Force user to edit metadata on upload

[sharifu]

I would like to force users to enter metadata once they upload their doc on the share.

how would I achieve the metadata to open automatically for users who use the browser and upload a file manually?

[chrisliv]

I won't be much help on this, I gave up on the same issue a while ago. Here are my last links for this issue;

See the 'edit metadata during upload' addon (I can't recall why but I couldn't use it in my setup)
http://alfresco.fme.de/extension-gallery.909.0.html

I guess a webscript is the go
https://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=24433

good luck

[sharifu]

The first link is not open source, your second link does not give an example of how to do it, just shows sample scripts of upload.

I assume  I have to edit the sample script and add something on upload success to open the metadata?

Does anyone know what it is i need to call?

[sharifu]

Has anyone done this or can give detail instructions on how to do this. open the metadata for edit once a file is uploaded.

[guilherme_souza]

Hello,

in my Alfresco server, I've personalized the update form, but i've disabled the flash player and i've lost the Drag and Drop function.

First, in the file share-documentlibrary-config.xml, search for the adobe flash option and set to false, if you don't find you can add it.

<config evaluator="string-compare" condition="DocumentLibrary">
    <file-upload>
         <adobe-flash-enabled>true</adobe-flash-enabled>
         <in-memory-limit>262144000</in-memory-limit>
    </file-upload>
</config>‍‍‍‍‍‍

File Path: C:\Alfresco\tomcat\webapps\share\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\share-documentlibrary-config.xml

After this, in the file html-upload.get.html.ftl, in the 'htmlupload-form', we have to edit the new labels, text boxes, etc. I suggest you create a new div with the new itens. Example:

<form id="${el}-htmlupload-form"
            method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" accept-charset="utf-8"
            action="${url.context}/proxy/alfresco/api/upload.html" name="form1">
       <div id="${el}-metadataSection-div">
      <div class="yui-gd">
          <div class="yui-u first">
                          <label for="${el}-desc">Description</label>
                    </div>
               <div class="yui-u">
                          <input type="text" id="${el}-desc" name="desc" tabindex="1" />
                    </div>
                </div>
       </div>
</form>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

File Path: C:\Alfresco\tomcat\webapps\share\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\site-webscripts\org\alfresco\components\upload\html-upload.get.html.ftl

So, now we have to edit the upload javascript in the file upload.post.js. Search for the function 'main()' that is where we have to put the code.

     var  description = "";
     var desc = args.desc;

        /**
          * Create a new file.
          */
         var newFile = destNode.createFile(filename);
         
         newFile.properties.description = descricao;
         
         if (contentType !== null)
         {
            newFile.specializeType(contentType);
         }

         newFile.properties.content.write(content, false, true);
         newFile.save();‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

File Path: C:\Alfresco\tomcat\webapps\alfresco\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\templates\webscripts\org\alfresco\repository\upload\upload.post.js

To force the user to fill the fields created, you have to edit the file C:\Alfresco\tomcat\webapps\share\components\upload\html-upload-min.js.

[sharifu]

I have tried this but its not working for me. when i upload i see the description field but after i click save and go to the properties of the file. The description field is blank

[sharifu]

I managed to figure it out but it only works for title and description so far.

What if i have my own aspect with properties that i want to fill up with. is this how i do it?

html-upload.get.html.ftl

<div class="yui-gd">
               <div class="yui-u first">
                  <label for="${el}-tparty">Third parties</label>
               </div>
               <div class="yui-u">
                  <input type="text" id="${el}-tparty" name="tparty" tabindex="0" />
               </div>
            </div>
‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

upload.post.js

var tparty = args["tparty"]; //line 50 approx

…

case "tparty":           // line 124
                tparty = field.value;
                break;

…


//after aspect check line 380 approx

newFile.properties.thirdParties = tparty;
         newFile.properties.content.write(content, false, true);
         newFile.save();
‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

In my custom model my property is called sp:thirdParties

[guilherme_souza]

What's the name of the property that you're trying add to the file ?

[sharifu]

third Parties

[guilherme_souza]

Please, past the code of the aspect that is in the contentModel.xml