Changing file name on download

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mmrvelj

Hi all,

In Community Alfresco 4.x share I would like to have a button next to the document, which would enable download of the document. Difference from normal download button is that I would like to be able to change the file name of the file which is being downloaded. An example would be that versioned file called my-document.docx gets renamed to my-document-v1.2-DRAFT.docx.

I am new to Alfresco, so could you give me some pointers how to achieve this?

hunjet

Hi mmrvelj,

To add new button you'll need to customize one (or more) of the existing share components (depending on where you want to add the new button). Check David's blog for info about share customization (http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/ddraper/).

For changing document name on download you could create custom web script where you can put "Content-disposition" header in response containing filename. As a filename you can put your custom string such as "my-document-v1.2-DRAFT.docx".

Hope this help,
Blaž