Custom content types with properties added on-the-fly?

[monkeydl]

Hello,

We are very keen to use Alfresco to create a document management solution to our client here… but are having troubles finding definitive information on where to start.

So we proceed by starting with trying to add custom content type to Alfresco. But the problem here is very specific to this client, they want custom content's meta data to be added on-the-fly by client (without resetting Tomcat). There will be various custom contents type to be associated with various projects (spaces). This I mean: for different spaces, its documents will inherit from a specific custom content type, with specific list of meta data - these meta data to be added on the fly by the project admin (or admin of that project space).

I wonder if this is something we can do with Alfresco?

Can anyone provide us some advices?

Thanks,
Hung

[bengrah]

Hi monkeydl,

I think Alfresco can meet your requirements. You can make extend the default folder type in Alfresco and load it up with your own custom properties. You can also use Rules and Javascript to add values to custom properties as content comes into a folder/gets updated/leaves a folder.

Here's some links to help you get started:
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Step-By-Step:_Creating_A_Custom_Model
https://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?t=6817
http://keytocontent.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/creating-edit-forms-for-custom-types-in.html
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Displaying_Custom_Metadata

Good luck,
ben.

[monkeydl]

Thank you very much Ben

I'll definitely try out those articles

Cheers,
Hung

[michaelnv]

Hi Ben,

In my situation, the user wants to declare custom data types on the fly, each type has different custom fields, not only a default one with the same pre-defined custom fields. The point is that they want to get it done on the front-end immediately, without modifying or doing stuffs with XML definitions (which can only take affected once you restart Alfresco).

Do you face with this before or have any foundings on it ?

Thanks

Michael

[bengrah]

Hi Ben,

In my situation, the user wants to declare custom data types on the fly, each type has different custom fields, not only a default one with the same pre-defined custom fields. The point is that they want to get it done on the front-end immediately, without modifying or doing stuffs with XML definitions (which can only take affected once you restart Alfresco).

Do you face with this before or have any foundings on it ?

Thanks

Michael

Hi Michael,

Alfresco actually did a webinar on this very subject: http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/webcasts/2012/04/tech-talk-live-content-type-and-form-design-tools/ which you could check out. It might suit your needs, but there does seem to be a fair degree of configuration required, even if it isn't being done in XML.

Thanks,
Ben.

[monkeydl]

Hi Ben,

The link you sent me wasn't what I'm looking for. With some help from Jeff I found this:
http://addons.alfresco.com/addons/alfresco-model-designer

@Michael: I think you can use it for your purpose

Cheers,
Hung