As an IT administrator, you can control which aspects and properties that your end users can view and edit from their desktops. By default, users can view and edit general properties for files or folders, such as the Title, Name, Description, and Author (if they have the correct permissions).
You can extend this functionality to allow users to view and edit additional properties. Add the syncui.enableAspects and (optional) syncui.disableProperties settings to your central configuration file.
Here are a few examples:
syncui.enableAspects=cm:titled,exif:exif,dp:restrictable syncui.disableProperties.1=cm:titled|cm:title syncui.disableProperties.2=exif:exif|exif:exposureTime,exif:orientation,exif:flash
As an IT administrator, you can also control the list of available custom types for files and folders that your end users can apply to their content from their desktops. If either syncui.fileCustomTypes or syncui.folderCustomTypes are missing from the configuration file, the custom types are fetched from the repository. Otherwise, the custom type field is populated with the values read from the configuration file.
In the Property dialog > General properties tab, there’s a drop-down menu with the custom types that can be applied to a file or folder. This menu lists only custom types created using the Content Model Manager API.
Example:
syncui.fileCustomTypes=My custom type (model-1:custom_type_name)
- If a custom type is applied to the file/folder from the Properties dialog, all data entered that was not saved will be discarded. We suggest you save your changes first before applying a custom type.
- If the file or folder already has a custom type applied, then the custom type drop-down will contain only sub-types of that custom type. You can’t change between unrelated custom types, as the Content Model Manager API doesn’t allow it.