create webform from webscript - metadata extraction problem

[davidg]

I have successfully created a slight variant of the WCM metadata extraction example for a press_release from the alfresco recommended example
(Refer: http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/jbarmash/2008/12/01/xml-metadata-extraction-for-wcm/)

I am now generating the required XML form from javascript.

I have checked in the nodebrowser that ALL the correct aspects are present and the required properties.

My problem seems to be that the

renditions are not being generated. I assumed that they would be generated if the form aspect(and the others) was correctly configured,

metadata extract - not being triggered

If I subsequently open and save(without edit) the form using the web client, the txt and html renditions are generated and the metadata is extracted.

Do I need to do an additional generate renditions step in javascript?
Any suggestions?


The code I use is as follows:

var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
var storeRootNode = avm.lookupStoreRoot(storeName);
var path = storeRootNode.path + "/ROOT";
var node = avm.lookupNode(path);

var fileName= "pr " + timestamp + ".xml";
var pressReleaseDocF= node.createNode(fileName, "wcm:avmplaincontent");
pressReleaseDoc.properties["cm:name"] = fileName;

var props= new Array(2);
props["wca:parentformname"] = "press-release";
props["wca:originalparentpath"] = "dgtest–admin–preview:/www/avm_webapps/ROOT";
pressReleaseDocF.addAspect("wca:forminstancedata", props);
pressReleaseDocF.save();

var props= new Array(2);
props["cm:title"] = fileName;
pressReleaseDocF.addAspect("cm:titled", props);
pressReleaseDocF.save();

var prNs= new Namespace("pr", "http://www.demo.net.au/alfresco/pr");
var pressReleaseXml2=  <pr:press_release xmlns:pr="http://www.demo.net.au/alfresco/pr"
xmlns:alf="http://www.alfresco.org"
xmlns:chiba="http://chiba.sourceforge.net/xforms"
xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events"
xmlns:xf="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"
xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 >
  </pr:press_release>;

pressReleaseXml2.prNs::title= "pr title "+timestamp;
pressReleaseXml2.prNs::overview= "the abstract";
pressReleaseXml2.prNs::location=  "pr location";
pressReleaseXml2.prNs::body=  "pr body";
pressReleaseXml2.prNs::include_media_contacts=  "true";
pressReleaseXml2.prNs::launch_date=  "2009-02-04";
pressReleaseXml2.prNs::expiration_date=  "2009-04-06";
pressReleaseXml2.prNs::numtimes=  "1";

pressReleaseDocF.content = pressReleaseXml2.toXMLString();
pressReleaseDocF.save();
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[rdifrango]

davidg,

The only way I found was able to do this was to create a custom Javascript component that forced the renditions.  Check out the following blog post on the topic:

http://blogs.captechventures.com/blog/ron-difrango/alfresco-web-forms-integration-mock-jsf-faces-con...

It gives you most of what you need.

Ron