Crafting your own document upload form

Extranet 5.6 introduced some nice enhancements to how documents are presented, including the ability to avoid the use of the standard document form altogether. Not forcing the user to use a popup window when all they want to do is upload a document is a nice improvement, but what if you really want to collect additional data that describes the document? You could certainly use the standard document form, but if the meta-data you wish to collect is different than the information collected on that form, what do you do?

Make your own document form, of course!

Let me show you how…

Avoidable Pitfalls when using Custom Data Types

Custom Data Types (CDTs) are a powerful and critical part of any Click(tm) Portal implementation. When used correctly they provide the means of defining robust Object Models. When used incorrectly, however, they can be a source of subtle problems that are difficult to diagnose and painful to correct.