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MS Word add-ins problem

anovotny — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:28:43 GMT

Hello,I tried to follow this wiki page - http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Microsoft_Office.It seems to work fine, but the I can’t see the document details – I see the message „The current document is not managed by Alfresco.“I tried to open the document from alfresco client, CIFS and the add-ins itself

Re: MS Word add-ins problem

mikeh — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:48:22 GMT

Please post the add-in settings and step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce the issue.

Thanks,
Mike

Re: MS Word add-ins problem

anovotny — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:41:46 GMT

Thanks for the answer.
I am not sure, what you mean by add-ins settings, so I will describe what I did and if it is not sufficient, let me know what is missing.
From http://dev.alfresco.com/downloads/nightly/dist/ downloaded the alfresco-community-office2003-addins-3.2r2.zip file
Extracted, installed.
In MS word run the Alfresco icon, filled the Web client URL field (in my case http://virtual1:8080/alfresco/), checked Use CIFS Connection (entered \\virtual1a\alfresco\). Entered the UserName/Password.
Confirmed.
I can see checked documents, brows spaces, open document form the browser, search etc. But in the section „Current Document Details“ I see the message „The current document is not managed by Alfresco“
Tried with MS Word 2007 and 2003. Tried with empty username/password. Tried with unchecked/empty CIFS.
Still the same.

I am not sure, whether is related to alfresco, but after installation, during every MS word start I receive strende message: m_DefaultTemplate: wcservice/office

Looking forward the answer.
Ales

Re: MS Word add-ins problem

dangruhn — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:17:54 GMT

Ales,

In case you didn't get a reply, you need to download the files from SVN because the nightly updates are from 14 January, too old for a fix to this problem.

You can get all of the information from this thread:

http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=24228

I also needed to make sure I used \\servera\alfresco for my CIFS (note the "a" on the end of the server name) to get some things to work right. It would be nice if someone could explain why the "a" post-fix is needed.

Dan

Re: MS Word add-ins problem

anovotny — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:36:54 GMT

Thanks for the answer.
Reinstall with files from SVN helped, the messages is gone.
But the main problem still remains – I can’t see/edit the document details.
Does anyone have an idea where could be the problem?
Thank you
Ales

Re: MS Word add-ins problem

dangruhn — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:59:04 GMT

I have found that things seem to work best if you don't CIFS, but just use the web address for your server (e.g. http://server:8080/alfresco). That is thus far the only way I've seen to get the document details.

Also, forget what I said about the "a" post-fix, it wasn't what I thought. I'm also find a problem with returned status after deleting or transforming to PDF (see this http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25040).

I wish someone who knows more, like a developer, would add something here.

Re: MS Word add-ins problem

anovotny — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:35:34 GMT

You are right Dan,
when I opened the document within the word from the web address (port 8080), I was able to see the document properties.
Strange is, that in the document http://wiki.alfresco.com/w/images/2/25/Managing_Alfresco_Content_from_within_Microsoft_Office.pdf is written, that it should be opened from the port 7070…

Anyway my goal was to see and edit my custom properties, what is not possible - there are only the standard ones visible without a chance to edit…

Does anybody know, whether it is possible?
Thanks Ales

Re: MS Word add-ins problem

mikeh — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:52:38 GMT

Strange is, that in the document http://wiki.alfresco.com/w/images/2/25/Managing_Alfresco_Content_from_within_Microsoft_Office.pdf is written, that it should be opened from the port 7070…

That document is referring to the Sharepoint connector - i.e. native Office & Sharepoint support. For that scenario, you wouldn't use the Microsoft Office add-in, as that was our "Sharepoint equivalent" before Microsoft were made to open-up the protocols and we could support it natively.

The Office add-ins page is here: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Microsoft_Office

Anyway my goal was to see and edit my custom properties, what is not possible - there are only the standard ones visible without a chance to edit…

Does anybody know, whether it is possible?

No, the Office add-in doesn't currently support this and there are no immediate plans to add it. Feel free to raise an issue in JIRA with your requirements and it may get prioritised in the future.

Thanks,
Mike