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rboneti1-Visitor
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April 14, 2014
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How can I use an ACL code inside the APP?

  • April 14, 2014
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Hi all,

I need to use a acl code inside the APP code, and save the informations that the ACL retrieves in a variable.

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JeffStevenson1-Visitor
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April 14, 2014

Hi Robson,

ACL code is an Arbortext Editor language and won't execute inside of APP code. If you need to pass variable information between the 2 applications, I would use Javascript or Perl which are 2 languages that both applications support.

Out of curiosity, what information are you trying to pass from APP and to where?

-Jeff

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    rboneti1-VisitorAuthor
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    April 14, 2014

    Hi Jeff,

    Actually, I could do it with this:

    formatting.evaluateXPath("_acl:eval(here the acl code)")

    But would be better if was possible to do this without xpath.

    Answaring your question, I want to save a value in a variable and use in another element, like a global variable. And for this, I've found two ways:

    application.variables and the acl ENV['name']

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    GarethOakes16-Pearl
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    April 14, 2014

    That's a neat trick, but we have noticed with newer APP (Arbortext) releases that formatting.evaluateXPath() will now only work in a formatting context. That is to say, if try and run a script with that method it won't work. If you run that method from within a formatting tag then it will still work.

    Either way, while I like your trick I'm not sure it is the best way to pass information between Arbortext/APP. It feels like that would be something liable to change or break between APP/Arbortext releases. It would be interesting to learn what you are trying to achieve in order to advise if there is a better way.

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