Tracking information removal - atict:info and atict:user - ACL scripting

Hi again

I managed to find the element 'atict:info' in the document using the oid_find_children, it is really weird that there is no support for xpath for the "kind-of processing instructions",however I can't remove the oid as it says it is protected, I have set the protection to none, any ideas?:)

Thanks

Marcin

The code:

oid_find_children(oid_root(doc), $nodeset, "atict:info");
for ($i in $nodeset) {
if (oid_has_attr($nodeset[$i], "tracking")) {
trackingAttr = oid_has_attr($nodeset[$i], "tracking");
if (trackingAttr){
debug("weszlo do off ;-)");
debug($nodeset[$i]);
trackingAttrValue = oid_attr($nodeset[$i], "tracking");
debug(trackingAttrValue);
if (trackingAttrValue == "off"){
debug("protected: ");
debug(oid_protected($nodeset[$i]));
debug("delete: ");
debug(oid_delete($nodeset[$i], 1));
set protection=none
oid_delete($nodeset[$i], 1);
}
#oid_delete($nodeset[$i]);
}

}
}

Marcin,

First, I'd start with checking to see if the document has any change tracking within the document before I looked for it. You can do that with doc_has_change_tracking( doc ), which will return a '0' if there is NO change tracking elements within the document. If it returns a '1', there is at least 1 occurrance of change tracking, in which case you can abort the process.

Next, you can test for whether or not change tracking is on. The tracking attribute you talk of is set to "on" when the "changetracking" status of the document is set to on. You can test that condition using the doc_get( doc, "changetracking" ).

Once you find out that you have no change tracking within the document and change tracking is turned off, you then can remove the <atict:info> and <atict:user> tags.

Because these two tags are protected tags, you cannot remove them by using the oid_delete() command. Instead, you can selet them and delete the selection.

The code I'd try:

$doc = current_doc() ;

# only continue if there is NO change tracking within the document.

if ( !doc_has_change_tracking( $doc ) ) {

 # only continue if Change Tracking is not turned on.

 if ( doc_get( $doc, "changetracking" ) == '0' ) {

 # find any atict:info tags

 oid_find_children( oid_root( $doc ), $atiOids, 'atict:info' ) ;

 # for each tag found, delete it.

 for ( $i in $atiOids ) {

 oid_select( $atiOids[ $i ], 1, 1, 1 ) ;

 delete_mark ;

 }

 # find any atict:user tags.

 oid_find_children( oid_root( $doc ), $atiOids, 'atict:user' ) ;

 # for each tag found, delete it.

 for ( $i in $atiOids ) {

 oid_select( $atiOids[ $i ], 1, 1, 1 ) ;

 delete_mark ;

 }

 }

}

Hope this helps,

Bob

Sébastien,

Most likely, Marcin needs to strip the remanants of Change Tracking for some other reason. While it's true that using the menu will allow you to rid the document of any change tracking, it will not remove the embedded tags for tracking what the status is of the Change Tracking, nor will it remove the user information from the document.

Bob

Hi

Bob, Thanks a lot for this, I didn't expect the code to be just given to me, that is really great. ;-).

Sébastien, as Bob said your solution will not remove the atict: mark-up from the XML and that is my goal for this task.

Once again, many thanks.

Marcin

Hi Bob/all

I am stuck again:). It appears that the delete_mark is removing the atict: elements from 'arbortext view' however it is not removing it from the XML, when I run delete_mark, close the document, open it again the atict:info and atict:users are back in the document. Any clue how can I remove it from the XML mark-up?

Thanks

Marcin

In Reply to Bob Spangenburg:

Marcin,

First, I'd start with checking to see if the document has any change tracking within the document before I looked for it. You can do that with doc_has_change_tracking( doc ), which will return a '0' if there is NO change tracking elements within the document. If it returns a '1', there is at least 1 occurrance of change tracking, in which case you can abort the process.

Next, you can test for whether or not change tracking is on. The tracking attribute you talk of is set to "on" when the "changetracking" status of the document is set to on. You can test that condition using the doc_get( doc, "changetracking" ).

Once you find out that you have no change tracking within the document and change tracking is turned off, you then can remove the <atict:info> and <atict:user> tags.

Because these two tags are protected tags, you cannot remove them by using the oid_delete() command. Instead, you can selet them and delete the selection.

The code I'd try:

$doc = current_doc() ;

# only continue if there is NO change tracking within the document.

if ( !doc_has_change_tracking( $doc ) ) {

 # only continue if Change Tracking is not turned on.

 if ( doc_get( $doc, "changetracking" ) == '0' ) {

 # find any atict:info tags

 oid_find_children( oid_root( $doc ), $atiOids, 'atict:info' ) ;

 # for each tag found, delete it.

 for ( $i in $atiOids ) {

 oid_select( $atiOids[ $i ], 1, 1, 1 ) ;

 delete_mark ;

 }

 # find any atict:user tags.

 oid_find_children( oid_root( $doc ), $atiOids, 'atict:user' ) ;

 # for each tag found, delete it.

 for ( $i in $atiOids ) {

 oid_select( $atiOids[ $i ], 1, 1, 1 ) ;

 delete_mark ;

 }

 }

}

Hope this helps,

Bob

Marcin,

Taking you in a different direction here, but have you looked at the "write -changesapplied ..." command? (Not the function btw.)

The writecommand creates acopy of thefile. -changesapplied switch is the equivalent of accept all change tracking and also strips the atict:info and atict:user tags.

- Lou Argyres

Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)

Oakland CA

Hi Lou

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I had a look at the PTC Support website where it mentions that specific command which they state that it is a workaround for the atict problem however as you say the write command creates a copy - is it possible to replace the current_doc() with that copy? We want to have this automated so that editor doesn't have to do an additional task, everything should be behind the scene. I am quite new to Arbortext customizations so any help would be much appreciated. 🙂

Thanks again

Marcin

In Reply to Lou Argyres:

Marcin,

Taking you in a different direction here, but have you looked at the "write -changesapplied ..." command? (Not the function btw.)

The writecommand creates acopy of thefile. -changesapplied switch is the equivalent of accept all change tracking and also strips the atict:info and atict:user tags.

- Lou Argyres

Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)

Oakland CA

Marcin,

Before you work on the document with the code I already mentioned, firstturn off "Change Tracking" through the Tools menu, or with <ctrl+shift+e>. There is a "TRK" in the bottom-right of the Editor window that should begrayed out indicating that Change Tracking is OFF. You want it grayed out. Then run the code I mentioned. With Change Tracking still OFF, save your document.

With it ON, you will get the current status of your Change Tracking environment, including the user, stored at the top of your document with the atict: tags.

Hope this helps,

Bob