Access LDAP attribute from Webmail

Question

Hi there,
We need to do some customizations on webmail.
One of the things we want to do is to be able to read and write an ldap attribute outside the multivalue attribute NSWMEXTENDEDUSERPREFS.
I've seen on "Webmail Express Customization Guide" that we can load on http startup other external attributes using a command like:
configutil -l -o service.http.extrauserldapattrs -v myattribute:w
on which the :w at the end means that webmail could have write access to the attribute. (Pag 71 of W.E.C. Guide)
I've done that, but the problem is that if I try to write a new value on the attribute, the value is created on the NSWMEXTENDEDUSERPREFS as myattribute=value
So .. It reads from one side but write to another! Any ideas how to write on the myattribute directly from webmail interface?!
Thanks,
Sergio Sousa

Answer 1

Hi,
have you allready tryed to read the attribute directly from the BOL in the implementation class of the view, without creating any new context node? Maybe this coding might help you:
DATA: lr_entity        TYPE REF TO cl_crm_bol_entity,
DATA: lv_collection TYPE REF TO if_bol_bo_col.
DATA: lv_cat type string.
lr_entity ?= me->typed_context->BTAdminH->collection_wrapper->get_current( ).
  TRY.
  lv_collection = lr_entity->get_related_entities( iv_relation_name = 'BTHeaderActivityExt' ).
   CATCH cx_sy_ref_is_initial.
ENDTRY.
      lr_entity ?= lv_collection->get_current( ).
  CALL METHOD lr_entity->if_bol_bo_property_access~get_property_as_string
    EXPORTING
      iv_attr_name = 'CATEGORY'
    RECEIVING
      rv_result    = lv_cat.
Best regards,
Oliver