Passing Workflow Variables to a Print Template

James Landwehr

2. März 2012 06:29

I'm trying to use captured variables within a print template, is this possible? Inside the workflow the user is prompted for Town/Range/Section/Quarter. Once queried, that Qtr. Section comes up and the PrintMap dialog is fired. Within the print template Town/Range/Section/Quarter are defined as Text Fields. I would prefer that they are autopopulated rather than making the user key them in a second time within the plotting workflow. Can this be done?

Many thanks.

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  Permanently deleted user

  2. März 2012 08:55

  wow - that looks like one way of doing it... I don't know python all that well - something that's on the cards to do!!

  I approach it a different way where I collect the values for the variables (from a form) and pass them to the printtemplates function that is available...

  I set the templates (.rpx) files up as per normal with the appropriate variables first, then at run time the values are collected, and then assimilated into a longish URL that is invoked by the Display Hyperlink activity in workflow...

  Here's an example of a hard-coded template file that I'm turning layers on/off for depending on what layout option they choose from the list... the 'size' variable is the actual template ID as geocortex knows it. You will need to dynamically get the map extent for this approach to work properly but there is an activity to do this in workflow...

  "http://devgeocortex01.fire.dse.vic.gov.au/Geocortex/Essentials/ge37/rest/sites/fire/printtemplates/" & size.ToString &

  "/print?bbox=" & bbox.ToString & "&bboxSR=&targetSR=&time=&graphics=&layers=99%28hide%3A*%29%3B33%28show%3A*%29%3B6%28hide%3A*

  %29%3B11%28hide%3A*%29%3B100%28show%3A*%29%3B20%28show%3A*%29%3B34%28hide%3A*%29%3B4%28hide%3A*%29%3B23%28hide%3A*

  %29%3B35%28hide%3A*%29%3B102%28hide%3A*%29" & graticule & topo_base &

  "&layerDefinitions=&opacity=&mapServiceOptions=&featureLayerOptions=&scale=" & scale.ToString & "&dpi=" & print_dpi & "

  &outputFormat=Pdf&tf__incident_name=" & incident_name & "&tf__obsdate=" & obs_date & "&tf__scale=" & print_scale.toString &

  "&tf__map_notes=" & map_notes.ToString & "&f=file#"

  If this seems a valid option, I'll send you the workflow if you like...

  cheers

  Gareth

   

   

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  James Landwehr

  2. März 2012 23:05

  Thanks to both for your replies. Gareth, if you wouldn't mind posting the workflow and it's related template, I'd be grateful. Thanks. Jim

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