Problem adding AdditionalProperties in VB.NET

Hello

I have a problem adding properties to a folder. this is the error i get:
Failed to add Properties: [AdditionalProperty ][Add ]Access is denied.
This is on a Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 machine with sdk 8.2

I can read the properties, i just don't seem to be able to add them. When i display the EffectiveAccess info, i get imAccessRight.imRightAll so as far as i know i should be able to add properties.

I had it working successfully on a Windows 7 Enterprise x86 computer with sdk 8.5 so i'm a little at a loss here. As far as i know, AdditionalProperties is still part of the 8.2 sdk, since i've been able to read them.

Anyone have any ideas what might be the problem? Maybe some setting on the server somewhere?

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guido1

What additional property on the folder are you trying to set? Can you show a code snippet?

kvanlondersele

Does it matter what property it is?
Code is something like this:

Private Sub addProps(ByVal destFolder As IManDocumentFolder, ByVal ContentType As String, ByVal Client As String, ByVal Partner As String, ByVal Manager As String, ByVal UltParent As String, ByVal Status As String, Optional ByVal LobSegment As String = Nothing)
        Dim fldProp As IManAdditionalProperties = Nothing
        Dim oContenttype As IManAdditionalProperty = Nothing
        Dim oClient As IManAdditionalProperty = Nothing
        Dim oLobsegment As IManAdditionalProperty = Nothing
        Dim oPartner As IManAdditionalProperty = Nothing
        Dim oManager As IManAdditionalProperty = Nothing
        Dim oUltparent As IManAdditionalProperty = Nothing
        Dim oStatus As IManAdditionalProperty = Nothing

        Try
            fldProp = destFolder.AdditionalProperties

            If Not ContentType Is Nothing Then
                oContenttype = fldProp.Add("iMan___8", ContentType)
            End If
            If Not Client Is Nothing Then
                oClient = fldProp.Add("iMan___25", Client)
            End If
            If Not LobSegment Is Nothing Then
                oLobsegment = fldProp.Add("iMan___28", LobSegment)
            End If
            If Not Partner Is Nothing Then
                oPartner = fldProp.Add("iMan___31", Partner)
            End If
            If Not Manager Is Nothing Then
                oManager = fldProp.Add("iMan___32", Manager)
            End If
            If Not UltParent Is Nothing Then
                oUltparent = fldProp.Add("iMan___27", UltParent)
            End If
            If Not Status Is Nothing Then
                oStatus = fldProp.Add("iMan___33", Status)
            End If
            destFolder.Update()
        Catch ex As Exception
            log.writeToLog("Failed to add Properties: " & ex.Message & vbCr & destFolder.Workspace.Name & "/" & destFolder.Name, log.msgType.TypeError)
    End Try
    End Sub

this works on the windows 7 enterprice pc, but not on the windows server 2003 r2

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Arwin

If I remember correctly, at some point there was a change from IMan to iMan as internal name for these properties. If you are using the 8.2 SDK now, you may have to change the attribute names to IMan___ ... Not sure that this is the case here (you'd probably get a different message), but it's a nasty little thing when you do encounter it.

EDIT: also, are you sure they are new? If one of them does already exist, then maybe you should check in advance by getting the property by name:

myAdditionalProperty = folder.AdditionalProperties.ItemByName("iMan___" & CStr(AttrId))

If this is not nothing, then use its Value property to set the value instead.

kvanlondersele

i just tried changing to IMan___ but i still get the same error.

Some of the time the properties already exist, i check those in a different function and the results are the values in the strings that are added in the constructor.
I set it up this way because it's a batch list of folders with different properties.
Anyway, the message is the same for folders without properties as for folders that already have some.

EDIT: I thought it might have been a problem with access rights, but I also have functions for creating folders that are working fine. I don't know if there's any difference between creating and modifying a folder?

guido1

Your code looks OK.

If you have it working in one environment but not another then my guess is that the IManage runtime version is different on these machines.

Are you sure you have generated your interop assemblies in your VB.NET project against the same target IManage COM DLLs on the target machine?

kvanlondersele

ehm.
the added reference is 8.5 on the working pc. i can't add the 8.2 type library anymore. However it's an 8.2 com dll on the server.
that should be ok as long as i don't use objects/methods from the 8.5 sdk right? clsid for the objects seem to be the same.
or is this not what you meant?

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