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LAPI date attribute

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ahaboub

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Jul 31, 2009
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Hello,
Using vb.net, I am trying to upload a document, retrieve its nodeid, and then update its category attributes. Everything would work well without updating a date attribute.
If i update the date attribute, i will not see the category assigned to the document (there is no exception also), here is the code i am using:
Code:
Dim mySess = New LLSession(tboLivelinkServer.Text, CInt(tboPort.Text), tboLivelinkDB.Text, tboLivelinkUser.Text, tboLivelinkPwd.Text)
Dim docid As Integer = 0
Try
Dim doc As New LAPI_DOCUMENTS(mySess)
Dim status As Integer
status = doc.AccessPersonalWS(New LLValue())

If status = 0 Then
Dim info1 As New LLValue()
Dim info2 As New LLValue()
status = doc.AddDocument(-2000, 22747, filepath.Substring(filepath.LastIndexOf("\") + 1), filepath, info1, info2)
docid = info1.toInteger("ID")

Dim attr As New LAPI_ATTRIBUTES(mySess)

Dim catid2 As New LLValue()
Dim catversion As New LLValue()

catid2.setAssoc()
catid2.add("Type", LAPI_ATTRIBUTES.CATEGORY_TYPE_LIBRARY)
catid2.add("ID", 12231)

status = doc.FetchCategoryVersion(catid2, catversion)
If status = 0 Then
Dim avpath As New LLValue()
Dim attrvalues As New LLValue()
Dim objid As New LLValue()

attrvalues.setList()
attrvalues.setSize(1)

attrvalues.setString(0, CP1256_UTF8("test"))
status = attr.AttrSetValues(catversion, "Mail #", LAPI_ATTRIBUTES.ATTR_DATAVALUES, avpath, attrvalues)

'HERE IS THE CODE I AM HAVING PROBLEM WITH
'I TRIED DIFFERENT FORMAT FOR THE STRING DATE VALUE, AND NOTHING WORKED
attrvalues.setString(0, Date.Now.ToString)
status = attr.AttrSetValues(catversion, "Mail Date", LAPI_ATTRIBUTES.ATTR_DATAVALUES, avpath, attrvalues)

attrvalues.setString(0, CP1256_UTF8("test"))
status = attr.AttrSetValues(catversion, "Subject", LAPI_ATTRIBUTES.ATTR_DATAVALUES, avpath, attrvalues)

objid.setAssoc()
objid.add("Type", LAPI_DOCUMENTS.OBJECTTYPE)
objid.add("ID", docid)

status = doc.SetObjectAttributesEx(objid, catversion)
End If
Else
MsgBox("could not access server")
Return False
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox("Error uploading document with category. Details: " & ex.Message)
Return False
End Try
I appreciate any giving help.
 
I also tried with an existing document in Livelink to fetch the catversion, and then to input my date attribute as in the same format stored in the catversion
i extracted from the catversion the value D/2012/4/21/9:0:0 and used it in the above code, but still this didnt work
 
Ahaboub see the C# approach here it should be almost identical in VB.NET.There is a LLValueNet class object that you can use to make up a system date.Livelink will not accept a string in place of a date type variable
Code:
System.DateTime testDate = new System.DateTime(intLLISS_YEAR, intLLISS_MONTH, intLLISS_DAY);
					LLValueNET DateValue = new LLValueNET(testDate);
					
					attrValues3.add(DateValue);
					if(attr3.AttrSetValues(catVersion, "Issue Date", LAPI_ATTRIBUTES.ATTR_DATAVALUES, attrValuesPath, attrValues3) != 0)
					{
						WriteErrors(session, "Adding Issue date Failed.");										
					}

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937
Certified OT Developer,Livelink ECM Champion 2008,Livelink ECM Champion 2010
 
appnair, I will try your code tomorrow...
in fact, i used the same approach for updating a date attribute in a workflow, and it is working
 
appnair
i tried it, it worked only when submitting the date attribute alone, not with the other attributes
when submitting all of them together, it is not working!!
 
by the way,
when i tried all the attributes together, the category is not assigned to the document, so i just changed the attribute values type to LAPI_ATTRIBUTES.ATTR_TYPE_DATE for the date attribute,
now the category is assigned to the document, but the date attribute is not taking any values!
 
Well the snippet I posted was from a working
Sample that puts everything together not sure
What your problem is. That is how you
Transfer a date attribute type :)

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937
Certified OT Developer,Livelink ECM Champion 2008,Livelink ECM Champion 2010
 
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