I think the best option is using webdav as Plone external editor does
2013/1/24 Roberto Rosario <[email protected]> > Hi Piotr, > > It sounds very interesting, very practical and something I > would definitively love to see added to Mayan. The problem is in that the > implementation details are a big mystery to me. If Sharepoint and MS > Office are using something like WebDav or CMIS, then it could be possible > to add this. I guess the first step is learning how Sharepoint is doing > what it does and if it is doing it in a non proprietary manner. > > The other method you mentioned has been discussed before (using > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/watchdog) and while technically challenging > could be implemented as a vendor, platform and software agnostic solution. > One of the items for the next release is decoupling filesystem sharing > from the document indexing app, which could help pave the way to make this > a reality. > > >> Another question: Is there a way to automatically number documents > (e.g. metadata field with concurrent numbers for specific document type) > > Like a counter? Or a custom, user defined ID field via a Python > expression? Example use case to get a better idea what/how to add it. > > --Roberto > > On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:37:27 PM UTC-4, Piotr Kaczyński wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Is there a plan to add sharepoint-like integration for office 2013 >> documents? This means that I could open document via clicking on the link, >> MS Word pops out with the document and after saving the document I get >> another (sub)version uploaded automagically to mayan. >> >> The current scenario (as I get it), i.e. >> 1) Download document >> 2) Open document, then save it >> 3) Upload new version (be careful, not to upload normal document) >> is quite long and (with all my hate for Sharepoint) is worse than the one >> sponsored by MS. >> >> Maybe there is another option like editing documents on samba share and >> then automatic cross check with existsing ones? >> >> Or I would have to write my own app? >> >> Another question: Is there a way to automatically number documents (e.g. >> metadata field with concurrent numbers for specific document type) >> >> Thanks for any reply, >> >> Piotr >> > -- > > > > -- *Dairon Medina Caro Software Developer* *email:* [email protected] *weblog:* http://codeadict.org *mobile:* *(+593)*-987612278 http://linkedin.com/in/codeadict @codeadict --
