Add item without wizard? [SOLVED]

Question

I want users to only add a specific custom item type and to not see items added by other users.
Here is my scenario:
-user clicks a button or icon on a Portal page in View mode
-a custom item type's add form displays (user does not have to select the item type)
-user completes form and clicks [submit] button
-user returned to original page, not item's page in edit mode
I have a hard copy of a presentation by Patrick Monaco to add a fast additem link, but the source code is not included in the hard copy (it is embedded in the PowerPoint).
Message was edited by:
Angrydot

Answer 1

Angrydot,
Here is an example of a plsql block that adds an item. It also includes calls to two types of invalidation of the web-cache depending on what you need.
set serveroutput on
declare
l_text varchar2(4000);
l_site_id number
l_page_id number
l_region_id number;
l_new_item_master_id number;
begin
l_text := 'This is the text that will be added for the item and displayed in your portal';
l_region_id := <region id that you want to add item to>;
l_site_id := <site_id that you want to add item to>;
l_page_id := <page_id that you want to add item to>;
wwctx_api.set_context('<username>','<password>'); -- authenticate the session so you can call add_item
l_new_item_master_id := portal.wwsbr_api.add_item(
p_caid => prp_pg_id,
p_folder_id => prp_pa_id,
p_display_name => '',
p_type_id => portal.wwsbr_api.ITEM_TYPE_TEXT,
p_type_caid => portal.wwsbr_api.SHARED_OBJECTS,
p_region_id => l_region_id,
p_text => l_text,
p_author => ''
-- soft invalidation of cache
dbms_output.put_line('Calling execute_cache_invalidation');
wwpro_api_invalidation.execute_cache_invalidation;
-- hard invalidation of cache
dbms_output.put_line('Clearing Cache');
wxvutil.invalidate_reset;
wxvutil.invalidate_uri('/server:port/portal/pls/portal/pagegroup',0,null);
wxvutil.invalidate_exec('server',webcache-port,'webcache-password');
dbms_output.put_line('l_new_item_master_id = ' || to_char(l_new_item_master_id));
exception
when others then
dbms_output.put_line('SQLCODE = ' || SQLCODE);
dbms_output.put_line('SQLERRM = ' || SUBSTR(SQLERRM,1,200));
end;
Hope this helps, Ken