Updating attributes in Web Services

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Can anyone tell me how I determine the type of any attribute (text, text multiline, date etc) after reading the data associated with any given object in Livelink (9.7.1). I can easily determine the name (description), the key (attributeid.version#.order) and the data but not evidently the type. Can anyone give me a pointer as to where this information is stored ? Many thanks,

 

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PS By where it is stored yes I know it's in the database but is there a web service methos that I can use to determine if the attribute is a text multiline, a text popup or a text single line type of attribute for example ? Hope the questions clear and appreciate any help !

 

[ggriffit]

The attribute class in the DocMan service provides a GetType method.

Greg Griffiths
Livelink Certified Developer & ECM Global Star Champion 2005 & 2006

http://www.greggriffiths.org/livelink/

 

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As usual I appreciate the response Greg. However what this method tells me is that the attribute is a string (amongst other things like key, description etc) but not including it's precise type. By that what I mean is this particular attribute might indeed be a String but is it a single (-1), multi (11) or list (10) of text values ? In other words in LAPI I would have refererd to this type of thing:

ATTR_TYPE_BOOL // Boolean
ATTR_TYPE_DATE // Date
ATTR_TYPE_DATEPOPUP // Date pop-up
ATTR_TYPE_INT // Integer
ATTR_TYPE_INTPOPUP // Integer pop-up
ATTR_TYPE_SET // Set
ATTR_TYPE_STRFIELD // Text
ATTR_TYPE_STRMULTI // Text multi-line
ATTR_TYPE_STRPOPUP // Text pop-up
ATTR_TYPE_USER // UserID
ATTR_TYPE_REAL // Real (Workflow only)
ATTR_TYPE_REALPOPUP // Real pop-up (Workflow only)

The question is how do I get to this in EWS ?

Again - appreciate any help,