Copying and appending physical files

RE: Copying and appending physical files

Eli Donahue — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:17:25 GMT

Thanks for sharing your solution, Remco! Eli

Eli Donahue Aras Labs Software Engineer

RE: Copying and appending physical files

remco.van.oosterhout — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 07:28:39 GMT

Happy to report the problem is solved. The method did already copy the file but failed to append it to the Document item, so all I had to do was create that relationship item. I also added a check at the beginning of the code so I don't accidentally overwrite any existing file. This method is now fired on the onAfterAdd and onAfterUpdate events. //Description: If the document item is based on a template, copy the base file and append it to the Document item Item thisItem = this; Innovator inn = thisItem.getInnovator(); string thisItemId = thisItem.getID(); string templateId = thisItem.getProperty("from_template", ""); //First check if the Document item doesn't already have an Office file attached string aml = "<AML><Item action='get' type='Document File'><source_id>" + thisItemId + "</source_id></Item></AML>"; Item alreadyHasAFile = inn.applyAML(aml); //If a relationship item was found, skip the rest of the method if (!alreadyHasAFile.isError()){ return thisItem; } //If item is not based on a template skip this entire method if (templateId.Equals("")){ return thisItem; } //Get the relationship item pointing to the template file aml = "<AML><Item action='get' type='Document File'><source_id>" + templateId + "</source_id></Item></AML>"; Item officeFileItem = inn.applyAML(aml); if(officeFileItem.isError()){ return thisItem; } //Get the file ID string fileId = officeFileItem.getProperty("related_id"); Item templateFile = inn.getItemById("File", fileId); //Recycle the old filename for the new one string fileName = templateFile.getProperty("filename"); // Item myFile = inn.newItem("File","copyAsNew"); myFile.setAttribute("id", fileId); myFile.setAttribute("useInputProperties", "1"); myFile.setProperty("filename", fileName); myFile = myFile.apply(); string newFileId = myFile.getID(); aml = "<AML><Item action='add' type='Document File' ><source_id>" + thisItemId + "</source_id><related_id>" + newFileId + "</related_id></Item></AML>"; Item newRelItem = inn.applyAML(aml); return thisItem;

RE: Copying and appending physical files

remco.van.oosterhout — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 01:46:50 GMT

Hi Eli, We're using the Aras Office Connector. When creating a new Document item based on a template Document item in Word this functionality works, but when creating a new Document item in Aras and setting the from_template property this does not result in an appended file item on the new Document item. Could it be a rights issue on the server, or could I have configured something incorrectly? Remco

RE: Copying and appending physical files

Eli Donahue — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 16:38:22 GMT

Hi remco.van.oosterhout, Is this a custom office connector you've built, or the Aras Office Connector? I believe the Aras Office Connector supports this functionality without custom code. Eli

Eli Donahue Aras Labs Software Engineer

RE: Copying and appending physical files

remco.van.oosterhout — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 02:48:18 GMT

Well, we're not just talking about the File item but also the physical file that resides in the vault. You don't want people working in the original file. This is the code I have so far: Item thisItem = this; Innovator inn = thisItem.getInnovator(); string templateId = thisItem.getProperty("from_template", ""); //If item is not based on a template skip this entire method if (templateId.Equals("")){ return thisItem; } //Get the relationship item pointing to the template file string aml = "<AML><Item action='get' type='Document File'><source_id>" + templateId + "</source_id></Item></AML>"; Item officeFileItem = inn.applyAML(aml); if(officeFileItem.isError()){ return thisItem; } //Get the file ID string fileId = officeFileItem.getProperty("related_id"); Item templateFile = inn.getItemById("File", fileId); //Prepare a name for the file string fileName = thisItem.getProperty("keyed_name"); Item myFile = inn.newItem("File","copyAsNew"); myFile.setAttribute("id", fileId); myFile.setAttribute("useInputProperties", "1"); myFile.setProperty("filename", fileName); myFile = myFile.apply(); //Above didn't result into anything, so I added the following code to manually relate the File item to the Document item Item myFileRel = inn.newItem("Document File","add"); myFileRel.setRelatedItem(myFile); thisItem.addRelationship(myFileRel); //Still no visible result return thisItem; I've managed to determine that the related file item is found so the problem specifically resides in the creation/copying of the new file and File item.

RE: Copying and appending physical files

Alexander Herlitz — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:51:49 GMT

From what I understood you want to retrive File Item from the document template and copy that File Item so you can attach it to the actual Document created from that template? If yes you can copy the file with "copyAsNew" method. The code could look something like that:

var fileCopy = this.getInnovator().newItem("File", "copyAsNew");
fileCopy.setAttribute("id", fileID); // ID of original File Item
fileCopy.setAttribute("useInputProperties", "1");
fileCopy.setProperty("filename", fileName); // fileName is the name of your new copied File
fileCopy = fileCopy.apply();