topic Re: metadata writer in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/metadata-writer/m-p/303286#M256416 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Out-of-the-box, metadata extraction happens from the file object to Alfresco metadata. You're asking for something that goes the other way, which is fine, but means if you cannot find an Add-On at </SPAN><A href="http://addons.alfresco.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://addons.alfresco.com</A><SPAN> to do it you'll have to write it yourself.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>To write it yourself, start with understanding how custom rule actions work. Your custom rule action, written in Java, would likely leverage the &lt;a href="</SPAN><A href="http://poi.apache.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://poi.apache.org/</A><SPAN>"&gt;Apache POI project&lt;/a&gt;, because it knows how to write data to Microsoft Office documents.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you need help learning how to write a custom rule action, take a look at &lt;a href="</SPAN><A href="http://ecmarchitect.com/images/articles/alfresco-actions/actions-article-2ed.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://ecmarchitect.com/images/articles/alfresco-actions/actions-article-2ed.pdf</A><SPAN>"&gt;this tutorial&lt;/a&gt;.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jeff</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 01 Aug 2013 21:37:57 GMT jpotts 2013-08-01T21:37:57Z metadata writer https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/metadata-writer/m-p/303285#M256415 Hi All,I am wondering if anyone knows how to extract metadata from alfresco and write it down to ms word's properties?Thanks Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:21:05 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/metadata-writer/m-p/303285#M256415 krups 2013-07-29T10:21:05Z Re: metadata writer https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/metadata-writer/m-p/303286#M256416 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Out-of-the-box, metadata extraction happens from the file object to Alfresco metadata. You're asking for something that goes the other way, which is fine, but means if you cannot find an Add-On at </SPAN><A href="http://addons.alfresco.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://addons.alfresco.com</A><SPAN> to do it you'll have to write it yourself.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>To write it yourself, start with understanding how custom rule actions work. Your custom rule action, written in Java, would likely leverage the &lt;a href="</SPAN><A href="http://poi.apache.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://poi.apache.org/</A><SPAN>"&gt;Apache POI project&lt;/a&gt;, because it knows how to write data to Microsoft Office documents.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you need help learning how to write a custom rule action, take a look at &lt;a href="</SPAN><A href="http://ecmarchitect.com/images/articles/alfresco-actions/actions-article-2ed.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://ecmarchitect.com/images/articles/alfresco-actions/actions-article-2ed.pdf</A><SPAN>"&gt;this tutorial&lt;/a&gt;.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jeff</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 01 Aug 2013 21:37:57 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/metadata-writer/m-p/303286#M256416 jpotts 2013-08-01T21:37:57Z