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Documents without guest permissions are downloadable

Issue The document is stored in the browser cache and can be downloaded again without the user being logged in Steps to reproduce: 1. Upload a text file document 2. Change permission, revoke guest view 3. Click on...

I want to restrict access to certain documents to a single user

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Issue I am using Documents and Media to upload files. Some of the documents must be restricted for a single user. The user must access a list of documents that only he/she is able to see. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2+...

Upgrading from 6.2 to 7.3 changes the number of likes and dislikes

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Issue Ratings and Comment Ratings are enabled in our portal. When we upgrade the portal from 6.2 to 7.3, some likes turn into dislikes and that creates false information. In the ratingsentry table, the scores of the...

Collect Digital Signature button appears even when the Digital Signature feature is not enabled

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Issue The "Collect Digital Signature" button appears in the Documents and Media widget, even if the Digital Signature feature is not enabled Steps to reproduce: Start a clean bundle of Liferay DXP 7.4 Go to Control...

ADA Accessibility: Drag and Drop functionality not accessible using keyboard, screen reader when creating new Document Types.

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Issue When creating a new Document Type, elements in the Builder fields section sidebar are accessible and operable only by Drag and drop motion using the mouse, presenting an accessibility issue for visually...

How to disable the portal default canonical url generation

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Issue Customer has a custom development to generate canonical urls and it clashes with portal default canonical url generation, so it has to be deactivated. Environment 7.4 Resolution To avoid the default behavior...

File upload to Documents and Media is slow or even fails

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Issue The upload process is so slow or even fails for uploading files with certain extensions. For example, an MP4 file is processed in 1 second, but an Excel file takes more than 100 seconds. Environment DXP...

Display order of category navigation and tag navigation

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Is there a character limit on file names for content uploaded to Documents and Media?

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The file input reset after changing the document type

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.3 2. Create a Document Type. 3. Create a folder in the Documents & Media portlet. 4. Open the created folder and choose a file to upload. 5. Change the document...

Cannot manage files uploaded to User Personal Folder (accessible from Web Content Upload field)

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Issue Created a Web Content structure using the Upload field When a new Web Content Article is created, two upload tabs are available: User Personal Folder Documents and Media Where can we access and manage files...

How can I access to the stored metadata of "Documents and Media" documents?

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Issue I am trying to develop a module that manages files and metadata in the Documents and Media Library but I am struggling to interact with the metadata from metadata sets. How can I access the stored metadata of...

Category parent-child relationships and asset publisher settings

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Link doesn't work in Knowledge base when a non-standard protocol is chosen.

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Issue When adding the notes:// protocol to a link in Knowledge Base, AntiSamy removes it and displays it as text. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2, 7.3 Resolution By default, everything is sanitized by AntiSamy, with 3...

Restrict the upload of certain Document and Media files by checking their metadata

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Issue We would like to restrict uploading any files to the Document and Media portlet by their extension, however, there should be an extra check in their content (mime) type to make sure the extension wasn't...

How to have a more complete text editor when editing a web content?

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Issue Is it possible to have a text editor with more functions than what comes by default in Liferay DXP? Environment DXP 7.3 DXP 7.2 DXP 7.1 DXP 7.0 Resolution [DXP 7.3] Add the following property to your file...

A few MP4 videos are not playing

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Issue Some MP4 videos are not functioning correctly. Steps to Reproduce: 1) Startup Liferay 7.3 SP1 2) Install Xuggler. 3) Upload some MP4 videos Expected Behavior: All the videos should be played. Observed...

Is Form fields and pages are limited?

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Issue We tried to create a Form with 50 fields and 9 pages but we could not save it. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This is limited but if this limit is not enough it can be raised even a higher...

Video and audio files cannot be played and generate thumbnail on Linux/Unix based OS with Xuggler enabled

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Issue Xuggler is enabled to play video and audio files. When running on a Linux/Unix-based system, the audio and video files are displayed without any thumbnail and cannot be played. They do not start when...

Webdav slow when uploading bulk content

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Issue When we upload a large number of files in a hierarchical directory structure, it takes a lot of time even if the file sizes are small. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution When a User uploads many...

Is the number of Form Fields are limited?

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Issue We have a form that contains 50 fields we have managed to add 24 fields across 9 pages. Now when we try to add the 25th and hit save, the page is loading and is taking us back to the list of forms....

Upgrade to 7.4 fails trying to insert records into table DDMFieldAttribute

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Issue I am performing an upgrade to 7.4 and it fails with errors like these: com.liferay.portal.kernel.log.LogSanitizerException: com.liferay.portal.kernel.upgrade.UpgradeException: java.sql.BatchUpdateException: Batch...

Field Reference Structures change after upgrade to 7.4

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Issue The problem with the Field References is that the same structure has different structure IDs in dev and prod and we are planning to develop our templates on dev and once tested, I will update our...

Uploading a file with multiple extensions

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Issue A multi-extension file is being uploaded via document and media Steps to reproduce: 1) Startup the server 2) Navigate to Control Panel>System Settings> Document and Media> Services> File Extension A file...

Configuring most viewed assets

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Issue How to display the most viewed document(s) Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution Liferay provides an OOTB portlet MOST VIEWED ASSETS to configure and display the most viewed asset on a page. Add the...

Invoking Antivirus Scanning in your developments

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Issue If you enable the antivirus scanning it will check files on upload to Liferay applications such as Documents and Media, Message Boards,... but you can also invoke the antivirus scan API directly from your...

StorageException occurs when trying to access Google Cloud Storage.

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Issue The File Storage is configured to Google Cloud Storage. When performing some actions in Documents and Media, Liferay attempts to access Google Cloud Storage and raises the following exception: 06:42:27.828...

How do I install FFmpeg on Windows?

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Issue This article will walk you through the process of installing FFmpeg on Windows. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution To install FFmpeg on Windows, follow these steps: 1) Have the most recent version of...

Error: Unable to send message: Invalid Addresses

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Issue After integrated the Mail Server: Exchange in Liferay DXP there is a following Error in the logs: ERROR [liferay/mail-1][MailEngine:74] Unable to send message: Invalid Addresses...

Edit an uploaded image for a web content field

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Issue A web content structure can include an Image or a Documents and Media field. When editing such a web content you can upload a new image for that field. Is it possible to edit (crop, apply a filter, etc) the...

S3Endpoint feature in Liferay DXP 7.0

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Issue The S3Endpoint feature is missing in Liferay DXP 7.0 to configure the AWS S3 bucket Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution The observed behavior is a new feature that got introduced in DXP 7.3 and can...

"No JSON web service action with path /dlapp/get-temp-file-names and method null for null" when using the multiple upload form in Documents and Media

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Issue Steps to reproduce: Set thejson.web.service.enabled property to false Go to Documents and Media portlet and use the "Multiple upload" option to upload files You could see this error in server logs: 2022-07-15...

Does OpenOffice integration allow DOCX format conversions?

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This article includes a link to third-party documentation and third-party resources are not supported or maintained by Liferay, so should be used at your team’s discretion. Issue I want to download my text documents in...

What to do when AutoFill input is not accepted for the first time on a Form.

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Issue When I use the AutoFill input in Internet browsers, it does not populate for the first time in Forms. After I make a second attempt to update the fields, the Form is populate successfully. Environment DXP 7.2...

When selecting a blog cover image, the uploaded video is unavailable

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Issue Encountering challenges with uploading videos using the document and media portlet in blogs Steps to reproduce: 1) Navigate to Liferay DXP> Content and Data> Documents and Media 2) Upload a video (.mp4) 3)...

How to output the list of file names in "Documents and Media

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Please be aware that the page you are viewing has been machine translated from Japanese into English and may contain some translation errors. If you observe any issues with the translation, please contact us. Issue...

NullPointerException in Knowledge Base Search widget

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.4 2. Create a page and add a 'Knowledge Base Search' widget on the page. 3. Input any keyword into the search bar and hit Search. Expected Behavior: Knowledge Base...

.heic format cannot be previewed

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Issue The preview of an uploaded image with the .heic extension fails. Steps to Reproduce: 1) Start a Liferay server 2) Setup and enable ImageMagick (with HEIC support) 3) Navigate to System Settings > Adaptive...

Error rendering the 404 URLs tab in the Redirection tool

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Issue In a given site, a user navigates to Configuration > Redirection > 404 URLs (tab) and this error appears in the server logs: 2022-02-22 13:26:42.295 ERROR [ajp-nio-0.0.0.0-8009-exec-50][IncludeTag:128] Current...

'Select' button is not disabled for the folder where a document already belongs to

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Issue The 'Select' button next to the folder names shows being disabled, but it works as intended when the user clicks on it. Steps to reproduce: 1. Log in to Liferay and Navigate to Content and Data -> Documents...

Unable to upload multiple documents after invalid file is selected

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Issue Publishing a valid document extension in Documents and Media multiple files upload is disabled after attempting to publish an invalid document. Steps to reproduce 1) Navigate to Control Panel > System...

Configuring individual value to Settings of files when using Multiple File Upload

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Issue I would like to add individual value to each file for their Settings (e.g. Document Type, Display Page, Categorization, Expiration Date, Permissions) when using the Multiple File Upload option to...

Menu links not showing up in custom module after upgrading to Liferay DXP 7.3

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Issue In Liferay DXP 7.0, users may have used the out-of-the-box Document Library Display Portlet to implement their own customizations with uploading Documents. However, when migrating this customization to Liferay...

Cannot export Wiki to PDF using LibreOffice

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1) Have OpenOffice installed on the machine where Liferay DXP is running. 2) Start headless OpenOffice using this command soffice --headless --accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;"...

Custom site/organizational role gives too many permissions

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Issue I have created a custom site/organizational role to see Document and Media contents. I only selected VIEW options in Define Permissions > Site Administration > Content > Documents and Media, but the...

Is it possible to configure a different "Maximum File Size" of documents for each site and file mime/type?

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Issue I want to define a limit for the size of files depending on the mime type and site so that users cannot upload huge files that impact the performance of the site. Is this configuration possible? Environment...

Journal Articles display causing pages loading delay

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Issue Pages loading delays are detected after updating your patch level. Those pages include jorunal articles to be displayed. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Liferay DXP 7.3 from fixpack-3 Liferay DXP 7.2...

Configuration of Flag notification Email sender addresses and names

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Issue Flag content warning (e.g. when a user reports a thread on a Message Board as inappropriate) is not sent to admins despite changing the email sender name and address under Control Panel > Instance...

Unable to show journal articles

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Issue We have some troubles when trying to show web contents. Scenario 1: Trying to show a web content in search results page. Some of the web contents in the search result show the error message "An error occurred...

Localization of document title and description

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Issue Why is it not possible to localize the title and description for documents? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution This is a limitation of the product. i.e. The title...

ClientAbortException's full stack trace may appear at WARN level when downloading files with range header

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Issue Steps to reproduce: Upload a big video whose mime type is listed in property web.server.servlet.accept.ranges.mime.types (video/mp4 for example) to Documents Admin Copy its download URL Execute the command "wget...

Alerts appearing on every site, even when Distribution Scope set to a specific site

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Issue When using the Alerts widget, even when the Distribution Scope for an Alert is set to a specific site, the Alert appears on every site that the user visits. Also, guest users visiting the site specified in the...

Accessing the phone camera on button click event in phone's web browser.

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Issue How to access the phone camera on a button click event in the phone's web browser? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Liferay doesn't have any OOTB feature or configuration in...

Google’s Cloud Storage (GCS) bucket support.

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Issue Google’s Cloud Storage (GCS) bucket support. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 SP1 Resolution This feature will be merged in the upcoming fix pack 3. Hence, please check the LPS-131049 Please create a support ticket...

Is it possible for Liferay to use Ruby Scripting to download a file from the Document Library?

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Issue To establish a system that accepts images and allows for a review process. The images will finally be saved in a folder in the site's document library. The user wished to use a ruby script to get the images...

"The requested resource could not be found" in Activities portlet

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Issue "The requested resource could not be found" while accessing the file and folder under the Activities portlet. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1, 7.2 Resolution Liferay's OOTB Activities portlet provides...

Not able to "check-in" in Microsoft Office 365

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Issue After integrated Liferay with Microsoft Office 365, getting below NullPointerException when performing the “Check-in” operation. And,document gets in an inconsistent state and cannot be edited again....

Enabling Antivirus Scanning for Uploaded Files does not work

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Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue We follow the steps explained in this article Enabling...

Error importing files with names ended with character "." (dot) from 6.1

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Issue Trying to import documents (or doing upgrades) from 6.1, errors as the following are gotten: 2021-07-01 11:02:08.680 ERROR [liferay/background_task-8][BackgroundTaskMessageListener:182] Unable to execute...

Exporting Document Library to LAR does not export file versions (product limitation)

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Issue Exporting Document Library to a LAR file from Content & Data -> Documents and Media -> top-right three-dot menu -> Export / Import won't export file versions. Environment DXP 7.0 or higher Resolution This is a...

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