keensoft / oo-temp-filename-shortener

Alfresco Open Office temp filename shortener

Alfresco: OpenOffice Temp Filename Shortener

When using Alfresco on a Windows platform, Alfresco temporal path can exceed easily Windows maximum path length.

C:\Alfresco\apache-tomcat\temp\Alfresco\LargeFilenameToIncludeOnTransformation.docx-OpenOfficeContentTransformer-OpenOfficeContentTransformer-1442998872585\LargeFilenameToIncludeOnTransformation.docx-OpenOfficeContentTransformer-target-5667410859729336016.pdf

This addon provides an Alfresco Repo extension for OOoDirect subsystem which uses OOCT temporal prefix instead of Alfresco default OpenOfficeContentTransformer. So, about 77 additional characters are available for filenames in Alfresco.

C:\Alfresco\apache-tomcat\temp\Alfresco\LargeFilenameToIncludeOnTransformation.docx-OOCT-OOCT-1442998872585\LargeFilenameToIncludeOnTransformation.docx-OOCT-target-5667410859729336016.pdf

This addon should not be used on Linux platforms.

The plugin is licensed under the LGPL v3.0. The current version is 1.0.0, which is compatible with Alfresco 4.2.c-f and 5.0.a-d.

Downloading the ready-to-deploy-plugin

The binary distribution is made of one AMP file, use 5.0.c or 5.0.d releases according to your Alfresco version:

• repo AMP - 5.0.d
• repo AMP - 5.0.c

You can install them by using standard Alfresco deployment tools

Building the artifacts

If you are new to Alfresco and the Alfresco Maven SDK, you should start by reading Jeff Potts' tutorial on the subject.

You can build the artifacts from source code using maven $ mvn clean package

Alfresco issue id

This problem has been raised as ALF-21479 at Alfresco JIRA. Please check resolution status of this ticket and your Alfresco version before applying this patch to your installation.