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Rule that modifies content in sub-Spaces

manders — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:19:39 GMT

Total rule-newbie here!I need to create a rule that does the following:1. Trigger whenever a new Space is created in this Space (via CIFS, but that's neither here nor there)2. In the new Space, transcode a .wmv file to .flv (on the command line, so I'd need to trigger a shell script here and pass it

Re: Rule that modifies content in sub-Spaces

manders — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:22:30 GMT

On #2, I realize now this would be fairly simple by defining a RuntimeExecutableContentTransformer as per:
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Content_Transformations

#4 could be handled via another command line "transformer" (using bash or perl) I suppose, though having a script triggered by the new sub-Space creation would certainly be cleaner if possible.

I suppose the core problem right for me right now is simply - can I make a rule on a Space trigger when a new sub-Space is created, and pass the name of that sub-Space as a parameter to the various transformers and scripts?

Re: Rule that modifies content in sub-Spaces

manders — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:20:19 GMT

For anyone monitoring this thread, the problem I'm currently having with .wmv to .flv conversion using ffmpeg is here: http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=19634.