Alfresco Document Management supportive of all file types?

Asked Apr 15 '10 at 10:47

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Quick question....

We're trying to make a decision on a dms here and Alfresco has been recommended to us.

Is the Alfresco Document Management supportive of all file types?

Thanks!

edited Dec 17 '13 at 16:09

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asked Apr 15 '10 at 10:47

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Do you mean what file types can be uploaded into Alfresco ? – Hugo Palma Apr 16 '10 at 12:20
Yes that is what I meant, apologies for the poor explanation. – damien535 Apr 22 '10 at 16:06

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Yes, you can upload any kind of files into Alfresco.

If you upload a file called "muhammad.ali" using a strange file format, Alfresco will accept it with no problem, and you will be able to play with its meta-data etc like any other file. You probably will not be able to search for its content, though.

answered Jun 11 '10 at 06:07

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But alfresco (default instalation) will try to index it, though. – Zlatko Aug 20 '10 at 12:30
If you had a Java library that knew how to extract the indexable text from .ali files you could easily define the new file type and associate it with your custom class that does the extraction which would make files of the new type searchable. – Jeff Potts Sep 06 '13 at 20:55