Use Document Conversion Services with Stellent

For Linux and Solaris, when using Stellent version 8.1.0 and later, the X-server dependency has been removed.

1. Prepare the system using the steps outlined in Configure images for Document Conversion Services.

2. Install libXm.so.3 and ln -sf /usr/X11R6/lib/libXm.so.3.0.2 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXm.so.2.0.1.

3. Use the command find / -name *.ttf to locate the fonts folder on the machine. Set GDFONTPATH to point to the fonts folder. For example:
   export GDFONTPATH=/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/lib/fonts

4. Make sure the environment variable GDFONTPATH includes one or more paths to the fonts folder.

   Only TrueType fonts (*.ttf or *.ttc files) are supported. If the variable GDFONTPATH is not found, the current directory is used. If fonts are called for and cannot be found, HTML Export will exit with an error. When copying Windows fonts to a Unix system, the font extension for the files (*.ttf or *.ttc) must be lowercase, or the fonts will not be detected during the search for available fonts. Stellent does not provide fonts with any Outside In product.

What to do next

Remote document conversion: Local document conversion might not be supported on some platforms. Document conversion must be performed on a remote IBM WebSphere Application Server that supports document conversion services.

On the zLinux platform, local document conversion is supported except in the case of image export. During image export, the pages of a document are converted into images, such as the GIF format. To use image export as part of document conversion services on zLinux, run document conversion on a remote server.

On platforms that support local document conversion, document conversion services can be delegated to a remote server to better balance processing power and manage server performance.

IBM i: We can choose to run the X Server on the portal server or a remote server. We can also use a frame-buffer device or XVFB to emulate X Windows servers on a headless server. The conversion filters are installed with HCL WebSphere Portal. There is no need for configuration. However, we can configure the export.cfg file, located under the WP_PROFILE/PortalServer/config directory, to fine tune conversion properties such as graphics size and resolution.

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