Office Suite

PDF Generator

 

Agile EDM Office Suite PDF Service

The enhanced PDF Generator is set up as a service and does not need to be set up on a special client!
  The PDF Generator can be installed with the Windows Installer tool. After the PDF Generator is installed, an extra service is added to the services list. Agile EDM Office Suite PDF (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services).
  The Agile EDM Office Suite PDF service is a MS Windows service and does not need any GUI.
Once the service is running, it should not be stopped via the Windows Service Manager. To stop the service, select shutdown in the no-select menu of the PDF job list!
  This operation sets the Office Suite configuration parameter GDM_PDF_BATCH to STOP. The LogiView procedure GdmBatch/Spooler checks the parameter and shuts down. During the shutdown of the spooler, the Office Suite configuration parameter GDM_PDF_BATCH is set to RUN again.
   
 

Configure the Agile EDM Office Suite PDF Service

This needs to be done manually at the moment!
  The Agile EDM Office Suite PDF service does require some information about the local environment, e.g. the exchange file between the PDF printer and Agile e6.
  The configuration file of the Agile EDM Office Suite PDF Service has corresponding settings within the Agile e6 Office Suite configuration (System > Office Suite > Configuration).
 

Example Agile server settings:

Description Value
PLM Host plmhost
PLM ECI Port 20001
PLM Environment plmref
 

Example Agile EDM Office Suite PDF service:

Description Value
Installation directory C:\Program Files\Agile_e6\Office Suite PDF
PDF service name pdfsrv
Working directory C:\officesuite\pdf_generation
 

Example configuration table:

Description Configuration File Configuration Setting
GDM_PDF_BATCH RUN STOP
   
For detailed information about setting up the PDF Generator, please refer to the Administration Guide for Agile e6.