Integrate oracle applications attachment feature with Oracle iFS

Question

Hi Gurus,
we have installed oracle contracts 11.5.8 and here is some overview on the issue we are facing.
The contract creation and approval process is as follows. User creates contract header and attach contract word template document to the oracle contract header. User then submits the contract for approval. When the contract goes through the approval process the approver receives the notification and is expected to open the contract header and then go to attachments to open the contract word document. The approver makes the necessary changes to the attached contract word document and then approves the request.
In the above described scenario we have two ways to create the attachements.
1. Create attachment with datatype as FILE. This option uploads the word document in the database and then allows the approver to view the word document. But it does not allow the approver to change and save the word document.
2. Create attachment with datatype as DOCUMENT REGERENCE. This gives error 'Document management nodes not defined'.
We are looking at using Oracle iFS for document management and then integrating it with the attachments ? Can anyone point us to necessary installation and setups required to achieve this ? Can someone let us know if this is even feasible ?
Any pointers will be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Ganesh Prabhu

Answer 1

Yes is possible. You will need to do a similar way of the use of ASP in SiteStudio. Done the procedures, you can use PHP code and PHP custom fragments.