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Is it possible to apply life cycle to a folder

prabhu

Hi,

I see that its possible to apply lifecycle to a folder through API command. But why dont we have a option to apply a lifecycle to a folder via webtop?

Can we enable this through webtop customization. Is there any impact on doing this?

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DCTM_Guru

Yes, can apply lifecycle to a folder, but this does not translate to having lifecycle applied to contents/objects within a folder. This is probably why Webtop UI does not support applying a lifecycle to a folder. If you want lifecycle to be applied to the contents, you will have to write your own customization. You will also have to include error handling that would prevent applying the lifecycle to a document, such as:

What if object is not acceptable type of the lifecycle
What if user is not owner of the object
What is the document is checked out

Saurabh_Bakshi

Prabhu,

Can you tell me a scenario where we need to apply a lifecycle to a folder?As I understand,it is the content which keeps changing (through state) during

reviews etc and hence content is the variable which keeps changing.Folders and Cabinet are mere containers which once created can only be deleted if at all

required.So there is only create and delete for a folder ..a 2 step lifecycle without any workflow activties on it.

prabhu

Thanks for the response. Consider the following scenario,

We create a folder in a cabinet.
We apply a lifecycle to the newly created folder.
Once the lifecycle is applied to this folder, I want a set of folder structures (already present in docbase) to be copied under this new folder.
When i change the phases of the folder, again a different set of folder structures need to be copied to this folder.

I thought this could be done by calling custom methods (need to develop) during every phase change.

I welcome any possible suggestions for achieving this functionality.

prabhu

Gee,

I dont want the lifecycle to be applied to the objects inside the folder. I just want to perform a certain operations like copy, changing acls, etc during every phase change of the folder to which the lifecycle is applied.

If the above functionalities are possible with the lifecycle, I would need to view the lifecycle option for the folders via webtop.

DCTM_Guru

You should be able to enable edit action for dm_folder type by modifying the edit action config in either generic_actions.xml, dm_sysobject_actions.xml, or dm_folder_actions.xml.

prabhu

So you mean I can make webtop customization for enabling lifecycle option for folders in webtop?

DCTM_Guru

Yes. Please read the WDK Developers Guide and Tutorial for more details.

prabhu

Thanks. will try that out.