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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Create and modify a file extension</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/integrations/17428/create-and-modify-a-file-extension</link><description>Hi all, Is it possible to create and modify a file with a custom extension. 
 Eg:- File Uploaded: &amp;quot;HelloWorld.pdf&amp;quot; Custom File: &amp;quot;HelloWorld.cto&amp;quot; 
 For each file that is uploaded in Appian, we also need to create a file with custom extension i.e., cto</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Create and modify a file extension</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/68728?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2019 11:59:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:cae3e66a-df4f-47e7-a1d5-f0b0d2047415</guid><dc:creator>phanibabuk597</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Perfect. That helped.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks Robert.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Create and modify a file extension</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/68696?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2019 16:23:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:86a2c3d9-6060-4889-86e5-b962627855c0</guid><dc:creator>Robert Shankin</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;for your custom files -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have a look at this page:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/19.2/Text_Doc_From_Template_Smart_Service.html"&gt;https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/19.2/Text_Doc_From_Template_Smart_Service.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can store text doc templates with any extension you wish.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So you can have CTO_template.cto having &lt;strong&gt;one or more keys*&lt;/strong&gt; to support your metadata.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Then when you upload your PDF, you can then create a new .cto file, name it whatever you like, and load it with metadata.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;* In the past, I have had use cases in which I found it appropriate to use 1 simple key, e.g. ###docBody### to load the entire document. If you have detailed insight into the standard formatting of these data files, it&amp;#39;s ideal to design the template as close to complete as possible.&amp;nbsp; e.g.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre class="ui-code" data-mode="text"&gt;field1: ###field1###
field2: ###field2###&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and not&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre class="ui-code" data-mode="text"&gt;###docBody###&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>