[p4] Embedded changelist # or file rev# in Word doc?

[Jamie.Echlin@barclayscapital.com]

I don't see that it should be too difficult, in a trigger, use the Word
COM API to update the relevant fields. The downside is Word will need to
be on the server, which could be difficult if you have a unix server.
Have done something with clearcase in the past and it worked OK.

Cheers, jamie


> -----Original Message-----
> From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com 
> [mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com] On Behalf Of Jay Glanville
> Sent: 26 September 2007 12:33
> To: alex.pavloff at l-3com.com; perforce-user at perforce.com
> Subject: Re: [p4] Embedded changelist # or file rev# in Word doc?
> 
> > Hi perforce-user.
> > 
> > We've been embedding changelist #s in software builds, to great 
> > effect.
> > Now, we're looking at our documents we put in Perforce.  
> Certain types 
> > of living documents will get printed out, perused by 
> various people in 
> > various locations, and have comments scribbled on with pens, and 
> > returned to the original owner.  There's also a variable latency in 
> > this whole thing, so some guy who got the doc might be 
> scribbling on a 
> > version that's 2 weeks old by the time it gets back to the author.
> > 
> > So we need some version # on the document, but as we all know, 
> > manually updated version #s is an error-prone process.  
> What would be 
> > very cool is if the Perforce changelist # was available as 
> a field to 
> > a Word doc, then this could put put on the cover page or 
> footer, such 
> > that any normal field update would go and put the 
> changelist # in the 
> > doc.
> > 
> > I don't see this feature in P4OFC, (I'm not even sure if 
> Word plugins 
> > can provide custom fields), does anyone have any 
> suggestions about how 
> > to accomplish this?
> 
> Alex, I don't have high-hopes for what you're looking for.  
> In essence, what you're looking for is keyword replacement.  
> Unfortunately, that's not available for binary files, ie: 
> word documents.
> 
> I was with a shop in the past that used FrameMaker+SGML as 
> their editor, and stored their documents as SGML, which is a 
> text format.  They were then able to use keyword replacement 
> from their SCM to do what you're looking for.
> 
> In answer to your other question, yes Word does have custom 
> fields, but I don't know if the plugins provide access to 
> these fields.  For word 2002, go to Files -> Properties, and 
> select the tab Custom.
> 
> JDG
> 
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> Jay Dickon Glanville
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