Assigning parameters to custom page types

I am creating a custom portlet that displays a banner at the top of a page. The banner that the portlet displays is dependant on the value of a parameter being passed into it. So for example if I set the parameter to equal 'finance' it would display a banner specific to the finace department e.t.c. The idea of this approach is that we only have to create one template (rather than one for every department).
I do not want users who create pages to have to go into every page they create and manually set the parameter values for their specific department. (within page properties > parameters). Instead I wish to create some custom page types that have pre-defined parameters set against them. My question is - Is it possible to assign parameters to custom page types (preferably as a hidden field so users cant accidently change it) and if so how? If not does anyone know a better way of doing it?

You can't do this with parameters, but you can do it with custom page type attributes. Set default values for the attributes and have the portlet query the WWSBR_FOLDER_ATTRIBUTES view to get the values (or you could just check the page type in WWSBR_ALL_FOLDERS and not use an attribute at all).
To get the pageid that you'll need for the query, use the function WWCTX_API_PARAMETERS.GET_VALUE('_pageid',p_reference_path).
Regards,
Jerry
PortalPM

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Is there a way of hiding the Category and Keyword base attributes on a custom page as there is when creating a Custom Item Type?
Is it possible to create a page template from a custom page? I just get "Error while copying page. (WWC-44262)
(WWC-00000)" when trying this on Portal 9.0.2.3.
I can create custom pages using wwsbr_api.add_folder but I don't think there is a way to associate a UITemplate with the resultant pages by amending one of the parameters. Can I use the information held in WWTMP_ALL_TEMPLATES to update whatever table associates the UItemplate with the folders/pages - if so which table is it? (I have now attached a template itself linked to a UITemplate to the page group but when you attach a template you lose the right to amend the page areas).

Kendra,
Sorry for the late reply but the forums were down yesterday.
It is not a good practice to update the Portal tables directly. In this case, if the custom page type is identical to a standard page then the manual update should work. That means the custom page type should have no custom attributes or procedures. The custom attributes and procedures can be added to the page type later.
There are other ways to solve this problem. You can use page parameters to accomplish the same thing - just define the page parameter, set a default value, and make the parameter non-customizable. If you have a group of pages that have the same attributes, you can define the parameters in the page template and all the pages will inherit the values. Using page parameters is no more work than updating attributes in a custom page type, and it is easier for portlets to get access to the parameter values than to look up page attributes.
You can also use the function WWPRO_API_PARAMETERS.GET_VALUE('_pageid',p_reference_path) in a PL/SQL portlet to get the value of the portal pageid. You can then query a custom table that cross-references the page id's with the display attributes that you would like the page to use. If you are using Java portlets there are other techniques for parsing the page URL (in the PDK or even generic JDK functions) to get the pageid.
Finally, we will continue to support custom page types. However, for this requirement I would recommend using page parameters instead (you may have other needs for custom page types, however).
Regards,
Jerry
PortalPM

Can not create template based page with customized page type.

I built a customized page type (with persepective attribute) and wanted to build pages with this type. If the new pages do not based on any template, it works fine. However, if I wanted to use a template, the page type was set back to "standard"!
Steps to reproduce it:
1. create a new page type - test page type.
2. create a new template = test template.
3. create a new page - test page.
3.1 choose the page type to be "test page type"
3.2 fill in the form including the new attribute info.
3.2 choose the page template to be 'test template"
3.3 click finish
4. click the properties of "test page", it shows that the page type is "standard" and the new attribute information is gone!
If in step 3.2, no template is chosen, the properties of the new page shows the page type is "test page type".
I tried to find a workaround.
1. create a page with "test page type".
2. covert the new page to template.
I got this error message:
Error while copying page. (WWC-44262)
(WWC-00000)
Looks like customized page type and template can not coexist. Is this a bug?

How long should the upgrade take? And should it be attempted on a production (infrastructure on machine 1/middle-tier on machine 2) Windows 2000 architecture? Or should be wait for 9.0.4? Or ... should I ask this in a TAR? Thanks!
Mike

Can not build a template based page with customized page type.

I built a customized page type (with persepective attribute) and wanted to build pages with this type. If the new pages do not based on any template, it works fine. However, if I wanted to use a template, the page type was set back to "standard"!
Steps to reproduce it:
1. create a new page type - test page type.
2. create a new template = test template.
3. create a new page - test page.
3.1 choose the page type to be "test page type"
3.2 fill in the form including the new attribute info.
3.2 choose the page template to be 'test template"
3.3 click finish
4. click the properties of "test page", it shows that the page type is "standard" and the new attribute information is gone!
If in step 3.2, no template is chosen, the properties of the new page shows the page type is "test page type".
I tried to find a workaround.
1. create a page with "test page type".
2. covert the new page to template.
I got this error message:
Error while copying page. (WWC-44262)
(WWC-00000)
Looks like customized page type and template can not coexist. Is this a bug?

How long should the upgrade take? And should it be attempted on a production (infrastructure on machine 1/middle-tier on machine 2) Windows 2000 architecture? Or should be wait for 9.0.4? Or ... should I ask this in a TAR? Thanks!
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Help needed in passing parameters between custom pages

Hi,
Thanks in advance for your help gurus. I am developing 2 new pages and both should have link between them. WHen I click a button on page A it will navigate to page B, I am passing 2 parameters to page B. Page B is rendered with the help of values passed. Page B has 2 OAMessageLovInput Bean for which I am setting their values based on the values passed using
OAMessageTextInputBean custBean = (OAMessageTextInputBean)webBean.findIndexedChildRecursive("CustID");
custBean.setText(pageContext.getParameter("customerid"));
Everything works great till now. Now I want to change the customer id on page B using the LOV ie I select a new customer and I tab out of the field, still the customer id is not changed, it is set to the old one only to which the bean is set to.
What should I do get the new selected customer id to be populated on the LOV fields.
Thanks,
newbie

newbie,
You really do not need to explicitly set the customer Id through code. Just create a new LOV Mapping and make its return value to the MessageTextInputBean i.e CustID on base page and Lov Region Item would be the CustomerID of the Lov Table region.
Create Custome ID in LOV Table region and set its render property to false. I am assuming that the custId is present in the LOV VO query.
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Required field in custom content type not required in custom list instance

I have an issue with a custom SharePoint 2013 solution. Among other components, it consists of:
a feature with several custom fields with different types, some of which are taxonomy fields,
a feature with three custom content types using different sets of the custom fields with partially different configuration, e.g. whether they are required or not,
a feature with a custom document library template and instance using two of the custom content types and a default picture library that is programmatically customized when the feature is activated, e.g. it is assigned the third custom content type.
When deploying the solution and activating the feature, everything is set up correctly except a single taxonomy field for one of the doc lib's content types. It is defined to be required in both content types but indeed it does not show up as required for
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Is there a way in apex is there way when you create a page you can add a custom page type.
David

David,
You mean you want to specify the type that is displayed on the application home page? If so, no. We calculate that type based upon a formula of sorts that looks at the types of regions you have on a given page.
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I have created custom content type and custom aspx page. I want to use aspx page as template for custom content type.
Can anybody please let me know how to accomplish this?
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I am new to OAFramework... just so that you know.
I have a custom page, called from a link on a notiification, which has a number of parameers coming in. These parameters are internal ids. Do I use validation view object to translate those id's into names and numbers? Or is that usually done via a different technique?
thanks
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Ok, here is what I did.
I have a number of internal id's coming in as parameter.
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- personDataVVO
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System.out.println("VendorId : " + VendorId);
System.out.println("AccountUserId : " + AccountantUserId);
System.out.println("SenderUserId : " + SenderUserId);
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System.out.println("OrgId : " + OrgId);
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regards
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I've been digging through the forum for info on creating custom page layouts. I have the basics: print PDF (to capture the page BG and graphics elements), manipulate in PhotoShop and place the custom page as a full page photo.
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I haven't purchased a book yet and I'm wondering if the book is sent to Apple as a PDF with vector data. If that's the case can custom pages be inserted into the PDF with vector type intact?
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gatz:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. I don't know much about bleeds but you can manipulate it in the iPhoto preference file with Pref Setter.
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iPhoto version 4 or later, allows you to import and print files through the Apple Print Product service as RGB, grayscale, or CMYK color space. JPEG files with RGB color space are recommended for best results.
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Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you got an error while creating custom document set content type.
The issue is that you set the Inherits=”FALSE” in the element. If you set the Inherits=”TRUE”, the content type would work.
Based on the article form MSDN:
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If Inherits is FALSE or absent and the parent content type is a built-in type, the child content type inherits only the fields that were in the parent content type when SharePoint Foundation was installed.
The child content type does not have any fields that users have added to the parent content type.
If Inherits is FALSE or absent and the parent content type was provisioned by a sandboxed solution, the child does not inherit any fields from the parent.
It means if you set the Inherits to true, we would lose all our customization there.
If we set Inherits="FALSE", which means you then have to remember to explicitly add into the definition all the stuff you should be inheriting, like the default Doc Set event receivers.
More reference:
http://morefunthanapokeintheeye.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-successfully-provision-and.html
http://ybbest.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/how-to-deploy-document-set-using-caml-in-sharepoint2010-solution-package/
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Jason
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