writeattach.exe

Are you attaching a URL? You have ATYPE=U and it would be ATYPE=C for comment.
I thought it would be ATYPE=A for attachment (which is what a URL usually is).
AUDT stands for the type of comment (not sure of the correct ones for CBPAYMENT).

Based on your code, it looks like you are trying to upload a URL (&_ATYP=U&_AUDT=I&_USCH=http).
That is not supported by that particular table/attachment type. The best you can do is to 1) create a new attachment type (which would be a modification), or 2) attach the URL as a text comment, which would not be "linkable" from Portal.
Try:
&_ATYP=C&_AUDT=A

We are trying to do the same thing for CB that we did for GL (i.e. a custom script to allow an "upload" button to upload a document and save it as an URL for the current record.

This is what worked for GL: var t = "http://" + serverBBB + "/cgi-lawson/writeattach.exe?_OUT=XML&"
t += "_PDL="
t += prodline
t += "&_FN=GLCONTROL&_IN=GLCSET1"
t += "&K1="
t += m_Company
t += "&K2="
t += m_FiscalYear
t += "&K3="
t += m_AcctPeriod
t += "&K4="
t += m_System
t += "&K5="
t += m_JeType
t += "&K6="
t += m_ControlGroup
t += "&K7="
t += m_JeSequence
t += "&_ATYP=U&_AUDT=A&_USCH=http&_DATA=TRUE&_OPM=M&_ECODE=FALSE&_ATTR=TRUE&_AOBJ=TRUE"
t += "&_ANAM="
t += escape(m_Title)
//t += escape(document.getElementById('F2').value)
t += "&_ATXT="
t += escape(strAttachURL)

Will that not work on the CB side???

Where do you find valid values for all of thee different variables?

I've done something similar for several attachments. What I found useful was to run portal in debug mode. Then go and actually do an attachment. Then look at the resulting code in the debug window to to what parameters, etc are being passed.

@Terry,

When I turn debug on and try to upload, I get an error message back from writeattach.exe, but nothing shows up in the debug window.

Does anyone know if you can even upload items for CB???

Thanks, Jeff

What form are you trying to do this on?

The short answer is that you can’t attached a URL for CBPAYMENT as you can for GLCONTROL, because the attachment type for GLCONTROL (URL) is different than for CBPAYMENT (comment).





As for how you figure it out, I have attached some documentation (I think this was from Lawson but not sure) on the syntax, as well as a white paper I wrote on Comments/Attachments.

Personally, I have to dive into the .or files myself and just try a lot of trial and error.

@John,

Thanks for your reply - however I can't see the pngs you embedded.

Jeff

@Terry, CB55.1

Posted By Jeff Pratte on 10/19/2011 08:24 AM
@John,

Thanks for your reply - however I can't see the pngs you embedded.

Jeff

Jeff, sorry about that.  Images now shown.

As John pointed out, the only attachment type for CB55.1 are comments, not URL. I'm sure you can figure out how to write a comment out without too much problem. You might be able to get creative and put in the comment the URL of the attachment to make it work similar, but I've never tested doing something like that. The problem is how to make it a hot link and not just text.

Sorry, couldn't help much on this one.