JavaScript-Bereich - Metadata

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Metadata

last modified by fse

on 16.07.2021, 12:00

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Examples

Examples for older FORMCYCLE versions

You can use the global JavaScript object window.XFC_METADATA to get access to a variety of information relating to the current form. Here we prefill an input field for an email adress with the email of the user who is currently signed in. We do this only if the form was opened freshly and not submitted yet. Also, as shown in the figure above, the autocomplete feature works even for nested properties.

The global object window.XFC_METADATA contains meta data related to the currently opened form; such as the state of the form, the user that is currently signed in, the the form record and much more. When you open a form, this object is added automatically and filled with the relevant information.

The object XFC_METADATA has got the following entries. For further details on these properties and nested properties, see the linked documentation:

XFC_METADATA.attachments

XFC_METADATA.currentClient

XFC_METADATA.currentLanguage

XFC_METADATA.currentLanguageTag

XFC_METADATA.currentProcess

XFC_METADATA.currentProject

XFC_METADATA.currentSessionFRID

XFC_METADATA.currentSessionID

XFC_METADATA.pluginResults

XFC_METADATA.renderStatus 6.2.0+

XFC_METADATA.requestType

XFC_METADATA.serverTime

XFC_METADATA.urlParams

XFC_METADATA.urls

XFC_METADATA.user 6.4.0+

Outdated properties of XFC_METADATA:

XFC_METADATA.currentUser: Replaced by XFC_METADATA.user

Examples

Retrieve the user name of the current user

Modern JavaScript (ES6)

Legacy JavaScript (Internet Explorer Support)

const username = XFC_METADATA.user.userName;

var username = XFC_METADATA.user.userName;

Retrieve LDAP data from the current user

Modern JavaScript (ES6)

Legacy JavaScript (Internet Explorer Support)

const rawData = XFC_METADATA.user.rawData;

var rawData = XFC_METADATA.user.rawData;

Read the value of an URL parameter named lang

Modern JavaScript (ES6)

Legacy JavaScript (Internet Explorer Support)

const foobar = XFC_METADATA.urlParams.lang;

var foobar = XFC_METADATA.urlParams.lang;

Write the server time to an input field

$("[name='tfServertime']").val(XFC_METADATA.serverTime.toString());

Prefill an email input field with the data of current user

Modern JavaScript (ES6)

Legacy JavaScript (Internet Explorer Support)

$.xutil.onStatus(() => $('[name="tfMail"]').val(XFC_METADATA.user.mail));

$.xutil.onStatus(function() {
$('[name="tfMail"]').val(XFC_METADATA.user.mail);
});

Access a form-specific resource

When there is a file named myData.json uploaded as form-specific resource, you can access it as follows:

Modern JavaScript (ES6)

Legacy JavaScript (Internet Explorer Support)

// Build the URL for a form file
function getResourceURL(filename){
// Read the ID of the current form
const pid = String(window.XFC_METADATA.currentProject.id);
// Take the beginning part of the URL from the metadata object
const url = `${XFC_METADATA.urls.context}includes/ressource?pid=${pid}&name=${encodeURIComponent(filename)}`;
return url;
}
// We uploaded the file "myData.json" as a form file
$.get(getResourceURL("myData.json")).then(data => {
// Do something with the data from the file "myData.json"
});

// Build the URL for a form file
function getResourceURL(filename){
// Read the ID of the current form
var pid = String(window.XFC_METADATA.currentProject.id);
// Take the beginning part of the URL from the metadata object
var url = XFC_METADATA.urls.context + "includes/ressource?pid=" + pid + "&name=" + encodeURIComponent(filename};
return url;
}
// We uploaded the file "myData.json" as a form file
$.get(getResourceURL("myData.json"), undefined, function(data) {
// Do something with the data from the file "myData.json"
});

Examples for older FORMCYCLE versions

Retrieve the user name of the current user in FORMCYCLE before version 6.4.0

Modern JavaScript (ES6)

Legacy JavaScript (Internet Explorer Support)

const username = XFC_METADATA.currentUser.username;

var username = XFC_METADATA.currentUser.username;

Retrieve LDAP data from the current user in FORMCYCLE before version 6.4.0

Modern JavaScript (ES6)

Legacy JavaScript (Internet Explorer Support)

const ldapData = XFC_METADATA.currentUser.ldap;

var ldapData = XFC_METADATA.currentUser.ldap;