How to get to documents in an objects folder?

[Jonathan_Magee]

I am trying to get to all of the documents that have been attached into a folder under my object. I have tried a couple things and have not had any success. I look forward to any suggestions for how to get my documents!

//this object has a folder called Attachments in it's Folders, which has 11 document types that can be linked under it

Hyland.Unity.WorkView.Object myObj = originalObj.GetRelatedObject("LinkToMyInformation"); 

//first try, returns nothing

DocumentList myDocs = myObj.Documents;

//second try, myObj.Class.DocumentFolders[0]  - .ID and .Name return the correct information, however the GetFolderByID returns null

FolderManagement folderManager = app.Core.FolderManagement;
Folder attachFolder = folderManager.GetFolderByID(myObj.Class.DocumentFolders[0].ID);
DocumentList myDocs = attachFolder.GetDocuments();

[Jeff_Stoner · Accepted solution]

Hi Jonathan -

There are a couple of different "folders" that pertain to WorkView objects and I'm not totally clear which one you are referring to but maybe the following will help.

// This returns the "static" documents attached to the object
DocumentList myDocs = myObj.Documents;

// This returns the "dynamic" folders configured for a class (e.g. the Folders folder under
// the Class within OnBase Studio).
DocumentFolderList docFolders = myObj.Class.DocumentFolders;

Unfortunately, I don't see a way to get the documents for an object from the docFolder using the Unity API - you might have to generate your own DocumentQuery.

Lastly, there are the OnBase folder types configured for a class (e.g. the Folder Types tab for Class Mappings within OnBase Studio). Unfortunately, I don't see a way to get the folder types for a class (or object) using the Unity API - you might have to generate your own FolderQuery to retrieve the folders.

Hopefully I'm missing something and there's a more direct way to obtain the information that you want.

Regards,
-jeff

[Jonathan_Magee]

It is the second one, under the Folders folder for the class in OnBase Studio.

myObj.Class.DocumentFolders[0].ID and myObj.Class.DocumentFolders[0].Name return the correct information, however if I use the returned ID value and try to do a GetFolderByID(myObj.Class.DocumentFolders[0].ID), it returns null.

Is there a way to use that DocumentFolder ID in a document query? If so, wouldn't it return all of the documents in that folder? How would I limit it to just the ones related to the current instance of the class that I'm working with?

Thanks!

[Jeff_Stoner]

GetFolderByID is for regular OnBase folders and won't work with WorkView's "dynamic/virtual" folders.

Unfortunately, I don't see any use for the DocumentFolder ID using the Unity API. Internally, the only thing that I see it used for is to relate the document types that have been assigned to the class's folder (OnBase Studio).

I'm not very familiar with the Unity API - maybe someone else will chime in.

[Jonathan_Magee]

Ok, thanks for the info!