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Google Docs config in 3.4a

jeremy — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:36:15 GMT

Hi,I installed 3.4a Community edition. The content of the share-config-custom.xml file in tomcat\shared\classes\web-extension does not have any google docs information, like it did in 3.3g.For example in 3.3g the share-config-custom.xml file had <google-docs> <!– Ena

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

ssaravanan — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:59:48 GMT

In Alfresco 3.4a you will find the googleDocs configuration under
tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/subsystems/googledocs/default/googledocs.properties

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

mikeh — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:40:31 GMT

Actually, there are two parts to the Google Docs configuration - Share and the Repository.

For the Repository, copy the values from googledocs.properties into alfresco-global.properties outside the webapps folder (you should never change anything *inside* the webapps folder - it'll get overwritten if the war ever gets redeployed).

For Share, you can find the relevant config either in share-config.xml or share-config-custom.xml.sample

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

sravenscroft — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:02:05 GMT

Actually, there are two parts to the Google Docs configuration - Share and the Repository.

For the Repository, copy the values from googledocs.properties into alfresco-global.properties outside the webapps folder (you should never change anything *inside* the webapps folder - it'll get overwritten if the war ever gets redeployed).

For Share, you can find the relevant config either in share-config.xml or share-config-custom.xml.sample

Thanks,
Mike

Can anyone please elaborate on the steps required to get Google Docs integration working on Community edition (3.4b, nightly build from yesterday).

I tried to follow the instructions at https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://wiki.alfresco.com/w/images/7/78/Getting_Started_with_Using_Google_Docs_with_Alfresco.pdf, but it is really vague.

Also - how / where can I enable debugging for Google docs integration.

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

bwesaala — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:23:44 GMT

Hi Mike et al,

Am also trying to configure googledocs with Alfresco 3.4a. For the Share configuration we have the share-config.xml (share-config.xml.sample). However, it does not have the section for configuring Google Docs like we had in 3.3G. Was there a change in how to configure googledocs in 3.4a?

Thank you,

Brian Wesaala

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

mikeh — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:21:52 GMT

It's exactly the same config, but due to some problems related to how the installers work, we couldn't include the config in the sample file any more. I think that was just a temporary issue however, so I'll see if I can get it back in to prevent confusion in the future.

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

sravenscroft — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:09:26 GMT

It's exactly the same config, but due to some problems related to how the installers work, we couldn't include the config in the sample file any more. I think that was just a temporary issue however, so I'll see if I can get it back in to prevent confusion in the future.

Thanks,
Mike

Thanks Mike.

I never used 3.3, we upgraded from 3.2 to 3.4 - currently running 3.4b. I therefore have not had any exposure to the Google Docs integration.

Can you possibly post the config here for our convenience?

Much appreciated!

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

shieldfire — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:04:37 GMT

Completely new to Alfresco, tinkering with it for an intranet site I am planning.
In the document at https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://wiki.alfresco.com/w/images/7/78/Getting_Started_with_Using_Google_Docs_with_Alfresco.pdf it says that the file /tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension/share-config-custom.xml shold be edited to

Ensure that you have the Google Editable Aspect declared.

Done!

Look for the Google Docs section of the file and ensure that you have the “enabled” option set to “true”

Ummm, lost … There is no such section in that file.

So, what am I missing?

Might post another noob question in a wee bit … 😃

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

bwesaala — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:58:31 GMT

Thanks Mike,

I'd like to point out that in 3.4a we do not have the share-config-custom.xml.sample. We only have the share-config-custom.xml, which appears to be different from the 3.3G version. For example, in the 3.4a config file there is no section for including aspects, where we're supposed to append google docs aspect:

<aspect name="gd:googleEditable" />

Also a quick look at the header information, 3.3G has the header <!– Global config section –> where as 3.4a is labeled <!– Repository Library config section –>

Much appreciation for your support on this issue.

Brian Wesaala

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

mikeh — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:25:21 GMT

It's been posted in the first post of this forum topic (I've added the DocumentLibrary section too):

<!– Document Library config section –>
<config evaluator="string-compare" condition="DocumentLibrary" replace="true">

   <!–
      Google Docs™ integration
   –>
   <google-docs>
      <!–
         Enable/disable the Google Docs UI integration (Extra types on Create Content menu, Google Docs actions).
      –>
      <enabled>false</enabled>

      <!–
         The mimetypes of documents Google Docs allows you to create via the Share interface.
         The I18N label is created from the "type" attribute, e.g. google-docs.doc=Google Docs&trade; Document
      –>
      <creatable-types>
         <creatable type="doc">application/msword</creatable>
         <creatable type="xls">application/vnd.ms-excel</creatable>
         <creatable type="ppt">application/vnd.ms-powerpoint</creatable>
      </creatable-types>
   </google-docs>

</config>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

rays — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:54:58 GMT

Brian and I have set-up Google Docs properties per the above advice.

It appears that the "fixed bug" reported here in http://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-2831 is again present in Alfresco Community v3.4.0 (b 3262) schema 4111 which is the version included in the distributed installer.

How is that possible? What can I provide by way of evidence other than to say that it is not working in this freshly installed version and documents cannot be checked out to Google Docs?

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

mikeh — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:28:14 GMT

Switch on debugging for the module:

log4j.logger.org.alfresco.repo.googledocs=debug‍

You might find the error is something like "Could not convert document" which seems to be an intermittent Google Docs issue we have no control over. See if check-out works for Excel & PowerPoint and breaks for Word…

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

rays — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:09:00 GMT

My first test was to create a Google Docs Document using the drop-down menu. Document is created and then I try to check it out to Google Docs. Result is only this single line in alfresco.log

21:26:59,823 DEBUG [org.alfresco.repo.googledocs.GoogleDocsServiceImpl] Trying to initialise google docs service for user ${googledocs.username}

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

mikeh — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:30:31 GMT

My first test was to create a Google Docs Document using the drop-down menu. Document is created and then I try to check it out to Google Docs. Result is only this single line in alfresco.log

21:26:59,823 DEBUG [org.alfresco.repo.googledocs.GoogleDocsServiceImpl] Trying to initialise google docs service for user ${googledocs.username}

That looks like you've not configured the service side:

In Alfresco 3.4a you will find the googleDocs configuration under
tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/subsystems/googledocs/default/googledocs.properties

Copy the placeholder values to your alfresco-global.proprties (in Tomcat/shared/classes) and populate them with correct values, e.g.

#
# Google Docs
#
googledocs.googleeditable.enabled=true
googledocs.username=my-google-docs-account@gmail.com
googledocs.password=mySuperSecretPassword‍‍‍‍‍‍

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Google Docs config in 3.4a

rays — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:50:45 GMT

From the debug text, I too thought that there was maybe a problem with the config of the google docs account which I had already set-up in alfresco-global.properties in the way you described above.

Now for the ops: bit of the explanation.

It took me three visits to alfresco-global.properties before I noticed that I had not uncommented the user account and password lines. Duh!

I now have my first checkout working.

Thanks for your patient support.

(Now I'm going to crawl back into a very deep hole of my own making!)