How to move (Insert) a File from one BO to another

ninap

hi,

i cannot find a way to take an Attachment (attribute which is of type Document) and insert it into another BO.

i assume this is not possible due to some constraint? but wanted to ask everyone if they found a way before I start to write a plugin

txs, nina 😉

ninap

considering now this alternative;

When a document is added to the BO it is stored in the file system and some BO attribute would mark it as file attached.
A process would fire finding that "file" in the file system and IMPORT it somehow.

We could only see IMPORT action solving this for the time being without writing a custom function but let me know

txs, nina 😐

ninap

hi all -

we were informed we could use SET Action to move a DOCUMENT from one BO to another.

however when we write any type of THEN rule using SET which contains the "attribute" of type DOCUMENT. It says there is an error in the syntax.

Example:

We have 2 BO's both have 2 attributes Title (text) and File (Document)

A process should create BO2 with BO2.Title=BO1.Title,BO2.File=BO1.file (DID NOT WORK SO TRIED)

CREATE BO2 with BO2.Title=BO1.Title
SET BO2 FROM BO1.file

Can anyone give us a tip or nudge in the right direction

Thanks,
Nina 😉

kklosson

I do this during a create action where I say NewObject.Document-ThatObject.Document.

itdeptcorp

Hi, Here is a quick snippet

FIND Bo1 WHERE Bo1.Status='Ready' AND Bo1.Attachment1 IS DEFINED
CREATE Bo2 WITH Bo2.document=ThatBo1.Attachment1

This finds if the Object is ready to be Created.. Then Creates the Bo2 with the file attached...