topic Custom Dialog in WCM in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-dialog-in-wcm/m-p/148136#M103402 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to build my own custom dialog for WCM Add Content. I want this to be similar to the "Edit Properties Dialog" in alfresco CMS where you can edit the properties.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Following are the steps I followed, but the Edit Properties dialog is blank.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>1. I Copied edit-content-properties from jsp/content folder to jsp/wcm folder</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>2. Added Following code in AddAvmContentDialog.java </SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR /><BR />protected String doPostCommitProcessing(FacesContext context, String outcome) {<BR />………………………………………………….<BR />this.showOtherProperties = true;<BR />this.avmBrowseBean.setAvmActionNode(new AVMNode(this.avmService.lookup(-1, this.path)));<BR />return "dialog:avmEditContentProperties1";}<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>3. Created a new class AVMEditContentPropertiesDialog.java and following is the code</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />package org.alfresco.web.bean.wcm;<BR /><BR />import java.util.Map;<BR />import org.alfresco.model.ContentModel;<BR />import org.alfresco.service.cmr.avm.AVMService;<BR />import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ContentData;<BR />import org.alfresco.web.bean.content.EditContentPropertiesDialog;<BR />import org.alfresco.web.bean.repository.Node;<BR /><BR />public class AVMEditContentPropertiesDialog extends EditContentPropertiesDialog {<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; /** AVM Browse Bean reference */<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; protected AVMBrowseBean avmBrowseBean;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; protected AVMService avmService;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; @Override<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; public void init(Map&lt;String, String&gt; parameters)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; super.init(parameters);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // setup the editable node<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; this.editableNode = initEditableNode();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // special case for Mimetype - since this is a sub-property of the ContentData object<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // we must extract it so it can be edited in the client, then we check for it later<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // and create a new ContentData object to wrap it and it's associated URL<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ContentData content = (ContentData)this.editableNode.getProperties().get(ContentModel.PROP_CONTENT);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (content != null)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; this.editableNode.getProperties().put(TEMP_PROP_MIMETYPE, content.getMimetype());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; this.editableNode.getProperties().put(TEMP_PROP_ENCODING, content.getEncoding());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; /**<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Init the editable Node<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; */<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; protected Node initEditableNode()<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; //get the AVM path that will contain the content<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; String parent = this.avmBrowseBean.getCurrentPath();<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return new AVMNode(this.avmService.lookup(-1, parent));<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />//&nbsp;&nbsp; public void start(ActionEvent event)<BR />//&nbsp;&nbsp; {<BR />//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // NOTE: this is a temporary solution to allow us to use the new dialog<BR />//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; //&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; framework beans outside of the dialog framework, we need to do<BR />//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; //&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; this because the uploading requires a separate non-JSF form, this<BR />//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; //&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; approach can not be used in the current dialog framework. Until<BR />//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; //&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; we have a pure JSF upload solution we need this initialisation<BR />//<BR />//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; init(null);<BR />//&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; /**<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * @param avmService The AVMService to set.<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; */<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; public void setAvmService(AVMService avmService)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; this.avmService = avmService;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; /**<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * @param avmBrowseBean&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The AVMBrowseBean to set.<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; */<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; public void setAvmBrowseBean(AVMBrowseBean avmBrowseBean)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; this.avmBrowseBean = avmBrowseBean;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />}<BR /><BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>4. Entered Managed bean to faces-config-beans.xml as follows</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-bean&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;description&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The bean that backs up the AVM Add Content Dialog<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/description&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-bean-name&gt;AVMEditContentPropertiesDialog&lt;/managed-bean-name&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-bean-class&gt;org.alfresco.web.bean.wcm.AVMEditContentPropertiesDialog&lt;/managed-bean-class&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-bean-scope&gt;session&lt;/managed-bean-scope&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;property-name&gt;nodeService&lt;/property-name&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;value&gt;#{NodeService}&lt;/value&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/managed-property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;property-name&gt;dictionaryService&lt;/property-name&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;value&gt;#{DictionaryService}&lt;/value&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/managed-property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;property-name&gt;avmService&lt;/property-name&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;value&gt;#{AVMLockingAwareService}&lt;/value&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/managed-property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;property-name&gt;avmBrowseBean&lt;/property-name&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;value&gt;#{AVMBrowseBean}&lt;/value&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/managed-property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/managed-bean&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>5. Added the dialog to web-client-config-dialogs.xml as follows</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!– Definition of the edit content properties dialog –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;dialog name="editContentProperties1" page="/jsp/content/wcm/edit-content-properties.jsp" <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; managed-bean="AVMEditContentPropertiesDialog" icon="/images/icons/edit_properties_large.gif"<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; title-id="modify_content_properties" description-id="edit_content_description" /&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>6. Added action to web-client-config-wcm-actions.xml</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;action id="edit_content"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;permissions&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;permission allow="true"&gt;CreateChildren&lt;/permission&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/permissions&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;label-id&gt;edit_content&lt;/label-id&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;image&gt;/images/icons/add.gif&lt;/image&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;action&gt;dialog:editContentProperties1&lt;/action&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;action-listener&gt;#{AvmEditContentPropertiesDialog.start}&lt;/action-listener&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/action&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>When I try to add the content and click on OK button in add dialog, I am getting Edit Properties screen with no details</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Please let me know where I am wrong. I am new to Alfresco.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Vijay</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:30:37 GMT vijay_alfresco 2007-10-08T15:30:37Z Custom Dialog in WCM https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-dialog-in-wcm/m-p/148136#M103402 Hi,I am trying to build my own custom dialog for WCM Add Content. I want this to be similar to the "Edit Properties Dialog" in alfresco CMS where you can edit the properties.Following are the steps I followed, but the Edit Properties dialog is blank.1. I Copied edit-content-properties from jsp/conte Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:30:37 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-dialog-in-wcm/m-p/148136#M103402 vijay_alfresco 2007-10-08T15:30:37Z Re: Custom Dialog in WCM https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-dialog-in-wcm/m-p/148137#M103403 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Could any one put some light on this, </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Please, help me out…..I need this to be working ASAP</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:19:38 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-dialog-in-wcm/m-p/148137#M103403 vijay_alfresco 2007-10-09T16:19:38Z