topic View in CIFS in Alfresco Archive

View in CIFS

spiral — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 23:01:03 GMT

In Alfresco 5, does anybody know how to configure the "View in CIFS" link?I have tried the settings below in the "alfresco-global.properties" file, however, I do not see the cifs link.cifs.pseudoFiles.shareURL.enabled=truecifs.pseudoFiles.shareURL.fileName=__Share.urlThe reason this would be helpful

Re: View in CIFS

afaust — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:32:41 GMT

Hello,

that setting you tried is for the "View in Share" link in CIFS. I believe you are looking for a "View in CIFS" link within Share. I am not aware of anything like this in standard Alfresco but you should be able to add something like this via a Share / Surf customization module. The document links section within document details would be a good option or you can also use a custom document library action.

Regards
Axel

Re: View in CIFS

spiral — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:06:25 GMT

Thank you for your expertise.

You are correct, that did add an extra link in the cifs share.

Earlier Alfresco versions, it seems, in the Document Details view there is a link called "View in CIFS". This is exactly what I am looking for in Alfresco 5.

Does this functionality not exist anymore out of the box?

Re: View in CIFS

afaust — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 17:20:29 GMT

As far as I know, the "View in CIFS" link was only part of Explorer and not Share. With removal of Explorer, this link has gone away too. There are a couple of potential reasons why that link is not part of default functionality in Share - from browser compatibility issues to interface cluttering / end-user confusion e.g. if Share provides a link for every way a file can be accessed…
To summarize: No - it does not exist anymore but can be added through customization.

Re: View in CIFS

spiral — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:44:11 GMT

Thank you very much for your input.

I appreciate your knowledge and contribution of your time.