File

Main content type for storing files in the content repository.

Features

The File type is responsible for handling all kinds of files:

Office and PDF documents
text files
binary files

There are special kinds of files that inherit from the File type (for example the Image type). These types extend the basic functionality of File with their own features.

Certain file types will have preview images generated for them. For example the well-known office types (Word or Excel documents), text files or even images will have previews, if the feature is enabled in the repository.

Files can be created by uploading them on the admin user interface or importing them through our REST API.

Parent type

GenericContent

Content handler

SenseNet.ContentRepository.File

Special fields

Name	Type	Description
Binary	`Binary`	Holds the file data itself. Additional Binary fields may be added to your custom CTD if required.
Size	`Number`	File size.
FullSize	`Number`	The total amount of space the Document occupies, counting all versions.
MimeType	`ShortText`
Shapes	`LongText`	Stores data used for document preview (redaction, highlight, annotation shapes). This value can be modified by the document preview plugin.
PageAttributes	`LongText`	Stores data used for document preview (for example page rotation). This value can be modified by the document preview plugin.
PageCount	`Integer`	Number of preview pages if available.
Watermark	`ShortText`	Optional watermark text to display in document viewer.

Example

<ContentType name="File" parentType="GenericContent" handler="SenseNet.ContentRepository.File" xmlns="http://schemas.sensenet.com/SenseNet/ContentRepository/ContentTypeDefinition">
  <DisplayName>$Ctd-File,DisplayName</DisplayName>
  <Description>$Ctd-File,Description</Description>
  <Icon>File</Icon>
  <Preview>true</Preview>
  <Fields>
    <Field name="Binary" type="Binary">
      <DisplayName>$Ctd-File,Binary-DisplayName</DisplayName>
      <Description>$Ctd-File,Binary-Description</Description>
      <Indexing>
        <Analyzer>Standard</Analyzer>
      </Indexing>
      <Configuration>
        <VisibleBrowse>Show</VisibleBrowse>
        <VisibleEdit>Hide</VisibleEdit>
        <VisibleNew>Hide</VisibleNew>
      </Configuration>
    </Field>
    <Field name="Size" type="Number">
      <DisplayName>$Ctd-File,Size-DisplayName</DisplayName>
      <Description>$Ctd-File,Size-Description</Description>
      <Configuration>
        <VisibleBrowse>Show</VisibleBrowse>
        <VisibleEdit>Hide</VisibleEdit>
        <VisibleNew>Hide</VisibleNew>
        <ReadOnly>true</ReadOnly>
      </Configuration>
    </Field>
    <Field name="FullSize" type="Number">
      <DisplayName>$Ctd-File,FullSize-DisplayName</DisplayName>
      <Description>$Ctd-File,FullSize-Description</Description>
      <Configuration>
        <VisibleBrowse>Hide</VisibleBrowse>
        <VisibleEdit>Hide</VisibleEdit>
        <VisibleNew>Hide</VisibleNew>
        <ReadOnly>true</ReadOnly>
      </Configuration>
    </Field>
    <Field name="PageCount" type="Integer">
      <DisplayName>$Ctd-File,PageCount-DisplayName</DisplayName>
      <Description>$Ctd-File,PageCount-Description</Description>
      <Configuration>
        <VisibleBrowse>Show</VisibleBrowse>
        <VisibleEdit>Hide</VisibleEdit>
        <VisibleNew>Hide</VisibleNew>
        <DefaultValue>-4</DefaultValue>
      </Configuration>
    </Field>
    <Field name="MimeType" type="ShortText">
      <DisplayName>$Ctd-File,MimeType-DisplayName</DisplayName>
      <Configuration>
        <VisibleBrowse>Hide</VisibleBrowse>
        <VisibleEdit>Hide</VisibleEdit>
        <VisibleNew>Hide</VisibleNew>
        <ReadOnly>true</ReadOnly>
      </Configuration>
    </Field>
    <Field name="Shapes" type="LongText">
      <DisplayName>$Ctd-File,Shapes-DisplayName</DisplayName>
      <Description>$Ctd-File,Shapes-Description</Description>
      <Configuration>
        <VisibleBrowse>Hide</VisibleBrowse>
        <VisibleEdit>Hide</VisibleEdit>
        <VisibleNew>Hide</VisibleNew>
      </Configuration>
    </Field>
    <Field name="PageAttributes" type="LongText">
      <DisplayName>$Ctd-File,PageAttributes-DisplayName</DisplayName>
      <Description>$Ctd-File,PageAttributes-Description</Description>
      <Configuration>
        <VisibleBrowse>Hide</VisibleBrowse>
        <VisibleEdit>Hide</VisibleEdit>
        <VisibleNew>Hide</VisibleNew>
      </Configuration>
    </Field>
    <Field name="Watermark" type="ShortText">
      <DisplayName>$Ctd-File,Watermark-DisplayName</DisplayName>
      <Description>$Ctd-File,Watermark-Description</Description>
      <Configuration>
        <VisibleBrowse>Hide</VisibleBrowse>
        <VisibleEdit>Show</VisibleEdit>
        <VisibleNew>Show</VisibleNew>
      </Configuration>
    </Field>
  </Fields>
</ContentType>

Organizational Unit

Image