display full user name instead of user id in document details

[pmverma]

Hi,

In document details, to display document Creator, we use "cm:creator" in form configuration for "cm:content".

At this point, I want to display the full username instead of its id.

Is this possible?

if(yes)
{
How it can be achieved?
} else
{
// thank you
}

Thanks in advance.

[afaust]

Hello,

this is possible, but not with any of the out-of-the-box control templates last I've checked. You can implement your own control template and associated client JS component, which would lookup the properties of a user based on the user name, and replace the user ID with the constructed full name once values have been loaded.

Regards
Axel

[pmverma]

Thank you Axel for you quick reply.

I also was guessing to use custom template. Your reply to use control make me more clear.
I will try in this way.

Thanks.

[jpfi]

Hi,
your custom person.ftl from control (view mode)may look like this:

<div class="form-field">

   <#if form.mode == "view" || field.disabled>
      <div class="viewmode-field">
         <span class="viewmode-label">${field.label?html}:</span>
         <span class="viewmode-value" id="${fieldHtmlId}-value"></span>
      </div>
      <#if field.value??>
      <script type="text/javascript">//<![CDATA[
      (function()
      {
          var updateElementWithUserMetadata = function(userNames, element)
          {
              if (userNames.length > 0)
              {
                  var userName = userNames.pop();
                  Alfresco.util.Ajax.jsonRequest(
                  {
                      method : "GET",
                      url : Alfresco.constants.PROXY_URI + "api/people/" + userName,
                      successCallback :
                      {
                          fn : function(response)
                          {
                              var name = "";
                              if (response.json.firstName)
                              {
                                  name += response.json.firstName;
                              }
                              if (response.json.firstName && response.json.lastName)
                              {
                                  name += " ";
                              }
                              if (response.json.lastName)
                              {
                                  name += response.json.lastName;
                              }
                              if (!name)
                              {
                                  name = userName;
                              }
                              if (element.innerHTML)
                              {
                                 element.innerHTML += ", ";
                              }
                              element.innerHTML += Alfresco.util.userProfileLink(userName, name, "", false);
                              
                              if (userNames.length > 0)
                              {
                                  updateElementWithUserMetadata(userNames, element);
                              }
                          },
                          scope: this
                      },
                      failureCallback :
                      {
                          fn : function(response)
                          {
                              if (element.innerHTML)
                              {
                                 element.innerHTML += ", ";
                              }
                              element.innerHTML += userName;
                              if (userNames.length > 0)
                              {
                                  updateElementWithUserMetadata(userNames, element);
                              }
                          },
                          scope: this
                      }
                  });
              }
          };
          YAHOO.util.Event.onContentReady("${fieldHtmlId}-value", function ()
         {
            var element = YAHOO.util.Dom.get("${fieldHtmlId}-value");
              element.innerHTML = "";
              var fieldValue = "${field.value?html}";
              if (fieldValue)
              {
                  var userNames = fieldValue.split(",");
                  updateElementWithUserMetadata(userNames, element);
              }
         }, this);
          /**/
      })();
      //]]>
      </script>
      </#if>
   </#if>
</div>
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[pmverma]

Thank you Jan,

Your comment and code are really helpful.
I very much appreciated it.

Thanks again.