On Jan 25, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:
> I need some guidance on how to accomplish a task in
> OFBiz.
>
> I have our OFBiz instance routing incoming emails
> (communication events) to our OFBiz users. They can
> view their messages and the attachments. I recently
> updated the trunk to enable setting the attachment's
> data resource to isPublic = "Y".
>
> What I need is a way to allow the user to attach the
> bits of content marked isPublic = "Y" to forum
> messages. I pictured a drop-down list in the Add Forum
> Message screen which would allow the user to select
> the content that is flagged as public.
A drop-down seems like a limiting way to go about it. Even in a small
user group (like a few people) there can be tens of thousands of
messages per year. I guess this would certainly depend on how the
system was used and the expected message volume, and then how many of
those have attachments.
But anyway, the idea in general seems fine, and a pop-up with certain
query parameters like to/from emails or users or whatever might be
better.
BTW one other thing, the isPublic is a very coarse-grained permission
pattern and is really meant for totally public things like in and
outside an organization. If that's what you need, then great, but I
know that's not often the case. Of course, if you only want internal
access and there is only internal access to the system that's fine,
though it may limit future flexibility.
-David
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