Document Publishing How To
Document Publishing is the method used to make a document
available on the web. When a document is published it becomes known
to Ripplestone.
How to Publish a New Document:
- If you are not an administrator, there will be a link called
Document Publishing on the navigation bar. If you are an
administrator, there will be a link called Administration which
leads to the Document Publishing link.
- The Document Publishing form looks the same as the list of
documents used to open a document except for additional links to
Publish New Document, Edit, and Delete documents.
- Choose Publish New Document
- Select a Document Type from the dropdown list
- Supply a Title and Description
- Select a Document Folder
- On the Descriptions tab, use the browse button to locate the
document you want to publish.
- On the author tab, supply an Author and Author Contact
information.
- After pressing the OK button, your document will be published
and will be viewable over the web.
How to Edit a Published Document:
- From the Document Publishing Page, locate the document you want
to edit and click the Edit Link.
- Make the desired changes. Note: to change the actual report,
use the Crystal Reports Designer to make the changes and then
select the report for editing. Choose the Crystal Report in the
Submit Report file field and submit the report. When changing an
existing published report, the new file replaces the existing file
stored in Ripplestone.
How to Delete a Published Document:
- From the Document Publishing Page, locate the document you want
to Delete and click the Delete Link.
- Use caution when deleting documents. When deleting, the
document is removed from the list of published documents and the
file is permanently deleted from the web server.