Hi Marius, thanks, I'm one step further now, at least the NameManager now does renaming in general (it renamed itself until I added an #if clause to not do so). I wanted to implement it step by step so I didn't add the redirect yet. But the sheet is not executed when editing application entries. Meanwhile I have the following. Test App.Code.Test AppSheet: ``` [...] #set( $nameManRef = $services.model.createDocumentReference('', ['Test App', 'Code'], 'Test App NameManager') ) #set( $nameMan = $xwiki.getDocument($nameManRef) ) <div class="hidden"> <input type="hidden" name="xredirect" value="$doc.getURL('view', "sheet=${escapetool.url($nameMan)}")" /> </div> {{/html}} {{/velocity}} ``` Test App.Code.Test App NameManager: ``` {{velocity}} #if ( $doc.name != 'Test App NameManager' ) #set ($renameRequest = $services.refactoring.createRenameRequest($doc.documentReference, 'Now RENAMED')) #set ($discard = $renameRequest.setAutoRedirect(false)) $services.refactoring.rename($renameRequest)).join() #end {{/velocity}} ``` Thanks again, Dennis 2017-03-01 10:30 GMT+01:00 Marius Dumitru Florea < [email protected]>:
On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 3:03 PM, D R <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Marius,
the refactoring approach sounds great but there seems to be something I do wrong because the renaming doesn't work. Maybe I misunderstood the term "current document" but I'm not sure.
I created "Test App.Code.Test App NameManager" with the following content:
``` {{velocity}} #set ($renameRequest =
$services.refactoring.createRenameRequest($doc.fullName, 'Now RENAMED'))
As per http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Refactoring+Module# HScriptService the first parameter passed to createRenameRequest must be an EntityReference. In your case you can pass:
* either the reference of the current document, i.e. $doc.documentReference , if the document is terminal (its name != 'WebHome') * or the reference of the current space, i.e. $doc.documentReference.parent , if the document is not terminal (its name is 'WebHome')
#set ($discard = $renameRequest.setAutoRedirect(false)) $services.refactoring.rename($renameRequest)).join() {{/velocity}}
```
Then I put your DIV at the end of my app sheet:
``` {{velocity}} {{html wiki="true"}} #set ($discard = $doc.use('Test App.Code.Test AppClass')) (% class="xform" %) ((( [FORM CONTENT] )))
<div class="hidden"> <input type="hidden" name="xredirect" value="$doc.getURL('view', "sheet=${escapetool.url('Test App.Code.Test App NameManager')}")" /> </div>
{{/html}} {{/velocity}}
```
Then I opened up one of the application entries, edited it and hit "Save and view" but the name didn't change.
I don't see any redirect in "Test App NameManager" so it's normal you stay on the same page, but do you have the sheet parameter in the query string? i.e. is the "Test App NameManager" sheet executed?
Could you please tell me what I did wrong.
Thanks in advance, Dennis
2017-02-28 11:38 GMT+01:00 Marius Dumitru Florea < [email protected]>:
Hi Dennis,
A relatively simple solution is the following:
(1) modify the application sheet to include the following HTML at the end:
<div class="hidden"> <input type="hidden" name="xredirect" value="$doc.getURL('view', 'sheet=Path.To.NameManager')" /> </div>
The result is that whenever you create a new application entry or when you edit an existing application entry, after you click "Save and view" you will be taken to the view mode with ?sheet=Path.To.NameManager in the
URL
query string, which means the Path.To.NameManager sheet will be applied to the saved document.
(2) Create the Path.To.NameManager page that determines the right name for the current document (based on its fields) and renames the current document if needed ( using the refactoring API http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/ Refactoring+Module ), finally redirecting to the view mode of the renamed document.
The problem with this solution is that it doesn't work if you use Save & Continue and then Cancel (I think, to be checked).
Another option, more complex, is to write an event listener that catches the document save event and renames the document if needed based on its fields. The bad part with this is that the user is still not redirected when using Save & Continue.
Hope this helps, Marius
On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 3:52 PM, D R <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
In an XWiki Application I created I want to make sure documents created within it get named in a specific pattern from the fields filled inside them.
Currently I use a custom button to redirect the user to a new document with a dummy name so he doesn't need to fill the name (that should get overwritten anyway on saving) but only the relevant fields.
Something like #set ( $createDocLink = $xwiki.getURL($document, 'inline', "template=${escapetool.url($urlTemplate)}&parent=${ escapetool.url($urlParent)}&title=${escapetool.url($urlTitle)}") )
This leads to a new document as defined in the application sheet with the name 'New document'.
Now I want the user to fill 3 fields ('freetext1', 'freetext2', 'dropdown1'), click 'Save & View' or a custom button. Then the document should be saved as '<freetext1> - <freetext2> (<dropdown1>)' and the user should be redirected to that page in view mode.
I've tried different approaches including a temporary creation page with the 3 fields as HTML input fields (can't use the applications dropdown), event listeners (the redirect after saving doesn't work) ...
Additionally the same must be done when a page is edited (one of the 3 fields is changed).
Please help me find a sane approach before I bite the table.
Regs, Dennis