Oh sure, it's possible. I'm not sure if you can use the
cfa_contentObjectData and cfa_contentObjectProperty tags to accesss the
typeID property, but you could certainly do this through a home-brewed SQL
statement. However, if you wanted to stay in the realm of Spectra, you could
write a new custom handler that converts an object to the other type.
Something like this perhaps?
I've not tried this, but I imagine that something like this code would work
for you. In the example below, I've deleted the original object which is a
little dangerous. You could perhaps assign it to a new objectID of the
original type? That way you'd be making a copy without the risk of deleting
your original. What do you guys think?
-----
<CFA_handler OBJECT="myObject">
<!--- hold the new TypeID --->
<CFSET newTypeID="x">
<!--- preserve the object id --->
<CFSET theID = myObject.ObjectID>
<!--- get the contents of the old object --->
<CFA_contentObjectGet
...
r_stObject="stObject"
>
<!--- delete the old object --->
<CFA_contentObjectDelete
...
OBJECTID="#theID#"
>
<!--- create the new object with the preserved objectID --->
<CFA_contentObjectCreate
...
TYPEID="#newTypeID#"
OBJECTID="#theID#"
stProperties="#stObject#"
>
</CFA_handler>
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Nate Smith,
Lead Developer
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www.doceus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Lanny R. Udey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 5:32 PM
To: Spectra-Talk
Subject: Changing the type of an object
Hi,
I want to change the TYPE of an object so that I can just use type security
on it instead of object security. I don't want to move all the objects, just
some based on their label.
We have cloned the type to make the new type. What I am not sure about is,
can you change the type of an object? I can't seem to find a tag to do that.
Is it possible?
I have these objects in containers so don't want to change the IDs,
otherwise I would just copy the contents and put it in new objects in the
new type.
Thanks
Lanny Udey
Hofstra University
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