topic Re: Executing a script in Alfresco Archive

Executing a script

slothrop — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:24:25 GMT

I would like to have users copy the contents of a space to another space using Javascript in v. 2.1. The only way I know how to do this currently is by the following sequence of events from the space details page:Run Action > Select "Execute a Script" from a dropdown > Set Values and Add >

Re: Executing a script

slothrop — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:03:08 GMT

If this can't be done, is it possible to have only a subset of the JavaScript files displayed in the dropdown in a particular space. If I have many javascript files for use in different spaces, it might be confusing for users to have to select among them - even if they are given descriptive names.

Re: Executing a script

paullewon — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:47:57 GMT

Hi,

You can add a hypothetical copyFiles.js script as a custom menu action to the space browse menu by placing code similar to this in your web-client-config-custom.xml file:

<config>
      <actions>
      <!– Launch Add Aspect Dialog –>
         <action id="copy_files">
            <label>Copy Files</label>
            <script>/Company Home/Data Dictionary/Scripts/copyFiles.js</script>
         </action>
      <!– Add action to Actions Menu for a space in the SpaceBrowse screen–>
         <action-group id="space_browse_menu">
            <action idref="copy_files" />
         </action-group>
      </actions>
   </config>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Paul

Re: Executing a script

slothrop — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:40:00 GMT

Thanks Paul,
This could be really helpful. But where is the reference to the space? Should the action-group id have a path - like "/Company Home/Submissions/space_browse_menu"?

Re: Executing a script

paullewon — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:58:25 GMT

Hi,

You can hard code the destination space as a path in your .js:

var put_here = companyhome.childByNamePath("Content Updating Project/Backup Folder");‍

Or am I misunderstanding you?

Paul

Re: Executing a script

slothrop — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:11:29 GMT

Paul,
I see now that you were responding to my first post and not my second.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Re: Executing a script

kevinr — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:05:44 GMT

It is possible to call scripts via URL:
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/URL_Addressability#Script_Command_Processor

So you could construct the appropriate URLs to the scripts and add them as links to a custom version of the space details page JSP.

Thanks,

Kevin

Re: Executing a script

slothrop — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:41:12 GMT

Paul,
The xml code you recommended works for adding the action to the space dropdown but the dropdown is only available from outside the space. If I want to move content from the User Homes/User/Submissions space I have to be in the User Homes/User space to select the file from the dropdown. When I do that both "parent" and "space" are undefined for some reason.

This is not the end of the world, though. I can assume that the user will only want to submit content from his or her Submissions folder and hard code it in, i.e.

var sourceFolder = userhome.childByNamePath("Submissions");‍

When I do this everything executes as it should. The contents are moved but the web client goes to an error page containg only something like this,
"org.mozilla.javascript.Undefined@e55d75."

Nothing is sent to the log. When executing from inside the space details page via the

"Run Action > Select "Execute a Script" from a dropdown > Set Values and Add > Select the script from a dropdown"

sequence described above. It works fine but this is much less convenient than I would like.

Kevin,
I've looked at the space-detail.jsp file. That is one gnarly beast. I'm not sure I'm ready to dig in to it just yet.

Re: Executing a script

kevinr — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:48:25 GMT

The resulting page you see is not an error - it is the script output. It is quite common to want to return to the previous page after the execution of a script action. An easy way to achieve this is to add the following at the end of your script:


var goBack = "<script>history.back();</script>";
goBack;
‍‍‍‍

Kevin

Re: Executing a script

patrik — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:26:02 GMT

Hi! I want to be able to execute a script on a file by pushing a new button for the file in the space browser.

<config>
      <actions>
      <!– Launch Add Aspect Dialog –>
         <action id="test">
            <label>Test</label>
            <script>/Company Home/Data Dictionary/Scripts/testscript.js</script>
         </action>
      <!– Add action to Actions Menu for a space in the SpaceBrowse screen–>
         <action-group id="document_browse">
            <action idref="test" />
         </action-group>
      </actions>
   </config>

What do i do to tell the script what it should use for its context? Something like?

<config>
      <actions>
      <!– Launch Add Aspect Dialog –>
         <action id="test">
            <label>Test</label>
            <script>/Company Home/Data Dictionary/Scripts/testscript.js</script>
<params>
            <param name="contextPath">#{actionContext.nodeRef}</param>
       </params>
         </action>
      <!– Add action to Actions Menu for a space in the SpaceBrowse screen–>
            <action-group id="document_browse">
            <action idref="test" />
         </action-group>
      </actions>
   </config>

But i want the link to be the same type as:
http://localhost:8080/alfresco/command/script/execute?scriptPath=/Company%20Home/Data%20Dictionary/Scripts/testscript.js&contextPath=/Company%20Home/file.txt

Ideas? Am i on the right track?

Re: Executing a script

vasuki — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:44:37 GMT

Hey Patrik…
I also could not figure out how to send the node's path to a Javascript through contextPath. However, using the code you pasted, I was able to send the nodeRef to the script. I used a different parameter name instead of contextPath (I used "node").

Then, in my Javascript, I was able to retrieve the document node using this line:


var node = search.findNode(args["node"]);
‍‍‍

Perhaps you may be able to use this in your script as well… Good luck!

Re: Executing a script

patrik — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:39:31 GMT

Thanks Vasuki! It worked perfectly!

I only need to find a way so that i don't come to the page with the return from the script. Anyone who has any ideas?

Re: Executing a script

mikeh — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:50:45 GMT

I only need to find a way so that i don't come to the page with the return from the script. Anyone who has any ideas?

Kevin posted a solution to this earlier in the thread…
http://forums.alfresco.com/viewtopic.php?p=28860#28860

Mike

Re: Executing a script

patrik — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:03:57 GMT

Oops, that looks like an example of my ability to filter things that i don't think concern me at the moment!

Thanks