How to attach a file to a workflow

[oneporter]

Hi,

I'm attempting to attach a file to a workflow, but I don't know how to tell alfresco to display a file picker dialog.  I think I need to use xf:upload in my <config> section describing the workflow node.  Does anyone know how to do this?

More generally, how do I see all of the options for children elements of <alfresco-config> or <config …>?

Thanks!

[norgan]

Check the sources of "adhoc workflow" in your directories. For Details, see Wiki -> "Browse categories" -> "Cat:Workflow" -> "Cat:Workflow_adminstration" and check http://www.echarchitect.com

Norgan

[jayjayecl]

just to correct your link

http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2007/11/19/785

[oneporter]

Thank you from your quick responses.  It seems that the second part of my question was very easy to answer.  However, I neglected to mention that this is a WCM submission workflow. 

So, I gave the editor (alfresco user responsible for editing the doc) "add_package_item_actions" (and after that didn't work I tried "edit_and_remove_wcm_package_item_actions"), and Alfresco now shows the icons as if the editor could edit or update the files, but clicking on them generates a null pointer exception.  I assume this is because the file is located in the initiator's sandbox and no one else has access to that.  The error is:

javax.faces.FacesException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.myfaces.context.servlet.ServletExternalContextImpl.dispatch(ServletExternalContextImpl.java:425)
at org.apache.myfaces.application.jsp.JspViewHandlerImpl.renderView(JspViewHandlerImpl.java:211)
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.RenderResponseExecutor.execute(RenderResponseExecutor.java:41)
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:132)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:140)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:81)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:845)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:522)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:416)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:342)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:267)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:630)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:436)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:374)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:302)
at org.apache.myfaces.context.servlet.ServletExternalContextImpl.dispatch(ServletExternalContextImpl.java:419)
… 19 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.alfresco.web.bean.coci.CCUpdateFileDialog.getContainerTitle(CCUpdateFileDialog.java:22)
at org.alfresco.web.bean.dialog.DialogManager.getTitle(DialogManager.java:208)
at org.apache.jsp.jsp.dialog.container_jsp._jspService(container_jsp.java:179)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:374)
… 29 more ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Does anyone have experience with this?  Is it possible to edit a file in another user's sandbox through a workflow?