Applies to:

BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) - Version 5.6.3 to 5.6.3 [Release 5] Information  in this document applies to any platform. Oracle XML Publisher - Version: 11.5.10 Checked for relevance on 18-MAR-2013

Goal

How to use XDOLoader to Manage, Download and Upload Files?

Fix

Using XDOLoader to Manage Files The XDOLoader utility is a Java-based command line program to load template (RTF, PDF, and XSL-FO), XML, and XSD files to the XML Publisher database tables. Use this utility to download files from one instance and load to another.
The XDOLoader has two modes:

• File download only mode Use this mode to download files from the XDO_LOBS table. Specify the target LOB_CODE, APPS_SHORT_NAME, and LOB_TYPE, LANGUAGE, and TERRITORY to download all files that match the criteria.
• File download and LDT/DRVX generation mode Use this mode to download files from the XDO_LOBS tables and create and LDT file for the downloaded file.        Note: A DRVX file is also created. This file is used by Oracle Development to        load templates during patch application. It is not required for use at your site        and can be ignored. Specify the APPS_SHORT_NAME to download all files (including template files, data definition files and sample xml files) that have the same application short name. You can also specify the DS_CODE to select files that are related to the specific data source definition.

Downloading Files

To download the files, first set up your environment for your session by setting the APPL_TOP and CLASSPATH. Execute the XDOLoader utility as follows:

% java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XDOLoader DOWNLOAD \ -DB_USERNAME <db_username> \ -DB_PASSWORD <db_password> \ -JDBC_CONNECTION <jdbc_con_string> \ -LOB_TYPE <lob_type> \ -APPS_SHORT_NAME <application_short_name> \ -LOB_CODE <lob_code> \ -LANGUAGE <language> \ -TERRITORY <territory> \ -LOG_FILE <log file>

The parameters are described in the following table:

The parameters LOB_CODE and LCT_FILE are optional, but one must be defined as follows:

• LOB_CODE - use this parameter to download an individual template.
• LCT_FILE - if you do not define an LOB_CODE then this parameter is required. If  you want to download multiple templates, then you must provide the LCT file. The loaded needs this file to retrieve the templates. The LCT file can be found under $XDO_TOP/patch/115/import/xdotmpl.lct. When you use this option you will not only get the templates, but the ldt file for the templates will be generated for you as well.                Note: A DRVX file is also created. This file is used by Oracle Development to                load templates during patch application. It is not required for use at your site                and can be ignored.

Example Sample usage is as follows:

java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XDOLoader \ DOWNLOAD \ -DB_USERNAME apps \ -DB_PASSWORD apps \ -JDBC_CONNECTION ap000sun:1521:apps115 \ -LOB_TYPE TEMPLATE \ -APPS_SHORT_NAME XDO \ -LOB_CODE XDOTMPL1 \ -LANGUAGE ja \ -TERRITORY JP

Download usage in LDT/DRVX mode:

java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XDOLoader DOWNLOAD \ -DB_USERNAME <db_username> \ -DB_PASSWORD <db_password> \ -JDBC_CONNECTION <jdbc_conn_string> \ -APPS_SHORT_NAME <application_short_name> \ -DS_CODE (data source code> \ -LCT_FILE <full path to lct file> \ -LDT_FILE <ldt file> \ -DRVX_FILE <drvx file> \ -LOG_FILE <log file>

DOWNLOAD (Mandatory) The first parameter: DOWNLOAD will be implemented in the feature. DB_USERNAME (Mandatory) Database user name (example: apps). DB_PASSWORD (Mandatory) Database user password (example: manager). JDBC_CONNECTION (Mandatory) JDBC database connection string (example: ap000sun:1521:db222). APPS_SHORT_NAME (Mandatory) Application short name (example: AR). LCT_FILE (Mandatory) Full path to the xdotmpl.lct DS_CODE (Optional) Data source code. LDT_FILE (Optional) Output LDT file name (default: xdotmpl.ldt) DRVX_FILE (Optional) Output DRVX file name (default: xdotmpl.drvx) LOG_FILE (Optional) Enter a file name for the output log file (default: xdotmpl.log). DEBUG (Optional) Turns debug on or off. Valid values are: true / false (default)
This mode will create the template or data files, one LDT file, one DRVX file and one log file. Sample usage is as follows: Sample usage as follows:

% java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XDOLoader \ DOWNLOAD \ -DB_USERNAME apps \ -DB_PASSWORD apps \ -JDBC_CONNECTION ap000sun:1521:apps115 \ -APPS_SHORT_NAME XDO \ -LCT_FILE ${XDO_TOP}/patch/115/import/xdotmpl.lct \ -DS_CODE XDODS1

In this mode the LDT file can be used with the FNDLOAD utility to upload the metadata for the downloaded templates.

Uploading Files

To Upload the files, first set up your environment for your session by setting the APPL_TOP and CLASSPATH. Execute the XDOLoader utility as follows:

% java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XDOLoader UPLOAD \ -DB_USERNAME <db_username> \ -DB_PASSWORD <db_password> \ -JDBC_CONNECTION <jdbc_con_string> \ -LOB_TYPE <lob_type> \ -APPS_SHORT_NAME <application_short_name> \ -LOB_CODE <lob_code> \ -LANGUAGE <language> \ -TERRITORY <territory> \ -XDO_FILE_TYPE <xdo_file_type> \ -NLS_LANG <NLS_LANG> \ -FILE_CONTENT_TYPE <file_content_type> \ -FILE_NAME <file_name> \ -OWNER <owner> \ -CUSTOM_MODE [FORCE|NOFORCE] \ -LOG_FILE <log file>

The parameters are described in the following table:  

Example Sample usage is as follows:

% java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XDOLoader \ UPLOAD \ -DB_USERNAME apps \ -DB_PASSWORD apps \ -JDBC_CONNECTION ap000sun:1521:apps115 \ -LOB_TYPE TEMPLATE \ -APPS_SHORT_NAME XDO \ -LOB_CODE XDOTMPL1 \ -LANGUAGE ja \ -TERRITORY JP \ -XDO_FILE_TYPE PDF \ -FILE_CONTENT_TYPE ’aplication/pdf’ \ -FILE_NAME $XDO_TOP/patch/115/publisher/templates/XDOTMPL1_ja_JP.pdf -NLS_LANG JAPANESE_JAPAN.JA16EUC

The XDOLoader program can be run either before or after the FNDLOAD command. The files will be loaded with the appropriate LOB_CODE, which will join to the metadata loaded using the TEMPLATE_CODE or DATA_SOURCE_CODE mapping to the LOB_CODE.
this can also be found at Appendix B starting on page 401 of (<<http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/xml-publisher/docs/xmlp5.6.2userguide.zip>>)   but there are two missing pieces.
1. Data Templates - this is pretty straightforward. There is a new lob type called ‘DATA_TEMPLATE‘ so its treated just like any other XMLP file object.
2. XLIFF Files - these are the translation files, again an xml format but they have their own loader called, surprisingly enough ‘XLIFFLoader‘. It‘s very similar to the XDOLoader, here‘s how to use it
UPLOAD usage :

% java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XLIFFLoader UPLOAD -DB_USERNAME <db_username> -DB_PASSWORD <db_password> -JDBC_CONNECTION <jdbc_con_string> -APPS_SHORT_NAME <application_short_name> -TEMPLATE_CODE <template_code> -OWNER <owner> -CUSTOM_MODE [FORCE|NOFORCE] -FILE_NAME <file_name>

Heres a sample usage:

% java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XLIFFLoader UPLOAD -DB_USERNAME apps -DB_PASSWORD apps -JDBC_CONNECTION ap000sun:1521:apps115 -APPS_SHORT_NAME XDO -FILE_NAME patch/115/publisher/templates/JA/XDOTMPL1_ja_JP.xlf

DOWNLOAD Usage :

% java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XLIFFLoader DOWNLOAD -DB_USERNAME <db_username> -DB_PASSWORD <db_password> -JDBC_CONNECTION <jdbc_con_string> -APPS_SHORT_NAME <application_short_name> -DS_CODE <ds_code> -TEMPLATE_CODE <lob_code> -FILES_DIR <directory> -SUMMARY_FILE <summary_file>

Heres a sample usage:

% java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XLIFFLoader DOWNLOAD -DB_USERNAME apps -DB_PASSWORD apps -JDBC_CONNECTION ap000sun:1521:apps115 -APPS_SHORT_NAME XDO -TEMPLATE_CODE XDOTMPL1

So now you should have everything you need to move those templates, data templates, translations, etc from test to production. We will of course get all of the above into the doc as soon as we can.