Adding a custom content aspect

[pal_arunava83]

I have a requirement of adding a custom aspect to a content. The aspect is supposed to be a drop down list having its values coming from the database.

I found a SDK called CustomAspect and thought it might be of some help. I deployed the project, by exporting the jar of that project and placing it in <JBOSS_HOME>/server\default\deploy\alfresco.war\WEB-INF\lib, but I could not see the additional aspects. May be the project is not getting deployed properly. Please let me know if I am going wrong somewhere.

Also please let me know if you have any solution satisfying my requirements.

Regards,
Arunava
Mailto: pal.arunava83@gmail.com

[pmonks]

Custom aspects are documented at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Data_Dictionary_Guide, and the Alfresco configuration mechanism (used for configuring aspects as well as other types of Alfresco configuration changes) is described at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Repository_Configuration.

Regarding modifying where dropdown values are populated from, the Component Generator Framework (http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Component_Generator_Framework) can be used to accomplish this - there's also an example at http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11687.

Cheers,
Peter