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DFS build for Websphere - we don't want the full Metro stack included
Hi, When we build our DFS custom services we get an EAR file that we can deploy, but our Websphere deployment team is a little concerned as this includes the full Metro stack as the JAX-WS provider, and they would prefer to have the JAX-WS provision provided by Websphere such that they can control it and can apply relevant…
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DFS Edit/Deploy/Debug cycle - how do you do it?
We're looking at Composer as the DFS custom service development platform but one issue we have is with the development lifecycle. In general, for standard web services, the development teams edit, compile and debug the code from within Eclipse using the provided web service tooling, but for Composer we're a little stuck as…
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Lookup/Filter from large dataset in Taskspace XForm - options
Hi, We are looking at using xForms in a Taskspace application however for a number of the forms there is a common requirements that we would need to look up data from a large external dataset and select one or more of the filtered items as being the data to be carried through. Initially we have been using lists boxes (both…
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Process Builder SMTP Activity Template - How configurable is it?
Hi, We have created a process that at a certain point needs to send an email. To do this we have used the Process Builder SMTP Activity Template, but the SMTP email server name/address does not appear to be configurable. i.e. we have different email servers for development, staging and production and it would be a major…
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Possible Bug? Form in Initiate step of workflow and I get 2 instances created in Taskspace
Hi, I have been trying ot get a form created and automatically shown in Taskspace. To this end I set up a process into which an XML Instance as the package type, and associated my form, at the process level and in the Initiate step I set the package to be auto opened. When I use this process in Taskspace 6.5 SP2 and create…
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Complex form, very simple process - some advice required.
Hi, We have a requirement which at its simplest can be expressed as 1. User fills in a quite complex form 2. Form is routed to an approver/rejector based on some data entered into the form 3a. Form is then either approved, in which case some updates are done elsewhere 3b. or Form is rejected and it just goes into the pile…
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WebPublisher DFS Interface - is there one?
Hi, We are currently looking at interfacing with Web Publisher using DFS and we wondered if there is a current DFS service based API for this kind of interaction, and if not is there one in the pipeline?
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Can signatures be added to forms?
Hi, We are looking at Forms, you know the ones you build with Forms Builder . One of the requirements we have is to sign these forms to ensure that once approved no tampering takes place. Now I think the adding an e-signature looks to fit the bill but a powerlink article I came across said this cannot be done as electronic…
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Number in version label via DFS
We have an application that allows users to set version labels via DFS. Now what we have seen is that if they type in a number (floating point I believe) such as 1664.1 then when we use the DFS version control service to checkin, as SAME_VERSION, that number gets set as the implicit content version. ie. if we add a label…
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Rolling Full Text Index. Is this possible?
We have a requirement for a rolling full text index. The way it is envisaged this will work is by date, i.e. only index the last 'x' months worth of content. Is this possible? I know we can decide what to index via the a_full_text attribute, but how would we be able to remove items from the index once they are older than…
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DFS & the packageService ANT task - a feature?
Hi, We have recently been building a solution based on DFS 6.5 SP1. Our solution was required to make calls into DFC and it also used custom JARs. When packaging we used wildcards in the packageService ANT task in our buuild file and we came across an issue If we used <packageService deploymentName="..." destDir="..."…
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Composer, Folder & Lifecycle - having issues
Hi, I am attempting to put together a lifecycle that moves documents between folders as they move through lifecycle states. I have imported the folders I require into my Composer project abd they appear under the Folders node, and checking the XML they do appear to correspond to the right path in the repository. I then add…
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Is it possible to create a PDF from a template and 'merge' fields?
Hi, I know that we can generate custom PDFs using the Document Sciences products, and probably other 3rd party tools but... We have a requirement to generate, on the fly, a PDF based on a template of some sort stored in the repository and have custom data injected into the final document such as name, address etc. Now I've…
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Presenting forms outside of a Documentum application - is it possible?
Is it possible to use Documentum forms outside of a Documentum application? What we have are portal pages and other web sites that we'd like to present forms within. Is it possible to embed these forms, possibly within some embeddable Documentum container, within these? We've looked at the WDK Portlets and there doesn't…
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Taskspace in a portal environment? Is it possible?
Is it possible to split up the Taskspace components such that pieces could be presented in a portal environment?
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Bulk Rename of Folders & Documents
We have a need to rename a large set of the folders within a repository such that we can pass it to a third party for development purposes such that they cannot work out any confidential information. Now for the documents we're ok doing that via direct Oracel SQL calls but for the folders it looks a little tricky for the…
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Availability of Sample Applications (taskspace at the mo)
Hi, Whenever I've done Documentum training I tend to come out with some sort of sample application that I have been able to transfer to the sandbox environment we have in the office such that I can show off the capabilities of the Documentum product set to potential internal clients. Recently I did one of the quick 1-day…
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Best Practice & Development Standards
Are there any documents available around Documentum best practices & development standards. For example DFC/Java coding guidelines, object model design guidelines etc, even access to Documentum ones would be nice. We're starting to need them and would like a leg up so actual documents or any pointers would be appreciated.
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Custom DFS Service & Content Transfer. What is the best practice?
Hi, We're looking into developing custom DFS services. What we want to be able to do is provide a more specific and targeted API for consumers. Whilst we're pretty happy with most things we're a little stumped as to what is best for content transfer. The basic options we're considering are Pass content using…
