Delete Doc shortcut

pennyg

Hi, we have a custom command for deleting documents from a right mouse click of a filesite document. I can identify a shortcut but have been unable to delete. Can anyone point me in the right direction for deleting the shortcut only - not the file it is referencing.

The ICommand_Execute code I'm using to identify the shortcut is:
*this code was with thanks to another thread posted by jny :-)

Dim selectedObjects() As Object
Dim selectedObject As IManObject
Dim docShortcut As IManContentShortcut
Dim mDoc As ManDocumentContents

Dim ct As Integer

selectedObjects = mContext("SelectedIManObjects")

If Not IsEmpty(selectedObjects) Then
ct = UBound(selectedObjects) - (LBound(selectedObjects) - 1)

If ct = 1 Then
mStatus = nrActiveCommand
Set selectedObject = selectedObjects(0)
Select Case selectedObject.ObjectType.ObjectType
Case imTypeContentShortcut
Set docShortcut = selectedObject
*** Would like to delete docShortcut now

Case imTypeDocument
' do other stuff
End Select
End If
End If
..


We are using Filesite 8.2 SP1 with patch 2 (soon going to patch 3).

thanks in advance
PG

jasonb_UK

Hi Penny,

I have a multiple content library setup and had to do something similar to refile MIME items from databases other than the workspace db.

Essentially it finds shortcuts to MIME items (from other databases) within a folder, exports the files referenced, creates new items from them on the folder db, adds the new content to the folder, removes the original item (on the remote db) and finally removes the original shortcut from the folder.

As it processes the items in the folder, it adds the shortcuts to be removed to an arraylist, then at the end of the process goes through the arraylist and removes the shortcuts.

The IManContentShortcut object has no delete method - I used the RemoveByObject method of the IManDocuments object to get rid of the shortcut. This means you have to look at the problem from a folder perspective (or workspace, or any other kind of container the user is seeing the list of items in).

hope this helps, happy to explain further if need be!

jason