topic Re: integration of Alfresco DMS and web client in Alfresco Archive

integration of Alfresco DMS and web client

lpiccoli — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:30:05 GMT

hi alli am have been reading the alfresco docs and have and starting to have feel for alfresco integration into an existing application.the existing j2ee application requires a Document Management System. The Alfresco DMS looks superb.Q1. My question is whether my existing application can integrate

Re: integration of Alfresco DMS and web client

lpiccoli — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:36:22 GMT

i think what i want has been attempted by the product SCAr

http://wiki.rivetlogic.org/display/SCAR/

-lp

Re: integration of Alfresco DMS and web client

norgan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:08:10 GMT

You might be able to work with the JSR 168 Portlet definitions to integrate content. The "cleaner" approach would be developing your own client, offering only those functions that you actually use.

The Alfresco Explorer is quite powerfull but for most "standard/non-it" users, checkin/checkout is a challenge already.

Norgan

Re: integration of Alfresco DMS and web client

jayjayecl — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:10:00 GMT

The Alfresco Explorer is quite powerfull but for most "standard/non-it" users, checkin/checkout is a challenge already

Truer than truth

Re: integration of Alfresco DMS and web client

mmynsberghe — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:54:30 GMT

checkin/checkout is a challenge already

about that, is there perhaps an option that hides the checkin/checkout icons of alfresco in windows explorer (using CIFS)?

Re: integration of Alfresco DMS and web client

norgan — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:16:56 GMT

Hi there,
with CIFS - that would mean hacking the CIFS protocol stack in Alfresco … but how can you distinguish between read acces by the explorer to list the files - and read access by notepad.exe to load the file for editing ?

The solution is - I am afraid, a GUI offering an "edit this file" function or using the sharepoint protocol, making your users open the file directly from inside MS office.

Norgan