Custom Plugins in D2 and Deployment – Contd..

We can create and configure custom plug-ins using the Java classes and the resources that are packaged with the D2 API framework to:

• Add features as custom actions.
• Modify existing features by changing the pre-processing, post-processing, and the overriding D2 services.

Deploying D2 Plug-ins:

1. Create the plug-in .jar file.
2. Copy the plug-in .jar file to the <install path of D2>/WEB-INF/lib/ folder.
3. Restart the web application server.
4. Verify the plug-in installation by logging in to D2 Client and navigating to Help > About.

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D2 Bin

The Recycle Bin feature manages the cancellation and deletions of documents by using a standard recycle bin approach.

The D2-Bin plug-in adds a recycling-bin approach to managing document removal in D2. If D2-Bin is:

• Not installed, D2 permanently removes content when an end user deletes content.
• Installed, D2 moves deleted content to an electronic recycling bin, which allows end users and functional administrators to view, permanently remove, and restore content.

Navigate to D2-Bin > Options from the menu bar.

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D2-C2

Use C2 to extend PDF functionality of D2 with regards to adding:

• Extra pages: you can add one or several pages at the beginning, end, or after a given page. These pages can contain content properties or variables.
• PDF layers: you can add headers, footers, or images to all or part of documents.
• Watermarks: you can add image or text watermarks to all or part of documents above or below text and as transparent images.
• Dynamic pages: you can add dynamically-constructed pages, such as signature pages, gradually over the course of the lifecycle of the PDF document. Create dynamic pages in XML format so that tables can be managed based on their size. which are linked according to configurations when the document is viewed, printed, or exported.

You can use C2 to secure and apply controls to PDF documents when they are distributed out of the repository. The main functions are:

• Ensuring only secure versions are provided when viewing, exporting, and printing.
• Controlling printing using print counters and adding the ability to print with the note designating the recipient. D2 audits the controlled prints using the information provided by the end user when submitting the content for printing.

D2 automatically generates an XML containing the elements of the table of contents. Create and import an XSL for formatting the table of contents when viewing, printing, or exporting content in C2.

The XML uses parameters within an object in the root.

 The C2 plug-in creates a c2_rendition event in the dmi_queue_item queue to generate the PDF rendition. After completing the request and generating the PDF, D2 marks the item as dequeued but does not clear the dmi_queue_item events.

DELETE “dmi_queue_item” OBJECTS WHERE “dequeued_date” <DATE(’01/01/2013’) AND “delete_flag” = true

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D2-O2

Use O2 to allow management of properties transfer between D2 and Microsoft Office documents as well as between .eml and .msg email messages.

Configuring Microsoft Office for O2 – Create a macro.

 

Thanks for your emails and various requests, Many of you have been requesting me to share information about the D2 Security and workflow features, I will write something based out of my experience in my next blog.