Multipule versions/formats of a document

Hi!

What would the possibility be of having the ability to attach multiple file formats or versions to a single Edocman record? I have a document sharing website and I would like to add a feature where non-PDF files (.docx, .pages, .pptx, etc) are automatically converted to PDF (through Cloudconvert) upon upload and then the user has the option when downloading to select the original file type or the PDF version. I am limited however by the current system where only one file can be attached to a record and have been unsuccessful at creating a work-around. Any chance this could be considered for a future release?

Thanks

Hi Tesher,
Thanks for your suggestion and for explaining your use case.

Regarding the automatic conversion of uploaded documents to PDF (via CloudConvert) and then offering both the original file and the PDF as download options: this kind of server-side conversion workflow is generally beyond what a typical Joomla extension can handle out of the box, because it depends heavily on external services, background processing/queues, API handling, error recovery, storage management, and so on.

That said, Edocman already supports different versions of a document. Each time you upload a new version, the previous version is kept and stored—it isn’t overwritten or lost.
Thanks
Dam

Hi Dam,

Thanks for your reply! I figured the API connection and process would be on me to implement but I did not know that Edocman supported multiple versions! I did some testing and it doesn't seem to match my use case though. Am I missing something or is there not a way for the user to select which version of the document they want to download?

Thanks,
Tesher

Hi Tesher,
Edocman supports storing previous versions of your documents.
You just need to enable the "Keep Previous Document Versions" option in the Configuration page. After that, whenever you upload a new version of a document, the old version will be saved and can be found in the Documents History section.
Thanks
Dam