Documents Registry entry
A Convert Registry entry defines how a document is converted from one format to another when a document is added to the Multimedia repository. The Documents Registry entry enables the conversion for a user / group (or system-wide).
DescriptionUsage
This Registry entry can be assigned to users, groups and system-wide:
| Key | User | Group | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key 1 | User
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Group
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System
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| Key 2 | user | group | Setting
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| Key 3 | Setting
|
Multimedia
|
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| Key 4 | Multimedia
|
Documents
|
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| Key 5 | Documents
|
format or Default |
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| Key 6 | format or Default |
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| Value | fileext;fileext;... | ||
where:
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format |
is the file extension of the document to be converted (excluding the dot), e.g. doc, docx, rtf, txt, etc.; or use Default for all file extensions. |
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fileext;fileext;... |
is a semicolon separated list of the file extensions (excluding the dot) of the file types to be generated. Thus for a text document, fileext would be |
Example
Any time a Word Document with a .doc extension is added to the Multimedia repository, this entry will try to generate HTML, RTF and Text formatted versions of the document. If the correct conversion filters exist, the additional documents will be created and fully indexed:
| Key | Setting |
|---|---|
| Key 1 | System
|
| Key 2 | Setting
|
| Key 3 | Multimedia
|
| Key 4 | Documents
|
| Key 5 | doc
|
| Value | HTML;rtf;txt
|
In order to translate a document from one format to another, there must be a Convert Registry entry defined for the type of conversion (e.g. .doc to .rtf). If there is no Convert Registry entry, the conversion will not take place and the format will not be added to the Documents table.
