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Web client custom config

jurgisl

Hi!

I'm trying to create custom content models, but cannot customize web client to include my custom models. I followed the wiki and tutorials but my Alfresco instance is ignoring all custom web client configuration files. I tried static version in /extensions folder and dynamic version in the data dictionary repository. Both are ignored when I run "reload" command in the web client config admin console.

Web client admin console output:

Web Client config has been reloaded

<Built-in evaluators> —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-dialogs.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wizards.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-properties.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-navigation.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wcm.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-actions.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-forum-actions.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wcm-actions.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-workflow-actions.xml —> OK‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

But it is missing last to lines:

classpath:alfresco/extension/web-client-config-custom.xml —> Skipped - not available
workspace://SpacesStore/app:company_home/app:dictionary/app:webclient_extension/cm:web-client-config-custom.xml —> OK‍‍

I tried modifying "web-client-application-context.xml" and all my changes do reflect in the console output but it ignores lines with custom config files.

Do I have to enable web client customization somewhere for custom files to work?

I tried Alfresco Community edition 3.4.d and 3.4.c installer on a 64bit Ubuntu.

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jpotts

Can you provide a copy of your web-client-config-custom.xml file? And, double-check that you are placing a file, with that exact name, under WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/extension/.

Jeff

jurgisl

Thanks for reply!

In my current configuration I have put the web-client-config-custom.xml file in the Data Dictionary only, as described in the "Dynamic Models" wiki page. I thought that even if there is no file in the extension folder, the web client console reload should show that line with a result "—> Skipped - not available". And an error if the custom config file is invalid.

My web-client-config-custom.xml file is nothing special, I created it following an old tutorial in the alfresco developer series and reading current wiki.

<alfresco-config>
    <config evaluator="aspect-name" condition="sc:webable">
      <property-sheet>
         <show-property name="sc:published" display-label-id="published" />
         <show-property name="sc:isActive" display-label-id="published" read-only="true" />
         <show-association name="sc:relatedDocuments" />
      </property-sheet>
   </config>
   
   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Content Wizards">
      <content-types>
        <type name="sc:doc" />
        <type name="sc:whitepaper" />
      </content-types>
   </config>
   
   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Action Wizards">
        <aspects>
            <aspect name="sc:webable"/>
            <aspect name="sc:productRelated"/>
        </aspects>

        <subtypes>
            <type name="sc:doc" />
            <type name="sc:whitepaper" />
        </subtypes>
        
        <specialise-types>
            <type name="sc:doc" />
            <type name="sc:whitepaper" />
        </specialise-types>
   </config>

</alfresco-config>
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I have also tried several other configs from much more current examples, but with the same results. Custom config file is ignored even if it's empty. I checked file name several times, even copied it from the wiki, to be sure I spelled it correctly. The custom models are active, I checked it with an API call.

I must be doing something wrong here.

jpotts

Can you try to put it in WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/extension, just to see if it gets picked up there?

Also, just to confirm, you said Data Dictionary, but the actual path would be /Company Home/Data Dictionary/Web Client Extension/

Jeff

jurgisl

Ok, I put a copy of web-client-config-custom.xml in the /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension folder, but unfortunately it is not picked up during alfresco restart and also didn't show up in the web client console reload results.

Sorry, I didn't write the whole path, yes I do put it in the /Company Home/Data Dictionary/Web Client Extension/. I thought it had to be picked up from one of the places, but now it seems that Alfresco is ignoring any custom web client configs. It even seems intentional.

I also tried to use the web client console's reload command on a vanilla windows version of alfresco community edition 3.4.c, and it also did not show that it tires to load a custom web client config. If you execute the reload command in the web client console, does your console show this line?

classpath:alfresco/extension/web-client-config-custom.xml —> Skipped - not available‍

Maybe my classpath is wrong? Can it be wrong?
Can I enable a logger to debug the web client console reload process? My alfresco.log file does not show any relevant errors or warnings.

jpotts

I am currently running a simplied SomeCo example model with a simplified web-client-config-custom.xml (all deployed to the WAR, not to the Data Dictionary) on 3.4.d Community. When I go to the web client config admin console and do a reload, I see:

<Built-in evaluators> —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-dialogs.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wizards.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-properties.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-navigation.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wcm.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-actions.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-forum-actions.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wcm-actions.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-workflow-actions.xml —> OK
classpath:alfresco/extension/web-client-config-custom.xml —> OK‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Did you build from source or are you using a binary build?

If you go look in WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/web-client-application-context.xml, do you see a bean called webClientConfigSource, and does it look like this?

<bean id="webClientConfigSource" parent="repoUrlConfigSource">
      <constructor-arg>
         <list>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-dialogs.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wizards.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-properties.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-navigation.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wcm.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-actions.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-forum-actions.xml</value>

            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wcm-actions.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-workflow-actions.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/extension/web-client-config-custom.xml</value>
            <value>jar:*!/META-INF/web-client-config-custom.xml</value>
            <value>workspace://SpacesStore/${spaces.company_home.childname}/${spaces.dictionary.childname}/app:webclient_extension/cm:web-client-config-custom.xml</value>
         </list>
      </constructor-arg>
   </bean>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

If you do have that bean and it has the appropriate list of values, are you overriding that bean anywhere?

Jeff

jurgisl

Good to hear that it works for you, so it must work for me too.

I am using binary build that I downloaded from here - http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Download_and_Install_Alfresco
All I am doing is installing it using provided installation script and then upload my custom model and web client configuration. I am using Alfresco as it is "out of the box".

Maybe I should not put web-client-config-custom.xml in/opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension but modify the /opt/alfresco/tomcat/webapps/alfresco.war?

My web-client-application-context.xml contains this bean, and I have not overridden it, don't know how to do it yet.

   
   <bean id="webClientConfigSource" parent="repoUrlConfigSource">
      <constructor-arg>
         <list>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-dialogs.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wizards.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-properties.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-navigation.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wcm.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-actions.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-forum-actions.xml</value>

            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wcm-actions.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-workflow-actions.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/extension/web-client-config-custom.xml</value>
            <value>jar:*!/META-INF/web-client-config-custom.xml</value>
            <value>workspace://SpacesStore/${spaces.company_home.childname}/${spaces.dictionary.childname}/app:webclient_extension/cm:web-client-config-custom.xml</value>
         </list>
      </constructor-arg>
   </bean>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍