Node does not exist error with deleted web form

[aadhikari]

I deleted a web form being used in a website by mistake. I recreated the web form from scratch. The new web form works as expected, but whenever I go to edit a page created by the former web form, I get an error:
Node does not exist: workspace://SpacesStore/9134c9ba-15e6-11dd-af1c-cbb07323755c
I have restored the original web form by going to "Manage Deleted Content" in "User Options", but the name is different. Would that make a difference? How can I fix this. There is a lot of content created with the former webform.

[aadhikari]

I gave the new webform a different name, and when I try to edit any file created with the old form, I get a message saying that the webform cannot be found, and gives me the option to associate the file with a new form. When I do that, I get the following error again:

Please correct the errors below then click Finish.

    * Node does not exist: workspace://SpacesStore/9134c9ba-15e6-11dd-af1c-cbb07323755c

How can I find out what that node pointed to originally?

[tommorris]

Have your tried this:?

1. Re-create your web-from from scratch, make sure it works and that you're happy with it.
2. Remove all your XML files (keep a backup) from the AVM that you'd like to match up with the new web-from (they've still got to be compatible with your XSD of course; if they're not, you could run a regex over the files…).
3. Submit the your change-list to the staging sandbox.
4. Copy your backup of all the deleted XML files back into the AVM repository. And submit those changes to staging. (You've now broken the association between the XML nodes and and the old web-form it thinks it may be associated with).
5.Install this tool: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Web_Project_Tools
6. Perform the automatic re-association using this tool.

Tom
http://www.ixxus.com

[aadhikari]

Thanks. I am testing the Web Project Tools, but before that can be tested and put into production, I need to modify a few files. When i delete the existing files by going to the web project, they stay grayed out in my sandbox, and I am unable to add another file of the same name.
PS. I have already created a new webform with the same xsd and ftl as the old one.

[tommorris]

Yes, they' stay grey because they're deleted from your personal sandbox but not the staging sandbox.
Submit them to staging sandbox, then you'll be able to add files of the same name again.

BTW: Sometimes I find it easier to delete/amend files through the CIFS interface instead.

[aadhikari]

That worked, thanks.