Google Docs config in 3.4a

[jeremy]

Hi,

I installed 3.4a Community edition.

The content of the share-config-custom.xml file in tomcat\shared\classes\web-extension does not have any google docs information, like it did in 3.3g.

For example in 3.3g the share-config-custom.xml file had

      <google-docs>
         <!–
            Enable/disable the Google Docs UI integration (Extra types on Create Content menu, Google Docs actions).
            If enabled, remember to also make sure the gd:googleEditable aspect is made visible in the <aspects> section above.
         –>
         <enabled>true</enabled>

         <!–
            The mimetypes of documents Google Docs allows you to create via the Share interface.
            The I18N label is created from the "type" attribute, e.g. google-docs.doc=Google Docs&trade; Document
         –>
         <creatable-types>
            <creatable type="doc">application/msword</creatable>
            <creatable type="xls">application/vnd.ms-excel</creatable>
            <creatable type="ppt">application/vnd.ms-powerpoint</creatable>
         </creatable-types>
      </google-docs>

but the 3.4a share-config-custom.xml file doesn't have this.

The share-config-custom.xml file in 3.4a has the following content:

<alfresco-config>
   
   <!– Repository Library config section –>
   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="RepositoryLibrary" replace="true">
      <!–
         Whether the link to the Repository Library appears in the header component or not.
      –>
      <visible>true</visible>
   </config>

   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Remote">
      <remote>
         <endpoint>
            <id>alfresco-noauth</id>
            <name>Alfresco - unauthenticated access</name>
            <description>Access to Alfresco Repository WebScripts that do not require authentication</description>
            <connector-id>alfresco</connector-id>
            <endpoint-url>http://localhost:8080/alfresco/s</endpoint-url>
            <identity>none</identity>
         </endpoint>

         <endpoint>
            <id>alfresco</id>
            <name>Alfresco - user access</name>
            <description>Access to Alfresco Repository WebScripts that require user authentication</description>
            <connector-id>alfresco</connector-id>
            <endpoint-url>http://localhost:8080/alfresco/s</endpoint-url>
            <identity>user</identity>
         </endpoint>

         <endpoint>
            <id>alfresco-feed</id>
            <name>Alfresco Feed</name>
            <description>Alfresco Feed - supports basic HTTP authentication via the EndPointProxyServlet</description>
            <connector-id>http</connector-id>
            <endpoint-url>http://localhost:8080/alfresco/s</endpoint-url>
            <basic-auth>true</basic-auth>
            <identity>user</identity>
         </endpoint>
      </remote>
   </config>

</alfresco-config>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Does the share-config-custom.xml file need to be configured in 3.4a, for googledocs to work in Share ?

Thanks.

[rays]

Brian and I have set-up Google Docs properties per the above advice.

It appears that the "fixed bug" reported here in http://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-2831 is again present in Alfresco Community v3.4.0 (b 3262) schema 4111 which is the version included in the distributed installer.

How is that possible? What can I provide by way of evidence other than to say that it is not working in this freshly installed version and documents cannot be checked out to Google Docs?

[mikeh]

Switch on debugging for the module:

log4j.logger.org.alfresco.repo.googledocs=debug‍

You might find the error is something like "Could not convert document" which seems to be an intermittent Google Docs issue we have no control over. See if check-out works for Excel & PowerPoint and breaks for Word…

Thanks,
Mike

[rays]

My first test was to create a Google Docs Document using the drop-down menu. Document is created and then I try to check it out to Google Docs. Result is only this single line in alfresco.log

21:26:59,823 DEBUG [org.alfresco.repo.googledocs.GoogleDocsServiceImpl] Trying to initialise google docs service for user ${googledocs.username}

[mikeh]

My first test was to create a Google Docs Document using the drop-down menu. Document is created and then I try to check it out to Google Docs. Result is only this single line in alfresco.log

21:26:59,823 DEBUG [org.alfresco.repo.googledocs.GoogleDocsServiceImpl] Trying to initialise google docs service for user ${googledocs.username}

That looks like you've not configured the  service side:

In Alfresco 3.4a you will find the googleDocs configuration under
tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/subsystems/googledocs/default/googledocs.properties

Copy the placeholder values to your alfresco-global.proprties (in Tomcat/shared/classes) and populate them with correct values, e.g.

#
# Google Docs
#
googledocs.googleeditable.enabled=true
googledocs.username=my-google-docs-account@gmail.com
googledocs.password=mySuperSecretPassword‍‍‍‍‍‍

Thanks,
Mike

[rays]

From the debug text, I too thought that there was maybe a problem with the config of the google docs account which I had already set-up in alfresco-global.properties in the way you described above.

Now for the  ops: bit of the explanation.

It took me three visits to alfresco-global.properties before I noticed that I had not uncommented the user account and password lines.  Duh!

I now have my first checkout working.

Thanks for your patient support.

(Now I'm going to crawl back into a very deep hole of my own making!)