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Can't delete files or folders in a space due to custom type

l33m4n — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:59:50 GMT

Hi,I have been playing around with custom content types and have finally got them working using the extension folder method (as opposed to dynamically using the data dictionary).Now that the type is working I want to clear out the document library and start afresh. The problem is, I can no longer li

Re: Can't delete files or folders in a space due to custom type

loftux — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:19:14 GMT

Rule of thumb is never to delete types or properties that once have been into production use. What you can do is to hide them in the forms configuration and then with a comment mark them as deprecated in your model file.

So in order to be able to delete documents and files that you have created with the old definitions, you most likely need to add them back.

Re: Can't delete files or folders in a space due to custom type

l33m4n — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:04:54 GMT

Thanks for confirming my suspicions. The problem I have now is that I have played about with these types and used a few type names etc. so I'm going to struggle to remember exactly how to restore the types. Is there a database record that I can look at?

Re: Can't delete files or folders in a space due to custom type

loftux — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:31:14 GMT

You can probably use the node browser to see what properties and type that are set for a document
http://docs.alfresco.com/4.0/topic/com.alfresco.enterprise.doc/tasks/adminconsole-nodebrowser.html
http://docs.alfresco.com/4.0/topic/com.alfresco.enterprise.doc/tasks/tuh-admin-nodebrowser.html (Explorer version of the node browser)

Re: Can't delete files or folders in a space due to custom type

l33m4n — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:12:58 GMT

Thanks that's very helpful. I was hoping there would be some method like this. Apologies for my slow response - this problem turned me off Alfresco for a little while and I've been thinking about Sharepoint but I will persevere. Custom content types are a high priority requirement for my project so I need to be 100% certain that they are manageable.

Re: Can't delete files or folders in a space due to custom type

jimcameron — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:57:44 GMT

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Re: Can't delete files or folders in a space due to custom type

markovin — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:49:38 GMT

I got the same problem as very annoying and with no explanation as the file names have no visible illegal characters and are not too long and not copied or deleted and found good stuff at http://pathtoodeep.com/ and also over here. Thanks

Re: Can't delete files or folders in a space due to custom type

alexiusnor — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:00:25 GMT

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Re: Can't delete files or folders in a space due to custom type

antonnys — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:29:00 GMT

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