topic Re: How to recognize if a user views or edits a node in a repository form filter? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-recognize-if-a-user-views-or-edits-a-node-in-a-repository/m-p/292541#M245671 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You cannot - the Repository-tier filters are oblivious to the mode the form is to be displayed in. That information is not even passed to the Repository-tier. What I typically do when I need some specially constructed values for read-only views is to generate transient fields in the form and configure those fields (instead of the actual property) in the view form in Share.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Dec 2016 10:36:46 GMT afaust 2016-12-02T10:36:46Z How to recognize if a user views or edits a node in a repository form filter? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-recognize-if-a-user-views-or-edits-a-node-in-a-repository/m-p/292540#M245670 I want to edit some values of form fields when a user views an existing node (view mode). In edit mode I don´t want to modify these values... MyCurrently, I have configured a form filter for changing some form field values.&nbsp;&lt;bean id="formFilter" class="xxx" parent="baseFormFilter"&gt; &lt;propert Fri, 02 Dec 2016 10:21:26 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-recognize-if-a-user-views-or-edits-a-node-in-a-repository/m-p/292540#M245670 jego 2016-12-02T10:21:26Z Re: How to recognize if a user views or edits a node in a repository form filter? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-recognize-if-a-user-views-or-edits-a-node-in-a-repository/m-p/292541#M245671 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You cannot - the Repository-tier filters are oblivious to the mode the form is to be displayed in. That information is not even passed to the Repository-tier. What I typically do when I need some specially constructed values for read-only views is to generate transient fields in the form and configure those fields (instead of the actual property) in the view form in Share.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Dec 2016 10:36:46 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-recognize-if-a-user-views-or-edits-a-node-in-a-repository/m-p/292541#M245671 afaust 2016-12-02T10:36:46Z Re: How to recognize if a user views or edits a node in a repository form filter? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-recognize-if-a-user-views-or-edits-a-node-in-a-repository/m-p/292542#M245672 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A __default_attr="73554" __jive_macro_name="user" _jive_internal="true" data-id="73554" data-objecttype="3" data-type="person" href="https://community.alfresco.com/people/afaust" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></A>‌ Interesting.</P><P>Do you have any sample code to share?</P><P>I never thought about that.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Dec 2016 12:40:34 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-recognize-if-a-user-views-or-edits-a-node-in-a-repository/m-p/292542#M245672 douglascrp 2016-12-02T12:40:34Z Re: How to recognize if a user views or edits a node in a repository form filter? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-recognize-if-a-user-views-or-edits-a-node-in-a-repository/m-p/292543#M245673 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Not really. But it is effectively not different to what a <A href="https://github.com/Alfresco/community-edition/blob/2c1eff9953d3105e738f7b06ba9ba8a079ca4c24/projects/repository/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/forms/processor/node/TransientFieldProcessor.java" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">transient field processor</A> would do - create the <A href="https://github.com/Alfresco/community-edition/blob/2c1eff9953d3105e738f7b06ba9ba8a079ca4c24/projects/repository/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/forms/processor/node/SizeFieldProcessor.java#L61" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">field definition</A> and add it to the form, and additionally add the data for it to the form as well.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Dec 2016 12:57:56 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-recognize-if-a-user-views-or-edits-a-node-in-a-repository/m-p/292543#M245673 afaust 2016-12-02T12:57:56Z