Re: Propegating custom properties to WSS doclibs
From: Mike Walsh [MVP] (englantilainen_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/12/04
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 07:52:00 +0200
Sorry, (force of habit)
Thanks Bil !
Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
"Bil Simser" <bil_simser@cpr.ca> wrote in message
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> I know, this has been hashed through a few times by Mike, myself and
others
> but there's some new info that I thought I would share.
>
> With Office documents, there is a set of standard properties (title,
author,
> company, etc.) that are not propagated to the WSS doc libs (except for
> title). This is by design for the current release of WSS.
>
> There is also a set of custom properties. These are things like
> DocumentNumber, etc. and available from the custom tab on the properties
> dialog in an Office document. These ARE propagated to a WSS document
library
> but there's a bit of a catch (that a MS guy and I found today).
>
> First, as in Mikes FAQ on this, you need to create columns in your
document
> library to match those in the custom tab (these can be the ones Office
> provides by default or your own). Next, you MUST (and here's the important
> part kids so pay attention) upload your document through the explorer view
> (or via a web folder) in order for these to make it into the document
> library. If you choose to choose upload document from the document library
> itself, then the values are blanked out in the form (because you haven't
> uploaded the document yet) AND SharePoint will actually blank them out
> inside the Office document after you upload it.
>
> Hope that helps someone who's looking to migrate documents and trying to
> preserve the Office META data. Cheers!
>
> --
> Bil Simser
> Development Evangelist
> Canadian Pacific Railway
> (403) 319-7987
>
>
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