New to Ignition, I would like to understand how to dynamically create windows pages containing templates binded to UDTs.
I created a Template named TGBT having 4 parameters:
-DeviceName (string)
-TagBlock (string)
-TagOffset (string)
-TgbtNr (TGBT, drop target)
I created a UDT named TGBT with the same Data Type Parameters
and added in the data type structure new OPC using OPC Item Path [{DeviceName}]{TagBlock},I{TagOffset}
Then I created instance of UDT with add hoc values:
This works fine when I create the page using the Ignition Designer
I created a script that read a CSV file (will be database at the end) and creates UDT instances accordingly:
It works fine, I can see OPC values updated in the tag browser, with the expected OPC Item Path.
I understood Template canvas are the proposed way and populated the Templates dataset.
The script populates the template with provided parameters eg:
{"DeviceName":Elec,"TagBlock":DB200,"TagOffset":48}
The Templates instances are correctly placed in the Template canvas, but I should be wrong in parameters as the Template fields, labels (...) are not updated accordingly.
Have someone tried this, could help me?
Xavier
Also check out this forum thread to generate templates on a container without canvas: https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamically-add-component-to-root-container/12735/11
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I am using Devexpress XtraReport suite in my application which works fine for dynamic reporting requirement except one customization as below:
User is given report preview using ReportPrintTool with dynamic data.
Now, when user tries to export print preview as Image file with 'ExportMode=Different Files' output file names are generated based on report name(i.e. reportName+pageIndex.png) which i need to define based on some dynamic value or say based on a column value provided to report as data source.
Can anybody please guide me how can I achieve this customization?
Reference from: XtraReport default file name in SaveDialog box
Try to set the XtraReport.ExportOptions.PrintPreview.DefaultFileName option (PrintPreviewOptions.DefaultFileName Property).
PrintControl.PrintingSystem.ExportOptions.PrintPreview.DefaultFileName = "column value that you provide"
To know that how to use it, Follow the below reference links:
default name of report during saving - Here some file name standard related issue also descripbed
How modify predefined file name on exporting report
XtraReports - Custom filename when exporting via the reports toolbar
I am integrating Drupal Webform with the CRM Highrise - I'm using the Highrise Drupal module (https://drupal.org/project/highrise) to create some mapping - however I want to extend the module to pass additional form values to the "background" field designated within Highrise, the issue I'm running into is that rather than passing the form value of say "Birthday Party" it's simply returning "array" in Highrise, below is the code I have right now:
//initial variable declaration
$form['#get_eventtype'] = drupal_render($event_type);
//making the call to post to Highrise
case 4:
$background = $form_state['values']['submitted'][$row['cid']];
$background .= $form['#get_eventtype'];
$new_person->setBackground($background);
break;
Have you dumped the value in $background after you retrieve it from the form? It is going to be an array and your value will be in one of the array elements. If you haven't already, I would suggest installing the devel module to help you dig into the form structure.
As a FYI I ended up just using Formstack.com - which gives you the ability to easily map custom fields created in Highrise with the form you create using Formstack. Upon creating a form with Formstack I embedded the JavaScript tag provided and was good to go.
When we publish some page/dynamic component from tridion is it possible to add some external multimedia file/content(ex:jpg image) in to current executing/rendering package at publish time.So that final transportation package has this binary file present along with original published content?
Is this achivable using customization of tridion renderer/resolver?If yes please provide some inputs.
*Note:*The binary content that needs to be pushed in to package at publish time is not present as multimedia component in tridion, it is located at other file location outside tridion CMS.Instead we have some stub multimedia component being used inside published component/page which has some dummy image. we plan to replace the stub image with original image at publish(rendering/resolving) time.
Since we have huge bulk of binary content stored in DAM tool we dont want that data to be recreated as multimedia component in tridion, insted we want to use that data by querying DAM tool and attach it in to tridion package with some logical referencesplanning to maintain one to one mapping between stub multimedia comp tcmid to original content in some mapping DB for reference).
Please let us know if any solution is there to attach external binary content to package at publish time.
The best - and easiest way - is to use the mechanism provided by Tridion out-of-the-box for this. Create a new multimedia component, select "External" in the resource type drop-down, and type the URL to the object. As long as you can address it with a URL, it will work exactly as you want (item will be added to package and sent to delivery server).
If this is not good enough for you, then yes, you can add it to the package yourself. I've done this in the past with code somewhat like this:
FileInfo file = // Weird logic to get a FileInfo object from external system
Item item = package.GetItem("My original Item");
item.SetAsStream(file.OpenRead());
This replaced the content of my original component with the actual file I wanted. This will work for you IF the original component is also a multimedia component. If it's not, just create a new item with your own name, etc. If possible, do use the out-of-the-box process instead.
PS: FileInfo Class.
As Nuno suggested the best way is to use multimedia component with 'External' resource type. You may not need to create these manually, you can automate using core services or API programs.
Another way I used before to create zip file at run time and add same to package with following code. Hope it may help.
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
zip.Save(ms);
downloadAllInOneURL = String.Format("ZipAsset{0}.zip", uniqueZipID);
downloadAllInOneURL = m_Engine.PublishingContext.RenderedItem.AddBinary(ms, downloadAllInOneURL, "", "application/zip").Url;
downloadAllInOneSize = getSize(ms.Length);
}
First, the overall description:
There are two Component Templates, NewsArticle and NewsList. NewsArticle is a Dreamweaver Template, and is used to display the content of a news article. NewsList is an xml file that contains aggregated information about all of the news articles.
Currently, a content author must publish the news article, and then re-publish the newslist to regenerate the xml.
Problem:
I have been tasked with having the publish of a news article also regenerate and publish the newslist. Through C#, I am able to retrieve the content of the newslist component, generate the updated xml from the news article, and merge it into the xml from the newslist. I am running into trouble getting the newslist to publish.
I have limited access to documentation, but from what I do have, I believe using the static PublishEngine.Publish method will allow me to do what I need. I believe the first parameter (items) is just a list that contains my updated newslist, and the second parameter is a new PublishInstruction with the RenderInstruction.RenderMode set to Publish. I am a little lost on what the publicationTargets should be.
Am I on the right track? If so, any help with the Publish method call is appreciated, and if not, any suggestions?
Like Quirijn suggested, a broker query is the cleanest approach.
In a situation if a broker isn't available (i.e. static publishing model only) I usually generate the newslist XML from a TBB that adds the XML as a binary, rather than kicking off publishing of another component or page. You can do this by calling this method in your C# TBB:
engine.PublishingContext.RenderedItem.AddBinary(
Stream yourXmlContentConvertedToMemoryStream,
string filename,
StructureGroup location,
string variantId,
string mimeType)
Make the variantId unique per the newslist XML file that you create, so that different components can overwrite/update the same file.
Better yet, do this in a Page Template rather than Component Template so that the news list is generated once per page, rather than per component (if you have multiple articles per page).
You are on the right tracks here with the engine.Publish() method:
PublishEngine.Publish(
new IdentifiableObject[] { linkedComponent },
engine.PublishingContext.PublishInstruction,
new List() { engine.PublishingContext.PublicationTarget });
You can just reuse the PublishInstruction and Target from the current context of your template. This sample shows a Component, but it should work in a page too.
One thing to keep in mind is that this is not possible in SDL Tridion 2011 SP1, as the publish action is not allowed out of the box due to security restrictions. I have an article about this here http://www.tridiondeveloper.com/the-story-of-sdl-tridion-2011-custom-resolver-and-the-allowwriteoperationsintemplates-attribute
I don't know if I'm on the right track but I'm trying to let users of my web site create there own versions of pages on my web site.
Basically I'd like to make our documentation used as a starting point where they just add details and make a new page for themselves in the process.
I have a 'book' content type that I have changed with CCK and a 'client edits' content type that uses a nodereferencefromURL widget to link itself to the book node.
So simple version of what I'm saying is I have a link on my book pages that creates a node using client edits content type. I would like to put some fields on the client edits content type that take the values of some of the fields from the book page it is linked from.
I'm sure I'm missing something as I would have thought someone would have tried this before but I can't even find a hint on how to go about this.
All I really need is a point in the right direction if my current thinking is wrong.
Current thinking is that I use a php script to get the default value for a field on the new node add screen that drags the value for a field from the book I'm linking from.
I'm thinking this is the case because there is an option for default values for the field in cck manage fields that lets you put in a php value to return a default value for your field.
Am I on the right track or is there already a module or process that does what I'm talking about and I'm just too dumb to find it.
This sounds a little strange, are your client edits going to be a diff from the original node or just coppied data?
I would prehaps do it a more simple way, just have book nodes, and have different fields disaply depending on who edits it (enable the content_permissions module). That way you can use the node clone module to create the users copy.
You will need to make a module to contain your custom php code.
I ended up using rules to save information from the user and the cloned node into hidden fields.
One that saved the original node ID into a field when ever you create content of that type unless the url ends with Clone. This means that when you create the clone the original node ID is kept in the field.
That made it easy to use a views argument that took the node ID to make the clone appear along side the original when a user visits the original page.
The second rule trick was to compute a field that saved the "store name" from the profile of the user only when saving clone content.
This meant that there was a hidden field on the clone that stored the info so I could then use another views argument to restrict the view to only people with the same store name in their profile.
I am no good with PHP but I managed to find a snippet (can't remember where) that returns the store name of the current logged in user as the argument.
global $user;
profile_load_profile($user);
return $user->profile_store_name;