Attachments duplicate in user steps

[Aditya_S_]

I have a user step with a few attachments. When I use the same list in the consecutive user step the attachments from the previous step duplicate and it creates double the number of attachments. I use the "copy all notes and attachments from a list of documents." and specify the list for input and output.

Could someone explain if this is a bug or expected functionality.

Thanks
Aditya

[_Nith_]

It is not a bug, but an implementation concern on collections.

For e.g lets take the assignment:  aListVariable = {a list of attachments}

Now, the list variable will not overwritten rather the items will be appended to the list;

So to get rid of this issue, try to follow my approach;

create two list variable of type document (say list1 & list2)

For a Assign Task activity set the following:

Attachment & Notes

Copy all attachments from = list1

Output attachments = list2

Place a Set Value component after the Assign Task and assign the following:

list1 = empty-list()

list1 = list2

list2 = empty-list()

Hope this will resolve your problem.

Nith

[Scott_Brodersen]

To overwrite existing items in a List, indicate the index in the list. So, to overwrite all the list items, use the 1 index:

/process_data/listVar[1]

http://livedocs.adobe.com/livecycle/8.2/wb_help/000262.html

scott

[_Nith_]

Never mind about my suggestion, scott's reply is correct!

Nith