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default value for 'd:datetime' content type

friedman30 — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:48:40 GMT

Hi,I need to set "today" as a default value for a "d:datetime" property field. <property name="custom:Expirationdate"> <title>Expiration date</title> <type>d:datetime</type></property>‍‍‍‍Any ideas how to do that??:roll: Thanks,Dror

Re: default value for 'd:datetime' content type

gavinc — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:42:37 GMT

This can't be done at the model level. There are a couple of approaches though. You could add a behaviour (policy) to the type and set the property when an instance of the type is created: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Policy_Component

Or if you are using the web client you can configure the property sheet to initialise with today's date rather than null: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Simple_Customisations#Resetting_Date_Picker_Behaviour

Re: default value for 'd:datetime' content type

friedman30 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:01:16 GMT

Hi Gavin,

i am trying to use the javascript API to set the datetime property

var dateNow = new Date().toGMTString();
     file.properties["custom:AvailableDate"] = dateNow;
     file.save();‍‍‍

the above code fails although the dateNow parameter is fine…

Is there any way of doing this using the javascript API? :?:

Thanks,

Dror

Re: default value for 'd:datetime' content type

gavinc — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:01:04 GMT

Try setting the property with the actual JavaScript Date object instead of the String representation, for example:

var dateNow = new Date();
file.properties["custom:AvailableDate"] = dateNow;
file.save();‍‍‍