topic Writing to Files (Smart fields or Templates) in Alfresco Forum https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/writing-to-files-smart-fields-or-templates/m-p/25000#M10831 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am brand new to Alfresco.&nbsp; I am told that the software does not (cannot) take physical actions to files.&nbsp; So that if I promote a word document through a workflow I cannot have actions such as stamping or updating a watermark, recording reviewer's name and reviewed completion date, updating physical revision on the document.&nbsp; Can someone please confirm this functionality is not (A) OOB functionality or (B) possible with a reasonable (&lt;40 hours)&nbsp; amount of coding?&nbsp; Thank you (and be nice!)</P><P>templates‌<A href="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/t5/tag/workflow/tg-p"></A>‌</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 29 Sep 2017 12:33:06 GMT hestrada 2017-09-29T12:33:06Z Writing to Files (Smart fields or Templates) https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/writing-to-files-smart-fields-or-templates/m-p/25000#M10831 I am brand new to Alfresco.&nbsp; I am told that the software does not (cannot) take physical actions to files.&nbsp; So that if I promote a word document through a workflow I cannot have actions such as stamping or updating a watermark, recording reviewer's name and reviewed completion date, updating physica Fri, 29 Sep 2017 12:33:06 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/writing-to-files-smart-fields-or-templates/m-p/25000#M10831 hestrada 2017-09-29T12:33:06Z Re: Writing to Files (Smart fields or Templates) https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/writing-to-files-smart-fields-or-templates/m-p/25001#M10832 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Heidi,</P><P></P><P>Glad to hear that you are want to explore Alfresco for content management requirement. Here are the answers to your questions.</P><P>(A) This is NOT the OOTB functionality</P><P>(B) The development time can be in this range for the Alfresco experts.</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Kalpesh</P><P><A href="http://www.contcentric.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ContCentric</A></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:30:13 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/writing-to-files-smart-fields-or-templates/m-p/25001#M10832 kalpesh_c2 2017-11-28T11:30:13Z