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PublicationOutput 2.5 Delete

Deletes Publication Output objects from the Content Manager repository.


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.
psLogicalIdStringInThe logical identifier of the object.
psVersionStringInThe version of the object. This version number has to be an exact number.
psOutputFormatStringInThe name of the output format (e.g. Manual, Online Documentation, Booklet, Compiled Help,...).
psLngCombinationStringInThe ordered list of languages separated by the '+' character indicating the languages used in the content of the object.
psXMLRequiredCurrentMetadataStringInMetadata XML structure with the metadata that object is required to have set currently. The update of the object is only carried out when the object has exactly the same metadata specification, i.e. the metadata was not changed by someone else.

Requirements are:
  • The user has write access to the folder that contains the Publication object of which a Publication Output needs to be deleted.
  • The Publication Output object in the following statuses cannot be deleted:
    • Publish Pending
    • Publishing
    • Released
The table describes the behavior depending on your starting situation. [SRQ-3834]
ActionDelete will fail...Result
Delete the publication starting from the logical object
  • If there is a version with a frozen baselines
  • If there are released publication outputs
  • If there is a publication output with status "Pending" or "Publishing"
The complete publication is deleted including all versions and publication outputs
Delete one version of a publication
  • If there is a branch on this version
  • If the baseline of this version is frozen
  • If there are released publication outputs
  • If there is a publication output with status "Pending" or "Publishing"
The version including all publication outputs is deleted
Delete one publication output
  • If the publication output is released
  • If there is a publication output with status "Pending" or "Publishing"
This publication output is deleted
Note that:
  • All logical identifiers within Content Manager are in uppercase.
  • The parameter psXMLRequiredCurrentMetaData can be used to require that the delete only is carried out when the object is still in the same state as the users thinks it is.