Problems exporting basic pure JavaScript charts using Asp.Net handler - asp.net

I am having difficulty exporting a pure JavaScript chart from the basic examples provided in the C# solution (demo package from fusion charts). My sample is from the evaluation code provided on the FusionChart website.
I have added
exportenabled='1' exportHandler='http://localhost:64162/CS/Export_Handler/FCExporter.aspx'
to the existing Data.xml file in order to enable export using the local handler
Chart definition for the chart BasicExample/MultiChartsJS.aspx:
<chart caption='Monthly Unit Sales' xAxisName='Month' yAxisName='Units' showValues='0'
formatNumberScale='0' showBorder='1' exportenabled='1' exportHandler='http://localhost:64162/CS/Export_Handler/FCExporter.aspx'>
<set label='Jan' value='462' />
<set label='Feb' value='857' />
<set label='Mar' value='671' />
<set label='Apr' value='494' />
<set label='May' value='761' />
<set label='Jun' value='960' />
<set label='Jul' value='629' />
<set label='Aug' value='622' />
<set label='Sep' value='376' />
<set label='Oct' value='494' />
<set label='Nov' value='761' />
<set label='Dec' value='960' />
</chart>
I am pointing the exportHandler to the C# export handler (FCExporter) found in the same solution.
When invoking the export, the handler fires, but I am encountering two different runtime errors in the handler:
Failures inside FCExporter.cs
1)Jpeg conversion:
gr.Clear(ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#" + rawImageData["bgcolor"].ToString()));
is failing because rawImageData["bgcolor"] already contains a #
2)PDF conversion
int fRepeat = int.Parse(split_data[1]);
is failing with an out of range exception
It almost seems like the handler is out of sync with the charts that are being exported. It works if I point to the external fusion site for the export. Is there a new version of the handler available? I am using version 3.3.1-sr2.19840 of FusionCharts.js

It seems that you are using the export handler that is designed for exporting Flash charts only. For exporting JavaScript charts, you would need to setup export separately.
The .NET export handler is not yet equipped to handle JavaScript charts. Having said that, you are not out of luck yet. There are two options you still have:
Use pure server-side rendering to generate chart image - http://blog.fusioncharts.com/2013/03/how-to-save-charts-as-images-at-server-side/
Use the CodePlex SVG rendering engine for .NET after sending the chart's SVG data to server - http://svg.codeplex.com (You can get a chart's SVG string, even on IE, using chartInstance.toSVGString())
Note that if you are using PHP export handler, it can handle both flash and javascript export using the same export handler as mentioned in the documentation article - http://docs.fusioncharts.com/charts/contents/exporting-image/ECPureJS.html

Try adding following 2 attributes to your chart definition:
exportAtClient='0' exportAction='download'
This should make sure that export handler is being used.

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I'm deprecating a Site Setup add-on configlet. The procedure I'm following is add the remove="true" property to controlpanel.xml
<!-- profiles/default/controlpanel.xml -->
<configlet
title="MyConfiglet" ...
remove="true">
<permission>Manage portal</permission>
</configlet>
and then execute an upgradeStep. I tried with
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<genericsetup:upgradeSteps ...>
<genericsetup:upgradeDepends
title="Remove Configlet"
import_steps="plone.app.registry controlpanel"
/>
</genericsetup:upgradeSteps>
But after executing the upgrade step, I still can see the configlet in /##overview-controlpanel.
What am I missing? What do I need to remove the configlet from the control panel?
Thanks.
The process of removing something from Plone involves more or less the same steps you used to add it; in this specific case you have two ways of doing it: programmatically or using Generic Setup.
programmatically
I think this is easier as involves no more than a few lines of code and you can debug in case of problems.
just use the following code on your upgrade step:
def remove_configlet(self):
from plone import api
config_tool = api.portal.get_tool('portal_controlpanel')
configlet_id = 'MyConfigletId'
config_tool.unregisterConfiglet(configlet_id)
using Generic Setup
create a controlpanel.xml file inside the profile you're registering for your upgrade step; this file should contain exactly the same stuff used to add the configlet plus the remove="True" attribute.
you can find a working example of this on the upgrade_10_to_11 profile of Products.TinyMCE:
controlpanel.xml
upgrades.py
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<object name="portal_controlpanel" meta_type="Plone Control Panel Tool"
xmlns:i18n="http://xml.zope.org/namespaces/i18n" i18n:domain="plone.tinymce">
<configlet title="TinyMCE"
action_id="tinymce" appId="TinyMCE"
category="Products"
condition_expr=""
url_expr="string:${portal_url}/portal_tinymce/##tinymce-controlpanel"
visible="True"
i18n:attributes="title"
remove="True">
<permission>Manage portal</permission>
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...
</object>
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"""Upgrade TinyMCE from 1.0 to 1.1"""
...
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setuptool.runAllImportStepsFromProfile('profile-Products.TinyMCE:upgrade_10_to_11')
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Alfresco Forms Service does not work properly.
Looks like a fundamental Form functionality does not pass form configs (control-param name="nameHere") to webscripts.
I reproduce it step-by-step.
Create the Freemarker template and register it according to the documentation under /share project. The component renders and shows successfully. Everything works well.
Create a form according to the documentation on wiki Forms page.
Register it in <TOMCAT_INST/shared/classes/alfresco/web-
extension/myclok-form-config.xml> directory and pass it for load in such manner:
<bean id="sampleShareConfig" class="org.springframework.extensions.config.ConfigBootstrap" init-method="register">
<property name="configService" ref="web.config" />
<property name="configs">
<list>
<value>classpath:alfresco/web-extension/myclok-form-config.xml</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>
<!-- ... share/WEB-INF/classes/org/springframework/extensions/surf/bootstrap/forms-bootstrap-context.xml -->
Form inst:
<config>
<forms>
<form id="myclok">
<view-form template="/org/alfresco/components/myclok/myclok.get.html.ftl" />
<edit-form template="/org/alfresco/components/myclok/myclok.get.html.ftl" />
<create-form template="/org/alfresco/components/myclok/myclok.get.html.ftl" />
<field-visibility>
<show id="currentPath" />
</field-visibility>
<appearance>
<field id="currentPath">
<control name="currentPath" template="/org/alfresco/components/myclok/myclok.get.html.ftl">
<control-param name="currentPath">sampleData1</control-param>
</control>
</field>
<control name="currentPath" template="/org/alfresco/components/myclok/myclok.get.html.ftl">
<control-param name="currentPath">sampleData2</control-param>
</control>
</appearance>
</form>
</forms>
</config>
In official documentation is written:
If the form element exists within a config element without an
evaluator and condition the form is always found, this is useful if
you want a certain field to appear on EVERY form in your application.
So, I specified it in myclok-form-config.xml file, but this approach does not give any result. Thus when the component with such reference to param is loaded by the following URL <http://localhost:8080/share/page/site/wcmqs/myclok> the Alfresco fails with the Exception:
Exception: freemarker.core.InvalidReferenceException - Expression field is undefined on line 6, column 6 in org/alfresco/components/myclok/myclok.get.html.ftl.
freemarker.core.TemplateObject.assertNonNull(TemplateObject.java:125)
freemarker.core.TemplateObject.invalidTypeException(TemplateObject.java:135)
freemarker.core.Dot._getAsTemplateModel(Dot.java:78)
In other words it's impossible to receive the value of the parameter of currentPath that is defined in FormConfigs.
So, the minimal functionality of FormsService / ConfigService does not work.
<#if field.control.params.currentPath??>
<#assign path=field.control.params.currentPath>
<#else>
<#assign path="someOtherDataValue">
</#if>
Does anyone know how to resolve it Or can demonstrate a working sample?
PS: All above described configurations of the form of FormService and the webscript component are attached.
The .AMP file for quick installation is required just to invoke the following command:
java -jar alfresco-mmt.jar install myclokStubFormComponent.amp ../tomcat/webapps/share.war
AMP file.
Config file.
I think you have mis-understood the difference betweent a form template and a field template. You are specifying the same file /org/alfresco/components/myclok/myclok.get.html.ftl to control the layout of the form as well as to render your fields.
When you use a field template to render the form you are getting an error that says the field object has not been populated. This is quite correct as the framework has not yet started to render the individual fields. You are rendering the form.
I'd suggest you try some more basic examples such as those that come with the Forms Development Kit (FDK) before you start implementing your own more complex forms, and especially before you begin to claim that the framework does not work as documented.

ccnet not deleting buildlogs

I Have the following in my ccnet.config file
....
<publishers>
<xmllogger />
</publishers>
<tasks>
<artifactcleanup cleanUpMethod="KeepLastXBuilds" cleanUpValue="5" />
....
However the build logs never get removed? Am I misunderstanding this? I would expect never seening more then 5 log files in there.
According to documentation you must put the artifact cleanup publisher in the publishers section for it to work:
<publishers>
<xmllogger />
<artifactcleanup cleanUpMethod="KeepLastXBuilds" cleanUpValue="5" />
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Group testNG tests without annotations

I'm responsible for allowing unit tests for one of ETL components.I want to acomplish this using testNG with generic java test class and number of test definitions in testng.xmlpassing various parameters to the class.Oracle and ETL guys should be able to add new tests without changing the java code, so we need to use xml suite file instead of annotations.
Question
Is there a way to group tests in testng.xml?(similarly to how it is done with annotations)
I mean something like
<group name="first_group">
<test>
<class ...>
<parameter ...>
</test>
</group>
<group name="second_group">
<test>
<class ...>
<parameter ...>
</test>
</group>
I've checked the testng.dtd as figured out that similar syntax is not allowed.But is therea workaround to allow grouping?
Thanks in advance
You can specify groups within testng.xml and then run testng using -groups
<test name="Regression1">
<groups>
<run>
<exclude name="brokenTests" />
<include name="checkinTests" />
</run>
</groups>
....
No, this is not possible at the moment.
As a rule of thumb, I don't like adding information in XML that points into Java code, because refactorings might silently break your entire build.
For example, if you rename a method or a class name, your tests might start mysteriously breaking until you remember you need to update your XML as well.
Feel free to bring this up on the testng-users mailing-list and we can see if there's interest for such a feature.
--
Cedric

Conditionally including Flex libraries (SWCs) in mxmlc/compc ant tasks

I have been struggling trying to figure out how to conditionally include Flex libraries in an ant build based on a property that is set on the command line. I have tried a number of approaches with the <condition/> task, but so far have not gotten it to work. Here is where I am currently.
I have an init target that includes condition tasks like this:
<condition property="automation.libs" value="automation.qtp">
<equals arg1="${automation}" arg2="qtp" casesensitive="false" trim="true"/>
</condition>
The purpose of this task is to set a property that determines the name of the patternset to be used when declaring the implicit fileset on a mxmlc or compc task. The pattern set referenced above is defined as:
<patternset id="automation.qtp">
<include name="automation*.swc"/>
<include name="qtp.swc"/>
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The named patternset is then referenced by the mxmlc or compc task like this:
<compc>
<compiler.include-libraries dir="${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/libs" append="true">
<patternset refid="${automation.libs}"/>
</compiler.include-libraries>
</compc>
This doesn't appear to work. At least the SWC size does not indicate that the additional automation libraries have been compiled in. I want to be able to specify a command line property that determine which patternset to use for various types of builds.
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If you can't get <patternset> to work correctly, you might want to take a look at the <if> <then> and <else> tasks provided by ant-contrib. We ended up doing something like this:
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<if>
<equals arg1="automation.qtp" arg2="true"/>
<then>
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- Build with QTP support.
-->
</then>
<else>
<!--
- Build without QTP support.
-->
</else>
</if>
</target>
There is some duplication of build logic between the if and else branch, but you can factor some of that out if you wrap <mxmlc> with a macrodef.
The mxmlc task supports loading configuration files <load-config filename="path/to/flex-config.xml" />. So, generate the config xml on the fly, by combining the echoxml task and if-then-else.
<echoxml file="path/to/flex-config.xml">
<flex-config>
<compiler>
<library-path append="true">
<path-element>${lib.qtp}</path-element>
</library-path>
</compiler>
</flex-config>
</echoxml>
If your needs are more complicated, you could even generate several xml configs and <load-config ... /> them all.
Personally, I find any logic very terse and ugly to write using Ant's conditions or if-then-else, XML is not a pretty language to use for programming. Luckily, it's possible to use more flexible approach - write a script to produce the config xml, before calling mxmlc. E.g. use the script task with your favorite scripting language
<script language="javascript">
<![CDATA[
// Create your XML dynamically here.
// Write that XML to an external file.
// Later, feed that file to mxmlc using `<load-config ... />`.
]]>
</script>

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