Class SoArc2Helper

Helper class containing utility methods (e.g to retrieve data from ForeignKey Table)

Inheritance

Object

SoArc2Helper

Namespace: SuperOffice.CRM.Documents

Assembly: SoDataBase.dll

Syntax

public static class SoArc2Helper : Object

Methods

CreateReturnInfo(Boolean, String, String, ReturnType, String, String)

Create a ReturnInfo object

Declaration

public static ReturnInfo CreateReturnInfo(bool success, string externalReference, string versionId, ReturnType type, string value, string additionalInfo)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Boolean	success	success/failure status
String	externalReference	External Reference
String	versionId	Version Id
ReturnType	type	Return type
String	value	Return value
String	additionalInfo	Additional Info

Returns

Type	Description
ReturnInfo	ReturnInfo

EnsureDirectoryExists(DirectoryInfo)

Verify that a directory exists, and if not, create all missing folders

Declaration

public static void EnsureDirectoryExists(DirectoryInfo dirInfo)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DirectoryInfo	dirInfo

GetArchivePath()

Path to the main document archive.

Declaration

public static string GetArchivePath()

Returns

Type	Description
String	"\server\so_arc"

GetArchivePaths()

Path to the document archives, including the main document archive.

Declaration

public static string[] GetArchivePaths()

Returns

Type	Description
String[]	("\server\so_arc", "\other\so_arc2")

GetAssociateName(Int32)

Get the associate name for a given associate id

Declaration

public static string GetAssociateName(int associateId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int32	associateId	Associate Id

Returns

Type	Description
String	Associate Name

GetCurrentVersionFolderPath(IDocumentInfo, String)

This is the folder path where the latest document is in

Declaration

public static string GetCurrentVersionFolderPath(IDocumentInfo documentInfo, string filename = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IDocumentInfo	documentInfo	document id/name/heading
String	filename	Optional filename override for generated filenames - used if the documentInfo.Name is blank.

Returns

Type	Description
String	\server\so_arc\user\1999.1

GetCurrentVersionFolderPath(DocumentRow)

This is the folder path where the latest document is located.

Declaration

public static string GetCurrentVersionFolderPath(DocumentRow documentRow)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DocumentRow	documentRow	document id, name, heading etc

Returns

Type	Description
String	\server\so_arc\user\1999.2

GetFullArchivePath(IDocumentInfo, String)

This method will return the physical location of the given document based on the provided IDocumentInfo.

Declaration

public static string GetFullArchivePath(IDocumentInfo documentInfo, string filename = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IDocumentInfo	documentInfo	DocumentInfo object containing the document information
String	filename	Optional filename override for generated filename - used if the documentInfo.Name is blank.

Returns

Type	Description
String	Full Archive Path

GetFullArchivePath(DocumentRow)

This method will return the physical location of the given document based on the provided IDocumentInfo.

Declaration

public static string GetFullArchivePath(DocumentRow documentRow)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DocumentRow	documentRow	DocumentRow object containing the document information

Returns

Type	Description
String	Full Archive Path

GetUniqueFileName(String)

This will get a unique file name in the given path.

Declaration

public static string GetUniqueFileName(string completeFilePath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	completeFilePath	Complete file path including the file name

Returns

Type	Description
String	A string to a unique filename with no path which is guaranteed not to exist in the path provided.

Remarks

this will ensure to return an unique file name for the given location If it finds a file(s) with the same name it will create a filename with a suffix with a proper index. e.g It'll create Test[2].docx (if it finds the Test.docx & Test[1].docx in the requested location

GetUniqueFilePath(String)

This will get a unique file name and path in the given path.

Declaration

public static string GetUniqueFilePath(string completeFilePath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	completeFilePath	Complete file path including the file name

Returns

Type	Description
String	A string to a complete filename and path which is guaranteed not to exist.

Remarks

this will ensure to return an unique file name for the given location If it finds a file(s) with the same name it will create a filename with a suffix with a proper randomized string. e.g It'll create Test[xyz].docx (if it finds the Test.docx & Test[xyz].docx in the requested location

MakeLegalFileName(String)

Sanitize a file name (no path); this removes backslash and other dangerous characters

Declaration

public static string MakeLegalFileName(string fileNameWithoutPath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	fileNameWithoutPath

Returns

Type	Description
String

MakeLegalFileNameAndDirectory(String, Boolean)

Given a suggested file name (typically derived from a document.header), and make it legal; create directories on the way

Declaration

public static string MakeLegalFileNameAndDirectory(string suggestedFullPathWithExtension, bool skipExistenceCheck = false)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	suggestedFullPathWithExtension
Boolean	skipExistenceCheck

Returns

Type	Description
String

Remarks

This is in fact rather complicated. There can be a volume designator, such as q: or \?\q: at the beginning of a path - colon is legal there, as is the question mark, but only in these very special places. Elsewhere the illegal-characters set applies. And we also want to guard against upwards navigation using ..\ syntax.

MakeLegalPathName(String)

Sanitize a file name (no path); this removes backslash and other dangerous characters

Declaration

public static string MakeLegalPathName(string path)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	path

Returns

Type	Description
String