Xpages- Create New copy of saved document and open it without saving it - xpages

Question

I have a document that I want to create a new version/copy of, so I am trying to do server-side javascript to
Create a new document
copy all items from the current document
open the new document that I have created, without saving it
I am not able to open the newly created document, is this possible?
code I am using is:
var viewPanel=getComponent("viewPanel1");get the componet of viewPanel
var docIDArray=viewPanel.getSelectedIds(); get the array of document ids
for(i=0;i < docIDArray.length; i++){
var docId=docIDArray[i];
var doc=database.getDocumentByID(docId);
var newDoc = database.CreateDocument
doc.CopyAllItems (newDoc)
var docUNID = newDoc.getUniversalID ()
// need something here to open copied document
}

Answer 1

You need to store the IDs in the session scope and then open the page and do the copy inside in one of the data source events:
var viewPanel=getComponent("viewPanel1");get the componet of viewPanel
var docIDArray=viewPanel.getSelectedIds(); get the array of document ids
sessionScope.alltheDocs = docIDArray;
then open the page where you want to have the new document. Inside that page you need to have a repeat control that matches the element count of alltheDocs. I probably would design it using a DojoTab container (one tab per document). Inside the repeat place a panel with a data source (or a custom control). Then in the queryNewDocument event you copy the fields using the variable name of your datasource.

Answer 2

You could save these docs, then show them and add them to a deletion queue by marking a field on those docs. On save remove them from deletion queue as a work around possibly.

Answer 3

1) Do not store Notes object to scope lasting longer than request.
2) If XPage has to inherit some values, it needs to read them from some source.
3) You can not inherit data from Notes document - according to (1) in memory object must not be stored in sessionScope (simplest way to pass objects between two pages), and you can not retrieve it by UNID/key (it is not saved, as requested).
So, (possibly) the only option is:
Make copy of source document - copy every field you are interested in into Map[String,Object]. Fields must be converted into "raw" objects String, Double, Date (java, not Notes) or their vectors for multivalues. You must not copy special (Notes objects) fields - names, dates, rich text! Names can be converted to strings, Dates can be retrieved as Java dates, rich text might be treated as MIME (String) (but with possible loss of formatting). I think you don't want to pass attachments.
In target XPage, define queryNewDocument event to lookup and initialize fields from this Map object. Delete the sessionScope object to prevent duplicates.

Answer 4

I needed very similar thing in my application. I have XPage with a source document opened in read mode. There is a button that creates a new document and set few values (using the source document). I wanted the XPage to open this new document in Edit mode after it was created.
Note: I could not use redirect with URL parametr action as I needed to open it in a same XPage and preserve a view scope variables and beans.
Solution:
Add View Scope variables NewDocAction and documentId (on button click),
Partial refresh of XPage (on button)
Compute document data source using viewScope variable documentId
Check presence of View Scope variable NewDocAction (in onClienLoad event)
javascript code in the button:
var travelDoc = xpBean.createTravelDoc(requestDoc);
if (travelDoc != null){
viewScope.put("content","travelForm"); //to render proper CC on XPage
viewScope.put("documentId", travelDoc.getUniversalID());
viewScope.put("NewDocAction", "ToEditMode");
}
javascript code in a onClientLoad event of a travelForm custom control:
if (viewScope.containsKey("NewDocAction") && viewScope.get("NewDocAction").equals("ToEditMode")){
context.setDocumentMode("travelDoc","edit");
viewScope.remove("NewDocAction");
}