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1. (DrChannard),

Oct 19, 2005 12:15 PM in reply to (Alessio_Giorgini)

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OK...I solved the problems related to the base DN and other options setup.
But, my workflow is always stalled after the first user compile the form.

What I am trying to do is quite simple.
1° user compile a form inserting a userid.
Then I have to do a LDAP search with this component in order to extract from
the LDAP the email of the user inserted in the form.

I do this. And I think it works. But at this point the process always
stalled, because of course there isn't an action following LDAP Search.
I try to insert a User Action, in which appears another form that displays
userid and email, but the process stalled before arriving this point.

Any suggestion?

Thanks,
Alessio

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2. HowardTreisman,

Oct 19, 2005 10:02 PM in reply to (Alessio_Giorgini)

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Hi

A couple of suggestions:
1. Please send the exception that was reported when the process stalled.
2. Please download the VariableLogger QPAC from http://www.avoka.com/avoka/qpac_library.shtml - this will enable you to easily see what the values of your process variables are after running the LDAP qpac.
3. You may want to use a simpler QPAC to do what you need - we have one called LookupUser that's much easier to use than the LDAP one. It's not available for download yet, because it's only in Beta, but I'd be happy to send it to you. Send me an email at htreisman@avoka.com if you'd like a copy.

Howard

Howard Treisman
Avoka Technologies
Specializing in Custom QPAC development and LiveCycle Solutions
http://www.avoka.com/avoka/qpac_library.shtml

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3. (abhishek_upadhyay),

Nov 16, 2005 3:01 AM in reply to (Alessio_Giorgini)

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One More query on LDAP QPAC.

Is it possible to search email and display name of process creator ??
We tried to use forn variable "creator_id" but how to use this we are not able to understand.

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4. HowardTreisman,

Nov 16, 2005 4:33 AM in reply to (Alessio_Giorgini)

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Hi

The creator_id is an internal workflow id that does not exist in LDAP, so you can't use the LDAP QPAC to look it up.
You CAN use the LookupUser QPAC we've developed.
You can download a beta from http://www.avoka.com/betaqpacs/
This will return the email address, login id, and lots of other details about the designated user.

Howard

Howard Treisman
Avoka Technologies
Specializing in Custom QPAC development and LiveCycle Solutions
http://www.avoka.com/avoka/qpac_library.shtml

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5. HowardTreisman,

Nov 16, 2005 4:35 AM in reply to (Alessio_Giorgini)

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PS "creator_id" is not a form variable. It's a process variable, or more correctly, a process-instance variable. (Picky, picky...:-)

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6. (abhishek_upadhyay),

Nov 16, 2005 8:37 PM in reply to (Alessio_Giorgini)

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Hellow Howard,

We know that "creator_id" is a form variable and using that in SQL Qpac we can find the details of person who is initiating the workflow.

I am having your "Lookupuser" QPAC can you tell me how we can find the person detail who is initiating the Workflow using that QPAC

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7. HowardTreisman,

Nov 17, 2005 4:14 AM in reply to (Alessio_Giorgini)

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Hi
(This is from memory, I don't have the QPAC installed on this machine, so I'm not 100% sure this is correct, but it should be very close.)
Inputs tab:
Type: Auto
Any User Identifier: {$/process_data/creator_id$}
(Or you could use PrincipalId for a more efficient search)

Output tab:
Select any of the outputs you want, and place it into a variable. All the variables expect string types, except Found and User Is Current, which are booleans (or numeric).
The UID String is the name that the user logs into FM or adminui with.

Howard

Howard Treisman
Avoka Technologies
Specializing in Custom QPAC development and LiveCycle Solutions
http://www.avoka.com/avoka/qpac_library.shtml

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8. (Netkeeper),

Nov 20, 2005 1:04 PM in reply to (Alessio_Giorgini)

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Hello, I have also been attempting to use the LDAP QPAC that is included with the SDK. I have added it to a demo process, configured all the properties in the dialog and ran the test. The test comes back with what I would expect. No errors. My simple search is just looking for the department of a user in my Active Directory. The test does return back the correct department and a row count of 1. This is all good. But... When I attempt to run the process from Form Manager, the process stalls every time on the LDAP search action. When I look up details on the stalled action this is the first few lines of the error I get. **************************************************************** javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Cannot instantiate class: [Root exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: ] at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:6 57) at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:247 ) at javax.naming.InitialContext.init(InitialContext.java:223) at javax.naming.InitialContext.<init>(InitialContext.java:197) at javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext.<init>(InitialDirContext.jav a:82) at com.avoka.workflow.qpac.ldap.LdapBroker.<init>(LdapBroker.java:84) at com.avoka.workflow.qpac.ldap.LdapService.execute(LdapService.java:88) at com.adobe.workflow.engine.PEUtil.executeAction(PEUtil.java:184) **************************************************************** Has anyone had any success with this QPAC? Thanks Pete

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9. (Netkeeper),

Nov 20, 2005 1:48 PM in reply to (Alessio_Giorgini)

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I have found success. I added the following to the deployment settings for the LDAP search QPAC.

Inital_context_factory: com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory
provider_URL: ldap://localhost:389
UserName: Admin
Password: *******
Other_Properties: [left blank]

Pete L

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10. (Guvenc),

Jan 4, 2007 5:32 AM in reply to (Alessio_Giorgini)

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Hi Abhishek,
How did you success to find the details of the process initiator by using creator_id ? I need to set some of the fields in the form with the data of the process initiator.

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11. HowardTreisman,

Jan 4, 2007 4:24 PM in reply to (Alessio_Giorgini)

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Hi Guvenc
The creator_id is a workflow-internal ID for the user - this ID does not exist in LDAP, so you can't use it in an LDAP lookup.

You can try using our LookupUser QPAC, which will locate most information about a user from the creator_id. (It's much easier to use than LDAP too:-) You can download a free evaluation version at:
http://www.avoka.com/avoka/qpac_library.shtml

Regards,
Howard
http://www.avoka.com

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12. (Billy_Blackerby),

Feb 8, 2007 3:38 PM in reply to (Alessio_Giorgini)

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You can also use the following SQL in a SQL QPAC to retrieve the email address and then data map that to a variable of the workflow:

SELECT email FROM EDCPRINCIPALENTITY WHERE id = '{$/process_data/@creator_id$}'

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Billy Blackerby
http://tci-usa.com

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13. (raghavakumar),

May 8, 2007 9:23 PM in reply to (Alessio_Giorgini)

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Hi..
i am trying to use LDAP search qpac.I have the provider url and i gave the username as admin and password as password.when i drag the ldap search qpac into my workflow and refreshing for the baseDN, it is giving an error saying that
"cannot instantiate class com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory"

wht do the DC,CN mean?
plzz help me if there are any demos for understandin the ldap search qpac more..
i have already read the topic given by marc szulc regarding ldap search qpac.

thanks..
Raghava Kumar V.S.S.

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