:whatEvent"] = "Event";
event.properties["ia:whereEvent"] = "Here";
event.properties["ia:descriptionEvent"] = "An event";

var fromDate = "2011-03-09";
var toDate = "2011-03-10";

var from = new Date(fromDate);
event.properties["ia:fromDate"] = from;

var to = new Date(toDate);
event.properties["ia:toDate"] = to;
event.save();

try
{
  var pad = function (value, length)
  {
    value = String(value);
    length = parseInt(length) || 2;
    while (value.length < length)
    {
      value = "0" + value;
    }
    return value;
  };

  var isoDate = from.getFullYear() + "-" + pad(from.getMonth() + 1) + "-" + pad(from.getDate());
  var data =
  {
    title: params["what"],
    page: json.get("page") + "?date=" + isoDate
  }
  activities.postActivity("org.alfresco.calendar.event-created", siteId, "calendar", jsonUtils.toJSONString(data));
}
catch(e)
{
  if (logger.isLoggingEnabled())
  {
    logger.log(e);
  }
}
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Re: Share Calendar Script

zladuric — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:22:12 GMT

Uh, now I'm totally out of my area. I think you need to post that activity, something like:
activities.postActivity("org.alfresco.calendar.event-created", siteId, "calendar", eventData);

Look how they've done it in event.post webscript. (event.post.json.js).

Re: Share Calendar Script

m_guerra — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:48:20 GMT

Hmmm… I get what you mean

but I can't execute json on the script… and I don't know what they mean by page on: "json.get("page") + "?date=" + isoDate"… do they mean the page on the site, like calendar? I tried putting a simple string instead of the "jsonUtils.toJSONString(data)" but still nothing:


   try
   {
      var pad = function (value, length)
      {
         value = String(value);
         length = parseInt(length) || 2;
         while (value.length < length)
         {
            value = "0" + value;
         }
         return value;
      };

      var isoDate = from.getFullYear() + "-" + pad(from.getMonth() + 1) + "-" + pad(from.getDate());
      var data =
      {
         title: params["what"],
         page: json.get("page") + "?date=" + isoDate
      }
      activities.postActivity("org.alfresco.calendar.event-created", siteId, "calendar", jsonUtils.toJSONString(data));
   }
   catch(e)
   {
      if (logger.isLoggingEnabled()) 
      {
         logger.log(e);
      }
   }
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Thanks

Re: Share Calendar Script

zladuric — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:56:27 GMT

Ok now I've searched who's calling the event.post webscript from share and it seems it's calendar-view.js (/share/components/calendar). That's a client side javascript.

That seems to put just the word "calendar" in the jsons' "page" field.

So maybe make the last argument just a simple string, something like this: '{ title: "Test title",page: "calendar?date=2011-03-09" }'.

So your call now looks like:

activities.postActivity("org.alfresco.calendar.event-created", "qwerty", "calendar", '{ title: "Test title",page: "calendar?date=2011-03-09" }');

Let me know if it worked

Re: Share Calendar Script

m_guerra — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:11:32 GMT

:roll: hmmmm it doesn't work… also I tried another way something like:


var isoDate = from.getFullYear() + "-" + pad(from.getMonth() + 1) + "-" + pad(from.getDate());

activities.postActivity("org.alfresco.calendar.event-created", siteId, "calendar", '{ title: "Test title", page: "calendar?date=' + isoDate + '" }');
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but with no success…

I'll keep in touch in case I find a way…

Many Thanks Zlatko

Re: Share Calendar Script

zladuric — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:21:42 GMT

Hmm, seems I had you on the wrong track. I get the result in site activities dashlet when I execute the code:

activities.postActivity("org.alfresco.calendar.event-created", "demo", "calendar", '{ title: "Test title",page: "calendar?date=2011-03-09" }');‍

So my Site Activities shows this activity.

But the event is not shown in Site Calendar

13:00, Mar 9, 2011
13:27
Test title calendar event created by Administrator

Re: Share Calendar Script

m_guerra — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:24:30 GMT

Hmmm I don't even get anything on the site activity dashlet…

Well I'm gonna go lunch and when I come back I'll keep working on the problem…

I'll keep in touch…

Regards

Marcelo Guerra

Re: Share Calendar Script

m_guerra — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:58:04 GMT

Ok… so my script now is looking like this:


<import resource="classpath:/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/calendar/lib/calendar.lib.js">

var siteId = "qwerty";
var site = siteService.getSite(siteId);
var calendar = getCalendarContainer(site);

var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
var random = Math.round(Math.random() * 10000);
var event = calendar.createNode(timestamp + "-" + random + ".ics", "ia:calendarEvent");

event.properties["ia:whatEvent"] = "Event";
event.properties["ia:whereEvent"] = "Here";
event.properties["ia:descriptionEvent"] = "An event";

var fromDate = "2011,03,10,00,00";
var toDate = "2011,03,15,00,00";

var from = new Date(fromDate);
event.properties["ia:fromDate"] = from;

var to = new Date(toDate);
event.properties["ia:toDate"] = to;
event.save();

var pad = function (value, length)
{
   value = String(value);
   length = parseInt(length) || 2;
   while (value.length < length)
   {
      value = "0" + value;
   }
return value;
};

var isoDate = from.getFullYear() + "-" + pad(from.getMonth() + 1) + "-" + pad(from.getDate());

activities.postActivity("org.alfresco.calendar.event-created", siteId, "calendar", '{ title: "Test title", page: "calendar?date=' + isoDate + '" }');
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It is able to create an .ics file on the correct place, but that's all it can do… the calendar event doesn't show up, and the site activities dashlet shows no recent activities…

Any more ideas on what can be causing this, as I'm able to create the .ics file on the right place and I'm not getting the event to show up!?

Regards

Marcelo Guerra

Re: Share Calendar Script

m_guerra — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:07:17 GMT

Ok I got it working now… the problem was the date format…

So if anyone has the same problem here is the working code:


<import resource="classpath:/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/calendar/lib/calendar.lib.js">

var siteId = "qwerty";
var site = siteService.getSite(siteId);
var calendar = getCalendarContainer(site);

var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
var random = Math.round(Math.random() * 10000);
var event = calendar.createNode(timestamp + "-" + random + ".ics", "ia:calendarEvent");

event.properties["ia:whatEvent"] = "Event";
event.properties["ia:whereEvent"] = "Here";
event.properties["ia:descriptionEvent"] = "An event";
event.properties["ia:docFolder"] = "";

var fromDate = "March 10, 2011 00:00:00";
var toDate = "March 15, 2011 00:00:00";

var from = new Date(fromDate);
event.properties["ia:fromDate"] = from;

var to = new Date(toDate);
event.properties["ia:toDate"] = to;
event.save();

var pad = function (value, length)
{
   value = String(value);
   length = parseInt(length) || 2;
   while (value.length < length)
   {
      value = "0" + value;
   }
return value;
};

var isoDate = from.getFullYear() + "-" + pad(from.getMonth() + 1) + "-" + pad(from.getDate());

activities.postActivity("org.alfresco.calendar.event-created", siteId, "calendar", '{ title: "Test title", page: "calendar?date=' + isoDate + '" }');
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All I need to do now is to change the "hardcoded values" of the dates and name of the event, to the ones that come from the metadata from the file that arrived to the folder…

I'll be posting the news…

Regards

Marcelo Guerra