External Documents Child Form

The external documents child form is located under the Document tab on the Committee Profile and displays a list of all documents the committee wishes to appear on eWeb.

External documents can be added from this child form.

External Documents Child Form Information

The external documents child form displays a listing of all documents the committee wishes to appear on eWeb. This child form displays the following data columns:

Column Description
File Name This is the name of the uploaded document file.
File Type This is the type of file uploaded. The following formats are supported: .txt, .ppt. .xls, .doc, .docx, and .pdf.
Add Date This is the date the external document was uploaded and added to the system.
Add User This is the netFORUM user that added the external document.

The following icons are available next to each record on the external documents child form:

  • Edit - Clicking the Edit icon will open the Edit - Web Posting Document pop-up window where changes can be made to the external document.

In order for a document to display in My Committees on eWeb, the following must be setup.

  1. The document should be uploaded under the “External Documents” Child Form on the Committee Profile in iWeb
  2. The system option EwebDocumentPostingUploadFolder should be set to /Upload/

There should be a Virtual Folder setup in IIS called Upload that maps to the Upload folder in eWeb.

The virtual folder iWeb/Upload should map to eWeb/upload.

Note: You can also add an external document to a committee by clicking the Add icon found on the external documents child form.