topic Problem in custom dashlet to display ms word document in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-in-custom-dashlet-to-display-ms-word-document/m-p/202007#M155137 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Based on the Alfresco Developer guide by Mr.Jeff, I created a custom dashlet to display press releases. I stuck a couple of MS Word documents into the space but the text displayed in the press release area is:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>test_doc.docx</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>PK&nbsp;&nbsp; � � ���!�� 腉 ��&nbsp; �� �&nbsp; [Content_Types].xml �&nbsp; (�� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������… </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The title is indeed test_doc, but all the question marks are not part of the document.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The dashlet that is displaying the document is below, customized a little from the ebook.</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&lt;table&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;#assign l_space = companyhome.childByNamePath["My Space/Test Space"]&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;#list l_space.children as doc&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;#if doc.isDocument&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;tr&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;a class="title"href="/alfresco/${doc.url}"&gt;${doc.properties.title}&lt;/a&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/tr&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;tr&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;td style="padding-left:8px"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;#if (doc.content?length &gt; 500)&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;small&gt;${doc.content[0..500]}…&lt;/small&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[ 270 ]<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;#else&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;small&gt;${doc.content}&lt;/small&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/#if&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/tr&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt; &lt;HR&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/#if&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/#list&gt;<BR />&lt;/table&gt; <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></CODE></PRE></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:27:13 GMT javauser007 2009-04-27T11:27:13Z Problem in custom dashlet to display ms word document https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-in-custom-dashlet-to-display-ms-word-document/m-p/202007#M155137 Based on the Alfresco Developer guide by Mr.Jeff, I created a custom dashlet to display press releases. I stuck a couple of MS Word documents into the space but the text displayed in the press release area is:test_doc.docxPK&nbsp;&nbsp; � � ���!�� 腉 ��&nbsp; �� �&nbsp; [Content_Types].xml �&nbsp; (�� ����������������������� Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:27:13 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-in-custom-dashlet-to-display-ms-word-document/m-p/202007#M155137 javauser007 2009-04-27T11:27:13Z Re: Problem in custom dashlet to display ms word document https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-in-custom-dashlet-to-display-ms-word-document/m-p/202008#M155138 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The content of a Word file is binary data! <img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>You need to convert to plain text. You can use the following:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>${cropContent(doc.properties.content, 500)}<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>This should also work, but i haven't tried it:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>${doc.properties["cm:content"].getContentAsText(500)}<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>Kevin</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:29:04 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-in-custom-dashlet-to-display-ms-word-document/m-p/202008#M155138 kevinr 2009-04-28T09:29:04Z Re: Problem in custom dashlet to display ms word document https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-in-custom-dashlet-to-display-ms-word-document/m-p/202009#M155139 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>hi Kevin,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Excellent work…. Thanks again.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:34:09 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-in-custom-dashlet-to-display-ms-word-document/m-p/202009#M155139 javauser007 2009-04-28T11:34:09Z