I am unable to find the configuration setting, where my ECL dll is referred to from the SDL CM side.
I have checked, and its not there in the Tridion.ContentManager.config.
Is there any standard. Any help is much appreciated.
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1Check this doc docs.sdl.com/LiveContent/content/en-US/SDL%20Web-v1/… – Sayantan Basu Apr 6 '17 at 7:19
Mountpoints configured in ExternalContentLibrary.xml
Every mountpoint element has attribute type (e.g type="My Custom Provider")
Every provider has main class that implements IContentLibrary
And this class must have attribute AddIn (e.g [AddIn("My Custom Provider", Version = "1.0.0.0")])
Name in AddIn attribute in class matched with type attribute in mountpoint xml, and this how ECL find proper dll for particular mountpoint.
Example:
In ExternalContentLibrary.xml
<MountPoint type="My Custom Provider" id="mcp" rootItemName="Test">
In main class of provider
[AddIn("My Custom Provider", Version = "1.2.0.0")]
public class MyProvider : IContentLibrary
{
...
}
Actually, those settings are available in the ExternalContentLibrary.xml file under
C:\{SDLWEB Installation Folder}\Config\
You can find mount points for each of your ECL links, Example:
<MountPoint type="Local File System Provider" id="ffs1" rootItemName="Digital Assets Management">
<StubFolders>
<StubFolder id="tcm:1-633-2" />
<StubFolder id="tcm:8-733-2" />
</StubFolders>
<PrivilegedUserName>SDLPE\SDL</PrivilegedUserName>
<FolderPath>C:\Working Areas\ECL\DAM</FolderPath>
<IconIdentifier>DamLibrary</IconIdentifier>
<IconURL>http://tridion.sdldemo.com/WebUI/Editors/CME/Themes/Carbon/Images/ECLIcons/</IconURL>
</MountPoint>
Hope this helps to make changes to ECL configuration and move forward
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Yes. This is there. But, how does SDL Tridion know where to pick up the ECL Custom DLL from? – guest_2017 Apr 6 '17 at 8:23
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Actually, those are picked from the following location,
C:\ProgramData\SDL\SDL Tridion\External Content Library\AddInPipeline\AddInsRemember, though you use SDL Web, it still picks up from SDL Tridion folder Don't forget to mark the answer if this helps resolving your issue – Rajesh Apr 6 '17 at 12:04 -
You are correct about the path. My Custom ECL dll is placed in -
C:\ProgramData\SDL\SDL Tridion\External Content Library\AddInPipeline\AddIns, andExternalContentLibrary.xmlis under `{Tridion Home}\config` folder. But, I am not sure how the dll is referred to if it is under a different location and XML under different location. Is is the standard path and SDL will pick it up from this location? That is my real question. – guest_2017 Apr 6 '17 at 13:31 -
Ok, as you are trying to understand the concept rather than looking for a quick solution, I have now updated the example code. You can specify the location of the dll as well, but note that the type ="Local File System Provider". For any other type, I believe it will try to look inside the programdata location which I mentioned earlier and will not consider the external path even if specified. – Rajesh Apr 6 '17 at 17:42
This entry should be in the Tridion.ContentManager.config file Under {Tridion Home}\config\ folder.
Search for extensions tag. Under that tag you can find the entry for ECL Library. If it is not there then add that entry like below -
<extensions>
<add assemblyFileName="D:\Tridion\bin\Tridion.ExternalContentLibrary.TcmExtension.dll" />
</extensions>
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Yes. This is there. Now, I have an adapter code, which is used to fetch media items from a 3rd party via a service. This is a separate dll, that is also deployed at another location, in the same CM server. Now my question is, how is SDL using it? As I do not see any reference to this custom DLL in any config files. Also it is using the ExternalContentLibrary.xml located in the {Tridion Home}\config\ folder, where the URL for this 3rd party is mentioned. – guest_2017 Apr 6 '17 at 8:41
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Tridion.ExternalContentLibrary.TcmExtension.dll - has nothing to do with ECL adapters – Yuri Bondarchuk Apr 21 '17 at 7:44
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Correct @YuriBondarchuk ..!! And thank you for giving a clear explanation as well. – guest_2017 May 9 '17 at 13:58
