title: Displaying Custom Attributes in Documentum - Webtop
body: <p>I am following <a href="http://developer.emc.com/developer/Articles/DisplayCustomAttributesInWebtop.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">an article</a> that explains how to use the ICustomAttributeDataHandler class.</p>
  
  <p>I am creating a custom column for the inbox screen, but the problem is that the value I set for my custom attribute is not being reflected on the screen.</p>
  
  <p>As a test I am changing the task name to "whoKnows". But this code is not effecting what is output on the screen:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ICustomAttributeRecordSet.setCustomAttributeValue(i, "taskName", "whoKnows");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(I am able to print debug lines from my custom class when the inbox is viewed, so I know my code is being run.)</p>
  
  <p>Someone on the comments of that article wrote:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>the user must call the
    "setCustomAttributesInQuery() method
    on the dataprovider passing in a
    string array of the custom attributes</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>...what does that meen? Could this be my problem?</p>
  
  <p>thanks.</p>