Hi Vijay
I only skimmed over this, but I can't help feeling that your not following
the established best practices that exist within OFBiz. Also note that
there is no reason why you can't use ftl to generate xml, it would just be a
*.xml.ftl I think (I've never tried it).
Regards
Scott
On 29/08/2007, vijay Si <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Jonathon,
>
> "What you need to do is to first generate the xml data dynamically, then
> dump the data into an xml
> file."
>
> This is exactly my requirement.
> The problem i am facing is with rules of the framework......whether i can
> load an ftl just like bsh inside <actions>tag
>
> Regards
> Vijay
>
> On 8/29/07, Jonathon -- Improov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Vijay,
> >
> > This xml file you're talking about, is it purely data in xml format? Or
> is
> > it a display document
> > like HTML or xsl:fo?
> >
> > Let's get your problem statement clear.
> >
> > You have a application (not OFBiz) that reads an xml file. ("it is
> called
> > by other application
> > during runtime").
> >
> > This xml file contains data in xml format. ("The application parses the
> > data in xml file").
> >
> > What you need to do is to first generate the xml data dynamically, then
> > dump the data into an xml
> > file.
> >
> > Is my understanding correct?
> >
> > Sorry if I misunderstood. Your problem description is not easy to
> > understand. For eg, the term
> > "application" is used thrice, and I'm not sure what application you're
> > talking about.
> >
> > This doesn't sound like an OFBiz issue? If it is an application
> > development effort, rather than an
> > issue/problem with OFBiz, would you mind paying one of the developers on
> > this ML for a few hours'
> > consultation on implementation strategies?
> >
> > Jonathon
> >
> > vijay Si wrote:
> > > Hi Jonathon,
> > >
> > > My constraint is as follows.
> > >
> > > I need to have an xml file. This xml file is supposed to have some
> data
> > that
> > > comes from the database.
> > >
> > > The best way to do this is write a .bsh script and the use these
> > results, in
> > > xml file using ${variable}.
> > >
> > > However the constraint is that i need to have this xml file as static
> > > ...because it is called by other application during runtime. The
> > application
> > > parses the data in xml file and is not able to recognize "${variable}"
> > ...
> > > So a possible solution i am thinking of is to store all the results in
> > an
> > > ftl file just give all the necessary formating to it and then just
> > > <#include> it in my xml file..........so that when the application
> runs
> > ,
> > > xml files copies all the contents from the ftl file.....and before
> > > application runs ...i need to load my data in the ftl file.
> > >
> > > I hope now you get the problem statement better......please suggest me
> > of
> > > any ways to do this or better ideas
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > On 8/29/07, Jonathon -- Improov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> Hi Vijay,
> > >>
> > >> What "dynamic data" are you talking about?
> > >>
> > >> You can use bsh scripts to pull in data from database. Is that what
> you
> > >> mean by "dynamic"?
> > >>
> > >> What do you mean by "xml"?
> > >>
> > >> You can actually use ${ } inside your widget screen definitions. Try
> > >> <label>${someVariable}</label>.
> > >>
> > >> While .ftl files can access static classes to perform some "dynamic
> > data
> > >> retrieval", it is not as
> > >> clean and easy as using .bsh.
> > >>
> > >> In your .bsh, simply do: context.put("someVariable", "Whatever data
> you
> > >> want to pull in");
> > >>
> > >> Jonathon
> > >>
> > >> vijay Si wrote:
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>> I wanted to load an ftl file just to pull data from the .bsh script
> > >> file.
> > >>> This ftl file will not display anything directly...rather i wanted
> to
> > >>> <#include> all of it's content {which includes the dynamically
> pulled
> > >> data
> > >>> from scripts} into an .xml file ....so that my xml file has all the
> > >> static
> > >>> data. I am not able to use dynamic data pulled by xml directly
> > i.ecannot
> > >>> use ${} inside my xml. So i thought of pulling all dynamic stuff
> into
> > an
> > >>> .ftl file and then <#include> this data in the xml file....
> > >>>
> > >>> Here i am confronted with the problem of loading ftl file just like
> > .bsh
> > >>> file..........so.....can i put .ftl files in <actions></actions> and
> > >> load it
> > >>> in advance. Or please suggest some other way of loading the ftl file
> > >> just
> > >>> for the sake of pulling data from the script.
> > >>>
> > >>> Regards
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
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