Modify XMP data of a document

Hi!
I want to store some information in the metadata of the document. This storage event takes place at a button click event on my UI. The user can click the button N number of times, and the storage will take place N times too (depending on whether the information has not already been stored). I found many examples on the internet pertaining to this, for eg., XMP-Toolkit-SDK, and XMPCore libraries for Action Script. But, I found that both these methods required that the document be saved to disk at the time of managing the XMP data. This has become a hurdle to my plugin, as it is not mandatory that when user clicks the button on the UI, the document is saved.
Please guide, as to what should be the correct way to go about this.
Thanks!

Hi,
We have an updated version of the InDesign Host Adapter library available for download:
http://cssdk.host.adobe.com/sdk/1.5/patch/id_hostadapter_mac.zip
In terms of examples, please look at the AssetFragger CS extension example which shows adding/modifying XMP metadata using XMP Namespace Designer and InDesign Host Adapter library. This extension is available in CS Extension Builder under File > Import > CS Extension Builder > Samples. For further information, please refer to http://www.adobe.com/devnet/creativesuite/samples.html
Kind regards,
Lea
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Subject: IDHostAdapter.getInstance().getXMPString(doc); returns null
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I went through the following link http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ramg/archive/2009/04/22/implementing-a-simple-cross-site-collection-list-view-webpart.aspx
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My motive behind displaying data in the list view webpart is to achieve the functionality of Check In ,Check Out and other OOB features.
With Regards,
Jaskaran Singh

Hi,
As there is no such OOTB feature, a workaround is to create a visual web part to gather items from libraries and implement functionalities like Check in, Check out files
in different libraries.
The links below will provide more details:
Create Visual Web Parts in SharePoint
2010
A demo about displaying list items in visual web part:
http://www.dotnetcodesg.com/Article/UploadFile/2/217/Web%20Part%20in%20SharePoint%20To%20Show%20All%20List%20and%20List%20Items.aspx
About the Check In and Check Out:
How to Check In a document programmatically
SPFile.CheckIn method
and SPFile.CheckOut method
Best regards
Patrick Liang
TechNet Community Support

Can I modify the data type of a dynamic parameter?

I am using CR2008 against an Oracle 11 db and have a report with dynamic parameters.
One of the report sources is a custom view that selects all of the possible 'pay ending dates' where one of the fields from this view is used as the source for the dynamic parameter.
The view performs a TRUNC on the date field in an effort to eliminate the TIME component.
The problem is that the parameter definintion defaults to DATE/TIME (vs. just DATE). I'm wondering if there is any way to modify the data type of the parameter to be DATE only.
I've searched several forumns but have not found anything.
One solution I can think of is to have the custom view format the date field as a VARCHAR (sans the time component) which I assume would force the dynamic parameter data type to string, and then have the report perform a todate function on the value when applying the criteria.
Anyone else have an idea? Just seems like CR should allow the developer to specify the data type- especially b/w Date and Date/Time, rather than make an assumption.
Thank you in advance-
emaher

emaher,
Here's what you can do:
Leave the existing date column as it is in the view...
Just add another column to the view that casts the the date as a VarChar data type and formats the date as you would like it to be.
So now you'll have 2 date columns in the view... 1 that's still a date and another that a character string.
Now for your parameter, use the date version as the parameter value and the text version as the parameter description.
Be sure to set the "Prompt with description only" is set to true.
This way the user sees the LoV in the desired format but there's not need to wrangle it back into a date for data selection.
HTH,
Jason

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