Add new mimetype to Alfresco Explorer in 4.2.c

[mitpatoliya]

I have followed all the steps mentioned in this link but nothing is affected.
I think it is issue with Alfresco 4.2.c version.
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Adding_a_Mime_Type

Please let me know if there are any other steps involved for adding new mimetype to Alfresco explorer so that it will automatically detect the mimetype of a file based on its extension when it gets uploaded.

[rjohnson]

Not to helpful that wiki article.

You need to add a file in alfresco/extension/mimetype with a name in the format ????-????-map.xml The question marks can be anything to give it a meaningful name that you understand.

The contents of my file are

<alfresco-config area="mimetype-map">
   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Mimetype Map">
      <mimetypes>
         <mimetype mimetype="application/formonly" display="Metadata only - no content">
            <extension>mdo</extension>
         </mimetype>
      </mimetypes>
   </config>
</alfresco-config>
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I delivered it in a jar, so in the project the file path is /config/alfresco/extension/mimetype/mdo-profile-map.xml

Copy the jar to shared/lib, restart and your mimetype should be available.

At least I don't recall having to edit anything else and there are no other relevant files in the project.

[mitpatoliya]

Hi Bob,

I have tried this approach but it is not working.
I have directly edited  mimetypes-extension-map.xml which resides under alfresco/shared/extension/mimetypes folder.
but its not working

[rjohnson]

I have re-read your original post and noticed that you are talking of Alfresco Explorer. I use Share hence why my solution works for me but does not work for you I suspect.

Regrettably I can't really help you with Explorer as I never use it. My best offer (assuming your on Linux) would be to do something like go to {alf-root}/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF and then

find . -exec grep "application/msword" '{}' \; -print
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and look for XML files that are thrown up and see which ones might have an influence.

Not the best of help, but on this one all I have to offer.

[mitpatoliya]

Bob,
But even in the Share I am not able to see the added mimetype. I don't know why it is not reflected.
I have even tried editing original mimetype-map.xml but still it is not piking up my mimetype.
It seems like something is missing in the documentation.I am having hard time figuring out the cause.

[rjohnson]

Mits, this is very peculiar.

Anyhow I had a 4.2c machine that did not have my JAR for adding a mimetype on it. So, I created a cut down version of my full JAR with only the mimetype extension document in it.

Then, before I uploaded the JAR I created a text document in Guest Home, and then went to Edit Properties, popped up the mimetype list and there was no trace of my new mimetype.

I then uploaded my JAR to shared/lib and restarted alfresco.

I went back to Guest Home, found my document and went to Edit Properties and bingo, popped up the mimetype list and there was my new mimetype.

Attached to this are 2 files one of the mimetype list before the JAR and one of the mimetype list after the JAR. If you mail me I will email you the JAR because I cannot attach that to this post.

You should get the same effect as I did, if you don't then something is oddly wonky about your 4.2c inatllation.

[sujaypillai]

Hope so the answer in google groups https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alfresco-technical-discussion/BfZce2W3sUE helps you.

[mitpatoliya]

Bob Sujay,

Thanks a lot for your help.
I got it now .