topic Re: custom content not available in Alfresco Archive

custom content not available

marco_tecnoteca — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:11:08 GMT

Hi everybody,I've created a custom content and when tomcat starts all is fine.But, when I launch the "create content wizard" my custom type is not shown, so I'm not able to use it.What am I missing?These are my config files:1) …classes/alfresco/extension/web-client-config-custom.xml<config evalua

Re: custom content not available

ebell — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:27:59 GMT

Make sure you add your custom types correctly….

   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Content Wizards">
      <content-types>
         <type name="bl:doc"/>
      </content-types>
   </config>
   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Action Wizards">
   <!–The list of aspects to show in the add/remove features action –>
   <!–and the hasaspect condition–>
   <aspects>
      <aspect name="bl:expireable"/>
      <aspect name="bl:nameable"/>
      <aspect name="bl:approvable"/>
   </aspects>
   <!–The list of types shown in the issubtype condition –>
   <subtypes>
       <type name="bl:doc" /> 
   </subtypes>
   <!–The list of content and/or folder types shown in the specialisetype action –>
   <specialise-types>
          <type name="bl:doc" /> 
   </specialise-types>
   </config>
   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Advanced Search">
      <advanced-search>
         <content-types>
                              <type name="bl:doc" />
         </content-types>
         <custom-properties>
            <meta-data aspect="bl:nameable" property="bl:fname" display-label-id="firstname"/>
            <meta-data aspect="bl:nameable" property="bl:lname" display-label-id="lastname"/>
            <meta-data aspect="bl:expireable" property="bl:expired" display-label-id="expired"/>
            <meta-data aspect="bl:expireable" property="bl:expirationdate" display-label-id="expirationdate" />
         </custom-properties>
      </advanced-search>
   </config>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: custom content not available

mabayona — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:49:47 GMT

You have to add your custom type in the web-client-config-custom.xml:

   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Content Wizards">
      <content-types>
         <type name="aa:bb" />
      </content-types>
   </config>‍‍‍‍‍

This is enough for the wizard to show your type. If this does not work, your problem is that the custom model is not properly created or is not being read.

The header of yout customModel.xml shoul be something like this:

<model name="aa:custommodel" xmlns="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0">

   <!– Optional meta-data about the model –>   
   <description>Custom Model</description>
   <author>xxx</author>
   <version>1.0</version>

   <imports>
        <!– Import Alfresco Dictionary Definitions –>
      <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0" prefix="d"/>
      <!– Import Alfresco Content Domain Model Definitions –>
      <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0" prefix="cm"/>
     <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/system/1.0" prefix="sys"/>
   </imports>

   <!– Introduction of new namespaces defined by this model –>
   <namespaces>
      <namespace uri="custom.model" prefix="aa"/>
   </namespaces>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: custom content not available

marco_tecnoteca — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:14:57 GMT

There's no way.
I've used the code mabayoba posted, nothing changed.
Tomcat starts but no custom content!

I've also tried to use the "example-model-context.xml" as explained in the "web-client-config-custom.xml"; no changes as well.

Thanks for your support,
Marco

Re: custom content not available

mabayona — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:50:40 GMT

Can you post your complete model to see how it looks?

It would be helpful also to know about your environment (alfresco version, tomcat, DDBB, O.S:, …).

For your comfort just to mention that there are thousands of Alfresco installations (including mine) with fully working Custom Models.

Re: custom content not available

marco_tecnoteca — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:12:40 GMT

Hi, in the end I solved my problem.
I found a way to debug my model and fix the errors.

Solution

First move to WEB-INF/lib directory, then execute:


java -cp .:../classes:alfresco-repository.jar:alfresco-core.jar:log4j-1.2.8.jar:commons-logging-1.0.4.jar:ehcache-1.3.0-patched.jar:jibx-run.jar:xpp3-1.1.3_8.jar:spring-2.0.2.jar org.alfresco.repo.dictionary.TestModel  alfresco/extension/nameOfYourModule.xml
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Thank you all for the support,
Marco

Re: custom content not available

nys — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:00:19 GMT

Hi,

I am also facing the same problem.My custom content type is not available while create/add a new content.
Could you please explain in detail how you solved the problem.

Thanks
nys