problems with web-client-config-custom.xml

[aznk]

Hello,
I've been trying some content types/aspects by uncommenting the examples in alfresco/extension, I have no errors when launching the server, but it seems like nothing is taken into account in the web interface, like if web-client-config-custom.xml was completely ignored. Here is the code of the files :

- exampleModel.xml :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!– Definition of new Model –><!– The important part here is the name - Note: the use of the my: namespace     which is defined further on in the document –><model name="my:mynewmodel" xmlns="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0">   <!– Optional meta-data about the model –>      <description>Example custom Model</description>   <author></author>   <version>1.0</version>   <!– Imports are required to allow references to definitions in other models –>      <imports>        <!– Import Alfresco Dictionary Definitions –>      <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0" prefix="d"/>      <!– Import Alfresco Content Domain Model Definitions –>      <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0" prefix="cm"/>   </imports>   <!– Introduction of new namespaces defined by this model –>   <!– NOTE: The following namespace my.new.model should be changed to reflect your own namespace –>   <namespaces>      <namespace uri="my.new.model" prefix="my"/>   </namespaces>      <types>         <!– Definition of new Content Type: Standard Operating Procedure –>      <type name="my:sop">         <title>Standard Operating Procedure</title>         <parent>cm:content</parent>         <properties>            <property name="my:publishedDate">               <type>d:datetime</type>            </property>            <property name="my:authorisedBy">               <type>d:text</type>            </property>         </properties>         <associations>            <association name="my:signOff">               <target>                  <class>cm:content</class>                  <mandatory>false</mandatory>                  <many>false</many>               </target>            </association>            <child-association name="my:processSteps">               <target>                  <class>cm:content</class>                  <mandatory>false</mandatory>                  <many>true</many>               </target>         </child-association>                    </associations>      </type>         </types>       <aspects>           <!– Definition of new Content Aspect: Image Classification –>      <aspect name="my:imageClassification">         <title>Image Classfication</title>         <properties>            <property name="my:width">               <type>d:int</type>            </property>            <property name="my:height">               <type>d:int</type>            </property>            <property name="my:resolution">               <type>d:int</type>            </property>         </properties>      </aspect>        </aspects>   </model>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

- web-client-config-custom.xml :

<alfresco-config>   <!– Example of overriding the from email address –>   <!–   <config>      <client>         <from-email-address>someone@your-domain.com</from-email-address>         <search-max-results>100</search-max-results>      </client>   </config>   –>   <!– Example of adding languages to the list in the login page –>   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Languages">      <languages>         <language locale="ca_ES">Catalan</language>         <language locale="da_DK">Danish</language>         <language locale="de_DE">German</language>         <language locale="es_ES">Spanish</language>         <language locale="el_GR">Greek</language>         <language locale="fr_FR">French</language>         <language locale="it_IT">Italian</language>         <language locale="ja_JP">Japanese</language>         <language locale="du_NL">Dutch</language>         <language locale="pt_BR">Portuguese (Brazilian)</language>         <language locale="ru_RU">Russian</language>         <language locale="fi_FI">Finnish</language>         <language locale="tr_TR">Turkish</language>         <language locale="zh_CN">Simplified Chinese</language>      </languages>   </config>   <!– Example of configuring advanced search –>   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Advanced Search">      <advanced-search>         <content-types>         </content-types>         <custom-properties>            <meta-data aspect="app:simpleworkflow" property="app:approveStep" />         </custom-properties>      </advanced-search>   </config>   <!– Example of changing the sort direction for a view in the client –>    <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Views">      <views>         <view-defaults>            <topic>               <sort-direction>ascending</sort-direction>            </topic>         </view-defaults>      </views>   </config>    <!– Example of adding a custom icon to the Create Space dialog –>   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="cm:folder icons">      <icons>         <icon name="space-icon-custom" path="/images/icons/space-icon-custom.gif" />      </icons>   </config>    <!– The config below shows how to incorporate the example model–>   <!– into the web client, for this to work you will need to –>   <!– rename example-model-context.xml.sample to example-model-context.xml –>      <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Content Wizards">      <content-types>         <type name="my:sop" />      </content-types>   </config>   <config evaluator="node-type" condition="my:sop">      <property-sheet>         <show-property name="mimetype" display-label-id="content_type"                        component-generator="MimeTypeSelectorGenerator" />         <show-property name="size" display-label-id="size"                        converter="org.alfresco.faces.ByteSizeConverter"                        show-in-edit-mode="false" />                        <show-property name="my:publishedDate" />         <show-association name="my:signOff" />         <show-property name="my:authorisedBy" />         <show-child-association name="my:processSteps" />      </property-sheet>   </config>   <config evaluator="aspect-name" condition="my:imageClassification">      <property-sheet>         <show-property name="my:width"/>         <show-property name="my:height"/>         <show-property name="my:resolution"/>      </property-sheet>   </config>   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Action Wizards">      <aspects>         <aspect name="my:imageClassification"/>      </aspects>   </config>   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Advanced Search">      <advanced-search>         <content-types>            <type name="my:sop" />         </content-types>         <custom-properties>            <meta-data type="my:sop" property="my:authorisedBy" />            <meta-data aspect="my:imageClassification" property="my:resolution" />         </custom-properties>      </advanced-search>   </config>         <config evaluator="node-type" condition="wiki:page">  <property-sheet>    <show-property name="wiki:restrict"/>    <show-property name="wiki:category"/>  </property-sheet></config><config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Custom Content Types">  <content-types>    <type name="wiki:page"/>  </content-types></config><config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Advanced Search">  <advanced-search>     <content-types>        <type name="wiki:page" />     </content-types>     <custom-properties>        <meta-data type="wiki:page" property="wiki:restrict" />        <meta-data type="wiki:page" property="wiki:category" />     </custom-properties>  </advanced-search></config></alfresco-config>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

- example-model-context.xml :

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' 'http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd'> <beans>    <!– Registration of new models –>       <bean id="extension.dictionaryBootstrap" parent="dictionaryModelBootstrap" depends-on="dictionaryBootstrap">        <property name="models">            <list>                <value>alfresco/extension/exampleModel.xml</value>            </list>        </property>    </bean>         </beans>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

[unknown-user]

Out of curiosity are you adding these files inside or outside the war file ?

[aznk]

yes, I only changed the files located in alfresco/extension.
I managed to make everything work by reinstalling alfresco but sure it is not the best way to do this every time i have a problem…

[gutierrez_ge]

Hi, i need to add some metadata could you explain me what you did

[maheshlinga]

Did you find any way of adding new models with out restarting the tomcat webserver?

If so can you please post it here..

Thanks
Mahesh

[aznk]

visiting the Data dictionary page in the wiki might help, as said here http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Data_Dictionary_Guide#Step_5:_Testing_the_Model_definition
you have to restart in order to see your changes.
HTH

[gutierrez_ge]

i have done all of that… and nothing seems to work… i have a question

the new metadata that i will add, will i see them when i want to add a new content?

[maheshlinga]

u need to update web client config, inorder to see these newly added meta data fields, U need to update some show property field.

Hope it helps

[gutierrez_ge]

what properties field and where?

[maheshlinga]

u need to add an xml snippet similar to the below snippet in web-client-config-properties.xml


<config evaluator="node-type" condition="dictionaryModel">
      <property-sheet> 
         <show-property name="name" />
         <show-property name="mimetype" display-label-id="content_type"
                        component-generator="MimeTypeSelectorGenerator" />
         <show-property name="title" />
         <show-property name="description" />
         <show-property name="size" display-label-id="size"
                        converter="org.alfresco.faces.ByteSizeConverter"
                        show-in-edit-mode="false" />   
        <show-property name="modelActive"/>
      </property-sheet>
   </config>