topic Add new mimetype in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/add-new-mimetype/m-p/217746#M170876 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm having dificulty creating a new mimetype.&nbsp; I don't see any errors in my log file, so I assume the extensions I have created are loading correctly.&nbsp; I've included all necessary files for reference.&nbsp; When I add content the file type is not listed in the drop down list. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>mimetype-map-extension-context.xml</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&lt;?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?&gt;<BR />&lt;!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' '<A href="http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd</A>'&gt;<BR />&lt;beans&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;bean id="mimetypeConfigService" class="org.alfresco.config.xml.XMLConfigService" init-method="init"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;constructor-arg&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;bean class="org.alfresco.config.source.UrlConfigSource"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;constructor-arg&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;list&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;value&gt;classpath:alfresco/mimetype/mimetype-map.xml&lt;/value&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;value&gt;classpath:alfresco/mimetype/mimetype-map-openoffice.xml&lt;/value&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;value&gt;classpath:alfresco/extension/mimetypes-custom-extension.xml&lt;/value&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/list&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/constructor-arg&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/bean&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/constructor-arg&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/bean&gt;<BR />&lt;/beans&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></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>mimetypes-custom-extension.xml</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&lt;alfresco-config area="mimetype-map"&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Mimetype Map"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mimetypes&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mimetype mimetype="application/CATPart" display="Catia v5"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;extension default="true"&gt;CATPart&lt;/extension&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/mimetype&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mimetype mimetype="application/hsf" display="Hoops Stream Format"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;extension default="true"&gt;hsf&lt;/extension&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/mimetype&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/mimetypes&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/config&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&lt;/alfresco-config&gt;<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></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>alfresco.log</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />10:38:17,041 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertiesFactoryBean] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/repository.properties]<BR />10:38:17,041 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertiesFactoryBean] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/domain/transaction.properties]<BR />10:38:17,041 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertiesFactoryBean] Loading properties file from URL [file:/C:/Alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties]<BR />10:38:17,135 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]<BR />10:38:34,654 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.domain.schema.SchemaBootstrap] Schema managed by database dialect org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLInnoDBDialect.<BR />10:38:36,760 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.domain.schema.SchemaBootstrap] No changes were made to the schema.<BR />10:38:37,680 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'sysAdmin' subsystem, ID: [sysAdmin, default]<BR />10:38:37,696 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]<BR />10:38:37,711 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'sysAdmin' subsystem, ID: [sysAdmin, default] complete<BR />10:38:39,833 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'thirdparty' subsystem, ID: [thirdparty, default]<BR />10:38:39,849 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]<BR />10:38:41,533 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'thirdparty' subsystem, ID: [thirdparty, default] complete<BR />10:38:41,799 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.admin.ConfigurationChecker] The Alfresco root data directory ('dir.root') is: C:\Alfresco\alf_data<BR />10:38:41,861 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.admin.patch.PatchExecuter] Checking for patches to apply …<BR />10:38:42,235 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.admin.patch.PatchExecuter] No patches were required.<BR />10:38:42,235 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.module.ModuleServiceImpl] Found 1 module(s).<BR />10:38:42,329 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.module.ModuleServiceImpl] Starting module 'org.alfresco.module.vti' version 1.2.<BR />10:38:42,625 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'fileServers' subsystem, ID: [fileServers, default]<BR />10:38:42,641 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]<BR />10:38:42,859 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'Authentication' subsystem, ID: [Authentication, managed, alfrescoNtlm1]<BR />10:38:42,875 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]<BR />10:38:42,969 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'Authentication' subsystem, ID: [Authentication, managed, alfrescoNtlm1] complete<BR />10:38:43,015 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'fileServers' subsystem, ID: [fileServers, default] complete<BR />10:38:43,015 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'imap' subsystem, ID: [imap, default]<BR />10:38:43,031 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]<BR />10:38:43,109 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'imap' subsystem, ID: [imap, default] complete<BR />10:38:43,140 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.usage.UserUsageTrackingComponent] Enabled - calculate missing user usages …<BR />10:38:43,203 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.usage.UserUsageTrackingComponent] Found 0 users to recalculate<BR />10:38:43,203 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.usage.UserUsageTrackingComponent] … calculated missing usages for 0 users<BR />10:38:43,203 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'Synchronization' subsystem, ID: [Synchronization, default]<BR />10:38:43,218 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]<BR />10:38:43,359 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'Synchronization' subsystem, ID: [Synchronization, default] complete<BR />10:38:43,515 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.service.descriptor.DescriptorService] Alfresco JVM - v1.6.0_07-b06; maximum heap size 493.063MB<BR />10:38:43,515 WARN&nbsp; [org.alfresco.service.descriptor.DescriptorService] Alfresco JVM - WARNING - maximum heap size 493.063MB is less than recommended 512MB<BR />10:38:43,515 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.service.descriptor.DescriptorService] Alfresco started (Community): Current version 3.2.0 (r2 2440) schema 3300 - Originally installed version 3.2.0 (r2 2440) schema 3300<BR />10:38:43,842 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.module.vti.VtiServer] Vti server started successfully on port: 7070<BR />10:39:02,921 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'wcm_deployment_receiver' subsystem, ID: [wcm_deployment_receiver, default]<BR />10:39:02,937 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]<BR />10:39:03,030 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'wcm_deployment_receiver' subsystem, ID: [wcm_deployment_receiver, default] complete<BR />10:39:04,575 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JBossEnabledWebApplicationContext] Refreshing org.alfresco.config.JBossEnabledWebApplicationContext@8ba8ce: display name [Root WebApplicationContext]; startup date [Tue Dec 15 10:39:04 CST 2009]; root of context hierarchy<BR />10:39:04,855 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JBossEnabledWebApplicationContext] Bean factory for application context [org.alfresco.config.JBossEnabledWebApplicationContext@8ba8ce]: org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@630f2f<BR />10:39:05,916 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.web.scripts.DeclarativeRegistry] Registered 22 Web Scripts (+0 failed), 24 URLs<BR />10:39:05,932 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.web.scripts.AbstractRuntimeContainer] Initialised Presentation Web Script Container (in 222.45662ms)<BR />10:39:06,041 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.web.scripts.DeclarativeRegistry] Registered 40 Web Scripts (+0 failed), 42 URLs<BR />10:39:06,057 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.web.scripts.AbstractRuntimeContainer] Initialised WebFramework Web Script Container (in 119.90826ms)<BR />10:39:06,119 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.web.site.FrameworkHelper] Successfully Initialized Web Framework<BR />10:39:08,740 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.web.site.FrameworkHelper] Successfully Initialized Web Framework<BR />10:40:43,646 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.JBossEnabledWebApplicationContext] Closing org.alfresco.config.JBossEnabledWebApplicationContext@8ba8ce: display name [Root WebApplicationContext]; startup date [Tue Dec 15 10:39:04 CST 2009]; root of context hierarchy<BR />10:40:44,270 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Stopping 'wcm_deployment_receiver' subsystem, ID: [wcm_deployment_receiver, default]<BR />10:40:44,270 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Stopped 'wcm_deployment_receiver' subsystem, ID: [wcm_deployment_receiver, default]<BR />10:40:44,285 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Stopping 'Synchronization' subsystem, ID: [Synchronization, default]<BR />10:40:44,285 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Stopped 'Synchronization' subsystem, ID: [Synchronization, default]<BR />10:40:44,285 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Stopping 'fileServers' subsystem, ID: [fileServers, default]<BR />10:40:44,316 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Stopped 'fileServers' subsystem, ID: [fileServers, default]<BR />10:40:44,316 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Stopping 'imap' subsystem, ID: [imap, default]<BR />10:40:44,316 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Stopped 'imap' subsystem, ID: [imap, default]<BR />10:40:44,316 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Stopping 'thirdparty' subsystem, ID: [thirdparty, default]<BR />10:40:44,316 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Stopped 'thirdparty' subsystem, ID: [thirdparty, default]<BR />10:40:44,332 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Stopping 'Authentication' subsystem, ID: [Authentication, managed, alfrescoNtlm1]<BR />10:40:44,332 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Stopped 'Authentication' subsystem, ID: [Authentication, managed, alfrescoNtlm1]<BR />10:40:44,332 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Stopping 'sysAdmin' subsystem, ID: [sysAdmin, default]<BR />10:40:44,332 INFO&nbsp; 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I don't see any errors in my log file, so I assume the extensions I have created are loading correctly.&nbsp; I've included all necessary files for reference.&nbsp; When I add content the file type is not listed in the drop down list. mimetype-map-extension-conte Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:04:05 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/add-new-mimetype/m-p/217746#M170876 rtoepfer1 2009-12-15T17:04:05Z Re: Add new mimetype https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/add-new-mimetype/m-p/217747#M170877 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Fixed.&nbsp; The mimetype file was named wrong.&nbsp; Correct name must match the static file which is content-services-context.xml.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:08:47 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/add-new-mimetype/m-p/217747#M170877 rtoepfer1 2009-12-15T18:08:47Z Re: Add new mimetype https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/add-new-mimetype/m-p/217748#M170878 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi rtoepfer1,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I was wondering if you could assist me in adding a Mime Type, I have tried following the instructions on the wiki page with no success </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Adding_a_Mime_Type" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Adding_a_Mime_Type</A><SPAN>.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Could you please outline which files (&amp; location in alfresco) you changed so I can try the same on my alfresco setup.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Did you modify content-services-context.xml or create a new file as this is not mentioned in the wiki page?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in Advance</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Rob</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:09:26 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/add-new-mimetype/m-p/217748#M170878 rcis 2009-12-16T11:09:26Z