Programmatic "extract work item from selected text"
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I know that there exists a "extract work item from selected text" function in the top right corner which can help me achieve this, but it takes me through 3 windows. (to select the relationship, to select the type, to select the fields i want to copy). But I want to be able to achieve this programmatically because I only require a child parent (or a custom) relationship with a Task work item type alone. How can this be achieved? Thanks to all the helpful users posting on these forums, I know how to add a link programmatically. I know how to create a new child task work item with copied attributes. All I need to know is how do I trigger this action. Can a new button be added near the "extract work item from selected text" or "find potential duplicates" functionality button (top right corner)? Can a trigger be fired when creating a new custom or child link in the links tab? If yes, which are the |
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Ralph Schoon (63.3k●3●36●46)
| answered Oct 07 '11, 1:01 p.m.
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Hi Arun,
I am not sure that is so easy, because you would have to extend the Eclipse client as well as the Web Ui. I know it is potentially possible to extend the RTC client. It is probably still very complex to do. I am not so sure you can extend the WebUI. Have you tired looking at the various hints about extending in the WiKi? |
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Hi,
Thank you for your reply. I did go through some of the examples available. And yes, it did seem complicated. Hence I started working on a workaround for this by making it possible to do this in a save pre-condition (operation advisor). It has been successful on most part with an exception resulting to following query. https://jazz.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20510&highlight= I would be very grateful if you could help me with this. Warm Regards, Arun |
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