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xerox

I'm trying to do an alert or promp in alfresco with javascript, but this isn't working.
Isn't this possible in Alfresco?

friendly regards,
Nick

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mikeh

Hi,

There shouldn't be any reason why not - you're not trying to put one in a server-side script, are you?

Mike

xerox

no,just a javascript in the webclient.

simple prompt code:

var name=prompt("sometext","defaultvalue");
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the error:

org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException: Error during command servlet processing: Failed to execute script 'workspace://SpacesStore/1118dbd7-464d-11dc-884d-adf88105aace': ReferenceError: "prompt" is not defined. (AlfrescoScript#1)
caused by:
org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ScriptException: Failed to execute script 'workspace://SpacesStore/1118dbd7-464d-11dc-884d-adf88105aace': ReferenceError: "prompt" is not defined. (AlfrescoScript#1)
caused by:
org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException: ReferenceError: "prompt" is not defined. (AlfrescoScript#1)
caused by:
org.mozilla.javascript.EcmaError: ReferenceError: "prompt" is not defined. (AlfrescoScript#1)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

friendly regards

Nick
(using alfresco 1.4 enterprise)

mikeh

Ah, but that must be running on the server-side to throw that exception.

You can only prompt the user with client-side javascript, i.e. running in the browser via a <script> tag in the rendered HTML, not the Javascript API engine running on the server.

Mike

xerox

thanx… now it doesn't give an error anymore,but I still don't see the prompt.

freemarker link:

<a href="/alfresco/command/script/execute?scriptPath=/Company%20Home/Data%20Dictionary/Scripts//createproject.js&contextPath=/Company%20Home/Intranet/file.txt" ><h2>Create new project</h2></a>

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javascript code:

var name= "<script>prompt(\"sometext\",\"defaultvalue\");</script>";
name;
var myfolder = space.createFolder("Planning");
var myfolder = space.createFolder("Reporting");
var myfolder = space.createFolder("TA");
var goback = "<script>history.back();</script>"; 
goback;

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It just creates the folders but doesn't show the prompt

mikeh

Hi,

You have to prompt the user on the client before invoking the createproject.js script, something like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
   function createNewProject(url)
   {
      var name = prompt("Type the name here", "defaultValue");
      location.href = url + "&name=" + name;
   }
</script>

<a href="#" onclick="createNewProject('/alfresco/command/script/execute?scriptPath=/Company%20Home/Data%20Dictionary/Scripts//createproject.js&contextPath=/Company%20Home/Intranet/file.txt'); return false;">
   <h2>Create new project</h2>
</a>
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Then you pull out the submitted name variable on the server and use that when creating your space.

Thanks,
Mike

xerox

thanks for your support…

It's working now

mikeh

No problem - glad I could help.

Mike

xerox

another question

I've created a link(in freemarker) when users click on it, it makes some folders. Now I want to hide that link for users that don't have write acces in that folder. Is ist possible in alfresco 1.4?

Maybe I can sent the permissions back from the serverjavascript to the client javascript? or isn't this possible?

xerox

*bump*

mikeh

Hi Nick

Apologies - didn't see you tacked a new question onto that topic!

A "hasPermission" method was added to v1.4.3 - I'm not sure exactly which version you're on?

You should be able to do:

<#if hasPermission(TemplateNode node, String permission) == 1>
… show the link …
</#if>‍‍‍

"permission" would be either "Write" or "AddChildren" depending on your configuration.

<#if hasPermission(space, "Write") == 1>
… show the link …
</#if>‍‍‍

regards,
Mike

xerox

Hi Mike

really thx…
it works…

A last question

In my javascript I check if the spacename exists or not…

If the spacename already exists, The space may nog be created(duplicated names).
I did this,but I want to show the user a message that the space wasn't created because it already exists…(an alert isn't working because it's on server side)

Is this possible?

friendly regards,

Nick

mikeh

Hi Nick,

I guess there are two ways:

1/ Where you return the HTML "<script>history.back();</script>" at the end of the server-side script, you can optionally add an alert() in there, i.e.

<script>alert('Duplicate space name found'); history.back();</script>‍

or
2/ Have the Freemarker template walk the child spaces and send an array of strings to do a client-side Javascript check in the createNewProject() function - so the duplicate name isn't allowed to be submitted.

I suspect #1 will be easier, although #2 might give a better user experience.

regards,
Mike

xerox

thx for your help

Everything is working fine now…

friendly regards,
Nick

moschops

Thanks for this post - it was very helpful to me in creating a scripted action with confirmation prompt and alerts. It would be nicer if there was a way to do this on the server side but I assume that requires adding Java/JSP code.