Copying and appending physical files
Another day, another challenge. I'm still working on our Office Connector integration and one of the features I want to present to my user community is the ability to use templates when creating new D...
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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.
