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EDT 2.5 Create

Creates an Electronic Document Type (EDT)


Parameters

NameTypeDirectionDescription
psAuthContextStringInOutDeprecated proprietary authentication context only used by .ASMX web services based on internal username/password authentication. Claims based security standards drive all the WCF .SVC web services, making this parameter redundant.
psEDTNameStringInThe name of the EDT (e.g. Xml, Pdf, ...).
psXMLMetadataStringInMetadata XML structure with the metadata that will be set on the current object.
psOutEDTIdStringOutThe unique identifier of the electronic document type.

Requirements are:
  • Only an 'Administrator' user can create an EDT.
Note that:
  • The level attribute on the ishfield element must be 'none'.
  • The name of the EDT must be unique.
  • The internal element name is generated using the prefix EDT and the given psEDTName value (see Naming conventions for readable Element Names).