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custom properties not showing up in Share

lucille_arkenst — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:25:07 GMT

Hello,I created a custom aspect ([Tomcat-home]/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/extension) and set it on a folder in Alfresco Explorer. I want to be able to see those properties in Share as well. I looked through some of the blogs and one of them said to put the customisations in [Tomcat-

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

invictus9 — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:51:19 GMT

Custom property display in explorer requires that you create web-client-config-custom.xml and provide the properties and how they are displayed. I would image there is a similar process for Share.

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

lucille_arkenst — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:57:03 GMT

Thanks. Right, I created my web-client-config-custom.xml… <config evaluator="aspect-name" …> <property-sheet>… The properties display correctly in Explorer. Then I duplicated custom-model-context.xml, customModel.xml, and web-client-config-custom.xml to the "shared" extension subdirectory, but that didn't make it appear in Share. Still trying to figure it out…

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

loftux — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:02:44 GMT

You need to create a form for custom metadata to display in Share. Have a look at
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Forms
And you can find some additional info in my blog-post
http://loftux.se/en/2010/02/11/alfresco-forms-for-share/

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

lucille_arkenst — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:49:25 GMT

Thank you, Loftux. I like your blog! The Forms wiki (and your blog) mention the <tomcat>/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension folder. The folder did not already exist; I had to create. Is this correct?
I do not have a custom type, just a custom aspect. If I write an aspect evaluator… what do I write for node-type evaluator? Do I put the parent type as value for the condition? Or are you supposed to "show" the custom aspect a different way?
Thanks again.

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

loftux — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:33:53 GMT

You are correct, you can just create the web-extension folder. However, if you grabbed an alfresco version that support share, that folder should be in your structure.
You can just grab a version alfresco-community-tomcat-3.3.[zip|tar.gz] from custom installs http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Community_Edition_file_list_3.3, unzip it and it should be there. You will see some sample files there that will help you on the way

As for node-type evaluator, you add your property/properties defined in your aspect to the predefined cm:content form type. Just copy and paste into share-config-custom.xml


 <!– cm:content type (existing nodes) –>
   <config evaluator="node-type" condition="cm:content">
      <forms>
         <!– Default form configuration for the cm:content type –>
         <form>
            <field-visibility>
               <show id="cm:name" />
               <show id="cm:title" force="true" />
               <show id="my:custompropertyfromaspect" />
               …
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Note that you may have to add it in several places for 3.3, there are different configs depending on if you are creating or updating content. Se share-form-config.xml in tomcat/webapps/share/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco
Also, your aspect will not show in a create document dialog if it is not mandatory to that content type. But it will show once you have added the aspect.

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

lucille_arkenst — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:57:37 GMT

Thank you very much! This helps. I downloaded alfresco-community-tomcat-3.3 and I see share-form-config.xml. This is good. I have been doing my development work with alfresco-labs-tomcat-3c on localhost… do you think I need to redo the whole thing using alfresco-community-tomcat-3.3? ops:

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

loftux — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:03:05 GMT

Cant really tell how much work it will be, since I have no idea how much customization you have done
But if you are aiming for Share, you will definitely be better off going through the effort to upgrade your code. And once you are done, there will be a 3.3G release in a couple of weeks!

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

lucille_arkenst — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:07:29 GMT

OK, I'll do it. Thanks!

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

lucille_arkenst — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:58:06 GMT

Hello Loftux, if you are there…
I followed the instructions in "Installing and Configuring Alfresco Community Edition 3.3" and I started the server, but nothing happens when I go to http://localhost:8080/share or http://localhost:8080/alfresco. The Firefox wheel icon keeps spinning and the page never loads. Does this sound familiar? Do you have any idea what I should do?

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

loftux — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:26:46 GMT

… Does this sound familiar? Do you have any idea what I should do?

Yep, has happened to me to.
But really, this could be anything. You need to post the contents of alfresco.log (put it in the code tag so it wont be so long). Without that - sorry, can't help you.

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

lucille_arkenst — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:19:45 GMT

Sure! Thanks for your help. Sorry it took me so long. I forgot to start the MySQL Server… repeatedly # But this time I remembered and this is the log:


ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver] [SMB] Server error : org.alfresco.jlan.server.config.InvalidConfigurationException: Error initializing TCP-IP SMB session handler, Permission denied
ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver] org.alfresco.jlan.server.config.InvalidConfigurationException: Error initializing TCP-IP SMB session handler, Permission denied
ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver]    at org.alfresco.jlan.smb.server.nio.NIOCifsConnectionsHandler.initializeHandler(NIOCifsConnectionsHandler.java:259)
ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver]    at org.alfresco.jlan.smb.server.SMBServer.run(SMBServer.java:472)
ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver]    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:637)
ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver] [FTP] FTP Socket error : java.net.BindException: Permission denied
ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver] java.net.BindException: Permission denied
ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver]    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)
ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver]    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:365)
ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver]    at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:319)
ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver]    at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:185)
ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver]    at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:141)
ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver]    at org.alfresco.jlan.ftp.FTPServer.run(FTPServer.java:555)
ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver]    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:637)
14:11:25,165 WARN  [org.alfresco.service.descriptor.DescriptorService] Alfresco JVM - WARNING - maximum heap size 455.125MB is less than recommended 512MB
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Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

loftux — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:36:17 GMT

14:11:25,165 WARN  [org.alfresco.service.descriptor.DescriptorService] Alfresco JVM - WARNING - maximum heap size 455.125MB is less than recommended 512MB‍

You should add more memory for your appserver. Edit JAVA_OPTS in alfresco.sh. For testing, -Xmx800m can work, depending on available memory in you machine. For production, 64 bit system is recommended so you can use more than 1,5 Gb of memory. http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/JVM_Tuning

The SMB and FTP errors are because you try to run them on privileged ports, edit the config to use non-privileged ports.
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/File_Server_Subsystem#Running_SMB.2FCIFS_from_a_normal_user_account

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

lucille_arkenst — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:17:07 GMT

Thanks for catching that. Adding more memory resolved the first issue. I edited file-servers.properties and used the property setting in the wiki but it didn't work…?


cifs.tcpipSMB.port=1445
cifs.netBIOSSMB.namePort=1137
cifs.netBIOSSMB.datagramPort=1138
cifs.netBIOSSMB.sessionPort=1139
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Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

loftux — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:35:55 GMT

You should not edit file-servers.properties. You put this in alfresco-global.properties. Read the whole page about subsystems.

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

lucille_arkenst — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:56:01 GMT

Fixed. Got Alfresco to start, got my custom properties to work in Share, thank you very much. By the way, would you happen to have written a blog on how to expose custom workflows in Share?

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

mikeh — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:03:04 GMT

In 3.3G you can add them to the relevant config section in share-config-custom.xml

Thanks,
Mike

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

lucille_arkenst — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:29:30 GMT

Hello Mike,

I have been looking inside Alfresco 3.3G for a clue on how to set up the configuration. So far I still don't know. Can you give me a hint? What should config evaluator type be, and what should the config condition be?

Thanks!

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

mikeh — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:55:48 GMT

You can't configure much more than the workflow name in v3.3. We're planning to add dedicated Task & Workflow handling in the next version due at the end of this year.

In the meantime, please see the following section of config:

      <!–
         Used by the "Assign Workflow" action.

         For custom workflow definitions, remember to also add the relevant i18n string(s):
            workflow.wf_mydefinition=My Workflow Definition
      –>
      <workflows>
         <workflow definition="wf:review" />
         <workflow definition="wf:adhoc" />
      </workflows>
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Thanks,
Mike

Re: custom properties not showing up in Share

lucille_arkenst — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:58:16 GMT

I grep'd for "<workflows>" and did not see any other file but web-client-config-wcm.xml. Is that the file you are referring to? Because it doesn't look like the one you posted. This is from 3.3 and 3.3G:

<alfresco-config>
   <config>
      <wcm>
         <!– Comma separated list of the workflows to display in the Create Web Form and
              Create Web Project wizards. The Name identifers of the workflows should be specified. –>
         <workflows>
            wcmwf:submit
         </workflows>
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