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Updating existing Web Forms using an import?

edgar — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:14:55 GMT

Hi,Is it possible to update existing Web Forms in Alfresco WCM using an Alfresco import?I have tried the following:1/ On the Alfresco source server create an Export of the Web Forms Space.2/ On the Alfresco target server try to import the resulting .acp file in the Web Forms Space.3/ I get the error

Re: Updating existing Web Forms using an import?

edgar — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:40:42 GMT

I have now done my initial import of Web Forms by removing the "servicemenu" Web From from the export .acp file as follows:

1- rename the .acp file to a .zip file for easier editing
2- in the zip archive open the top-level .xml file defining the contents of the export
3- in this file remove the <wcm:formfolder> as well as the <view:reference> elements for the servicemenu Web Form
4- rename the .zip file to .acp
5- perform the import

Now, this works fine.

However: how I am to go about importing the next .acp export where I want to update all of the Web Forms I have just imported?

I think the best way for now is to create a snapshot of the CIFS folder defining the Web Forms and then to update the .xsd and .xsl files by hand on my target server again using the CIFS interface?

cheers,

Edgar

Re: Updating existing Web Forms using an import?

kvc — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:11:25 GMT

Edgar -

This is probably the best way to handle for now. Alternatively, you can use the Clipboard to Copy a Web Form into a dedicated Web Project, which with 2.0.1 you've configured to deploy to your 2nd server. Once replicated to the 2nd server, you can again use the Clipboard to paste the replicated Web Form to the Data Dictionary.

Cut | Copy | Paste works on both files and folders bi-directionally, and carries with it metadata. Similarly, deployment ensure replication of both content and metadata as well. Thus, using a combination could save the hassle of manually pushing and re-created forms on your target server.

This is an additional area of clean-up for us (change migration from a dev instance of Alfresco to a production instance of Alfresco).

Kevin