Create an archive file of all related artifacts in your
template so that a complete set of files can be emailed to another
user or stored in other locations. By creating an archive, you do
not have to manage or send multiple files for someone else to view
the files or generate documents.
About this task
Referenced artifacts such as style sheets, snippets, JavaScript, and included files
are saved in the archive in addition to the template and document
specification. The original file names are used when possible. If
the same names are used for multiple files, unique names are generated.
Procedure
- From the Launcher or Document Studio, click .
- Enter a name for the archive and select a location for
the exported files.
If the document specification is
saved, the name of the document specification is suggested for the
name of the archive. If the document specification is not saved, the
universally unique identifier for the document specification is suggested
for the name of the archive.
- Click OK.
Results
When you export from the Document Studio application, the
current document specification, its templates, and any style sheets
the outputs use are saved in an archive file in the location you specified.
If the same names are used for multiple files, unique names are generated.
- If you generated the output by publishing the document, the document
specification included in the archive contains any changes that you
made in the Configure and Generate Document wizard.
- If you did not create a document specification file by publishing
the template, a document specification is created for you, it is named docSpec.dsx,
the template is specified in it, and both the document specification
and the template are saved in the archive.
- If you did not save a new template before exporting, the template
file is not included in the archive.
When you export from the Launcher application, the opened
document specification and the specified templates are saved in an
archive file in the location you specified.
- If you did not specify a template in the document specification,
only the document specification file is saved in the archive. A blank
template file is not created for you and saved in the archive.
- If the template listed in the document specification includes
dynamically referenced files that are stored in the Central Management
component, these files are not included in the archive because the
Central Management component cannot be accessed from the Launcher
application.
- If the included files are dynamically referenced, these files
are included in the archive, too, even though they are not visible
from the document specification.
What to do next
Next, you might use an archive extraction tool to unpack
the contents of an archive in a common location. After the files are
commonly accessible, you can add them to the Central Management component.