Here is how I do it in Java :)
*private* *static* ARServerUser *cim_ARS*;
*private* *static* String *str_DEF*;
*private* *static* String *str_XML*;
*str_DEF* = *new* String("");
*str_XML* = *new* String("");
*cim_ARS* = *new* ARServerUser();
*cim_ARS*.setUser("Demo");
*cim_ARS*.setPassword("");
*cim_ARS*.setServer("Some_Server");
*try* {
*cim_ARS*.login();
List<StructItemInfo> l_items = *new* ArrayList<StructItemInfo>();
l_items.clear();
StructItemInfo si = *new* StructItemInfo();
si.setName("HPD:HelpDesk"); // This is what you want to export
* switch* (ObjectType) { // This isis from a function call - so you can
simply hard-code or what ever...
* case* StructItemInfo.*ACTIVE_LINK*: si.setType(StructItemInfo.*
ACTIVE_LINK*);ObjectName_str="ACTIVE LINK";*break*;
* case* StructItemInfo.*CHAR_MENU*: si.setType(StructItemInfo.*
CHAR_MENU*);ObjectName_str="MENU";*break*;
* case* StructItemInfo.*CONTAINER*: si.setType(StructItemInfo.*
CONTAINER*);*break*;
* case* StructItemInfo.*DIST_MAP*: *break*;
* case* StructItemInfo.*DIST_POOL*: *break*;
* case* StructItemInfo.*ESCALATION*: si.setType(StructItemInfo.*
ESCALATION*);ObjectName_str="ESCALATION";*break*;
* case* StructItemInfo.*FILTER*: si.setType(StructItemInfo.*FILTER*
);ObjectName_str="FILTER";*break*;
* case* StructItemInfo.*SCHEMA*: si.setType(StructItemInfo.*SCHEMA*
);ObjectName_str="SCHEMA";*break*;
* case* StructItemInfo.*VUI*: *break*;
* default*: System.*out*.println("Unknown Object Type
Reference!: "+ ObjectType.toString());
*break*;
}
l_items.add(si);
* try* {
*str_DEF* = *cim_ARS*.exportDef(l_items,*false*); // XML if true -
DEF if false
*str_XML* = *cim_ARS*.exportDef(l_items,*true*); // XML if true -
DEF if false
} *catch* (ARException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
} *catch* (ARException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
So, you have the object(s) stored in a string - you can easily write to a
file, etc.
What I have is a little 'application' that has a form which contains the
"stuff" (object name / type, etc) and the java appl reads it in, and exports
it.
HTH
Robert Molenda
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Tony Worthington <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Sounds like it's high time I learned Java. :-)
>
> I agree with your recommendation about driver.
>
>
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>
> From: Carey Matthew Black <[email protected]> To: [email protected]
> Date: 05/21/2009 12:12 PM Subject: Re: Automating definition export using
> driver Sent by: "Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)" <
> [email protected]>
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Tony,
>
> I have often consider this kind of feature... and after a few
> iterations of this concept this is what I would suggest....
>
> Don't use the driver.
>
> I know that sounds harsh. It is a helpful tool. However, it is not
> stable enough to build an integration on. There is no guarantee that
> it will even be in the next version, much less that it will work at
> all like it does in the current version. So, IMO if you tie yourself
> to it now... then you will surly pay for that decision over and over
> again in the future.
>
>
>
> Here is what I would suggest....
>
> Start down the road of a ARFilter plugin. (If you are on v7.1 then
> specifically use the Java API based plugin feature set.) This way you
> get to develop (and maintain) the code that does what you want it to
> do.
>
> If you can slap together a Java program to do what what you want done,
> then converting it into a ARF (Java) plugin is very trivial.
>
> If you do not know Java.... then ... well.. learn? or sweet talk some
> nice ARS API aware Java programmer(s) on ARSList to help a nice guy
> out. :)
>
>
> This function sound like two inputs:
> Form Name
> File Name
>
> then the plugin would connect to the ARS Server (as the user that
> called the plugin, which in v7.1 there is no need to pass username or
> password :) ) do the export and save the content to the AR Server file
> system.
>
> Or you might opt to write a bit more Java code and make the def file
> an attachment in an ARS form. :)
>
> It does not sound like it should be to hard to do. :)
>
> How does that idea sound to you?
>
> --
> Carey Matthew Black
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> ARS = Action Request System(Remedy)
>
> Love, then teach
> Solution = People + Process + Tools
> Fast, Accurate, Cheap.... Pick two.
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Tony Worthington
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I've used driver in the past to export object definitions and am thinking
> of
> > automating the process to be called from within a form.
> >
> > I know you can create a drm script file with commands similar to the
> > following using rec and screc
> >
> > exp
> > 1
> > 1
> > HPD:Incident Management Console
> > 0
> > c:\test.def
> >
> > Anyone know if there a way to pass the object name via command line so
> that
> > it does not need to be embedded in a script?
> >
> > A more extensible approach would be to create an xml structure similar to
> > the one that the installers use -- but I'm not sure how to feed that into
> > driver and have it spit out a def file.
> >
> > <Item_List>
> > <el Type="Guide">SHR:SHR:HelpDialog</el>
> > <el Type="Guide">SHR:SHR:ContractSave</el>
> > <el Type="ActiveLink">SHR:SHR:DefaultCompany_012_1000000251
> > <el Type="Filter">CTR:SHR-Set-Submitter</el>
> > <el Type="Filter">CTR:SHR-SetInstanceID</el>
> > <el Type="Filter">CTR:CTB:NotifDateCheck02</el>
> > <el Type="Filter">CTR:CTB:NotifDateCheck</el>
> > <el Type="Menu">SHR:SHR:FormName</el>
> > <el Type="Menu">SHR:SHR:Contracts-PaymentCode</el>
> > <el Type="Menu">CTR:ATX:PaymentType</el>
> > </Item_List>
> >
> > Anybody a driver guru? :-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tony
> >
> > Tony Worthington
> > Sr. Technical Analyst
> > Kohl's Department Stores
> > N56 W17000 Ridgewood Drive
> > Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
> > 262.703.7763 (phone)
> > [email protected]
> > www.kohls.com
>
>
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