topic Re: dynamic list property in Alfresco Archive

dynamic list property

narrowengineer — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:36:30 GMT

Is it possible to create a property which renders as a dropdown box and contains a list of values which is dynamically populated when the task is opened?What I want to do is be able to provide a list of possible folders in which to copy the associated document to when the workflow completes.I have n

Re: dynamic list property

claudio_martins — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:12:27 GMT

You need to implement a Constraint:

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Constraints

Re: dynamic list property

narrowengineer — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:18:04 GMT

I see that I can add a LIST contraint but how would I go about setting the allowed values via script?

Re: dynamic list property

claudio_martins — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:20:21 GMT

If you need dynamic values on your list, you need to implement the following interface:

org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.Constraint‍

or extend

org.alfresco.repo.dictionary.constraint.AbstractConstraint‍

Have a look at the following section:

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Constraints#Writing_Further_Constraints

Re: dynamic list property

narrowengineer — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:24:35 GMT

Ok, so I need to write a Java class to do it. Is there no way to do it otherwise?

Re: dynamic list property

claudio_martins — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:51:41 GMT

AFAIK, you can only have dynamic lists implement the above mentioned interface and class.

Cheers, CM.