File Menu

Menu Item

Description

New

Navigates to the Create WebOffice project wizard. Click on the icon for starting the wizard.

Wizard icon for creating a WebOffice 10 R3 Project

Open

Opens the project dialog for opening an existing WebOffice 10 R3 project configuration.

Open project dialog

Save

Save the current project configuration. Is grayed out (deactivated) until the opened configuration is actually changed.

Save As

Back up your currently opened project configuration or create a template for another project.

'Save as' dialog

You have to change the project ID (New project) but you may keep the project title (Project name).

Publish Project

Publish the currently opened project to WebOffice 10 R3 application. As result of the successful ‘Publish’ action a window with the WebOffice 10 R3 project URL gets displayed. You can click this URL to immediately launch the WebOffice 10 R3 client for this project.

Project publish status and WebOffice 10 R3 project URL

Refresh project

‘Update project' function for updating all required system resources:

•currently open MXD file,

•relevant ArcGIS Server map service,

•WebOffice 10 R3 project configuration,

•in the project configured plotservice

with one button click.

This function is very useful for administrators because all dependencies (MXD file – ArcGIS Server object – WebOffice 10 R3 application – WebOffice 10 R3 project) are taken into consideration.

Note: Prerequisites for using this function are

•Correctly configured WebOffice author ‘Basic Settings’

•Windows Login used for running ArcMap and WebOffice author is member of local agsadmin users group on ArcGIS Server machine

•Read, write and delete file access for Windows Login used for running ArcMap and WebOffice author on ArcGIS Server share for ‘ServiceDocuments’ folder (directory where ArcMap documents published with ArcGIS Server, get stored).

Basic settings dialog in WebOffice author - properties for ‘Refresh project’ function

Delete

Delete a project selected in the Delete dialog. Using this function you can easily clean up old or not used configurations.

Delete dialog

Close

Use this function for closing your currently opened project configuration.

Note: You need to close an open project before you can open the Basic settings or the Application configuration.

Application Configuration

Use this function for opening the WebOffice 10 R3 Application configuration. In the Application configuration it is possible to control WebOffice 10 R3 application behavior and parameters.

Application configuration

SynAdmin

Use this function for opening the WebOffice 10 R3 administration pages directly from WebOffice author.

SynAdmin button for opening the WebOffice 10 R3 administration pages

UM Admin Web

Use this function for opening the WebOffice usermanagement administration pages directly from WebOffice author.

UM Admin Web button

Synchronize Plotservice

This function writes any feature classes (from the MXD files that remain in the folder of published MXD documents) into the data frame "datasources" of SynPlotService.mxd.

The advantage is that respective workspaces are already initialized when using dynamic printing. This leads to a considerable better performance when printing.

Note: This button considers only the MXD files of the directory which is configured as the directory for published MXD documents in the basic settings. MXD files in subdirectories of the configured directory will not be considered.

Note: Check regularly if data sources that are being written into the data frame "datasources" of SynPlotService.mxd still exist. If they do not exist anymore, remove the respective layer from the data frame.

Basic settings

Use this function for

•Changing the Working directory of WebOffice author,

•Setting the WebOffice 10 R3 application URL (needed for Publish function),

•Setting the currently used language and

•Updating your UserManagement database.

Basic settings

Application Profiles

Use Application profiles for easy change between different WebOffice applications.

Note: Multiple WebOffice applications are needed if

•You want to run a Staging system scenario (Test server, Production server),

•You want to run a public WebOffice 10 R3 application as well as one restricted with SynerGIS UserManagement

•You simply want to run several WebOffice 10 R3 applications for better organizing multiple different WebOffice 10 R3 projects

Using the Application Profiles function in the File menu it is possible to choose from one of the configured Application profiles. WebOffice author will then switch its Basic settings dynamically according to the selected Application Profile.

Application profiles dialog in WebOffice author

The Application profile itself gets specified and named in the Basic settings dialog of WebOffice author.

Basic settings dialog in WebOffice author - specify Application profile