Setting the Local Configuration Options

This section covers the following tabs on the Local Inbound Refinery Configuration screen:

Note: The options on these screens are only available if they are relevant. For example, some options are related to optional conversion add-ons. If these add-ons are not installed on the Inbound Refinery system, these options are grayed out and cannot be selected or changed.

General

Access this screen by selecting Options—Local Configuration—General from Inbound Refinery or Service Manager. Use it to set a number of general options for each individual Inbound Refinery connection.

Native Options

Access this screen by selecting Options—Local Configuration—Native Options from Inbound Refinery or Service Manager. Use it to set a number of conversion options for Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio.

Note: These options are all related to the optional PDF Converter add-on.

Note: PDF Converter must be installed for any optimization to be performed.

Note: The Process mailto links option is only available if the Process URL links is selected. Otherwise it is grayed out.

Note: Hyperlinks in Microsoft Word documents are only converted if Inbound Refinery is running as an application (not as a service). In addition, hyperlinks in text boxes are not converted, nor are hyperlinked AutoShapes and objects (for example, pictures or WordArt objects) if they are located in tables.

Note: Hyperlinks in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets are only converted if they are located in cells. Hyperlinks in text boxes, WordArt objects, etc. are not converted.

Note: PowerPoint hyperlinks can only be processed if PowerPoint presentations are converted in the "Slides" format. This is why the other three options are grayed out (with the top one selected) if you select this check box.

Note: This option can only be selected if the Process PowerPoint hyperlinks option is not selected.

Note: This option can only be selected if the Process PowerPoint hyperlinks option is not selected.

For details on conversion to PDF, refer to the PDF Converter section.

Thumbnail Options

Access this screen by selecting Options—Local Configuration—Thumbnail Options from Inbound Refinery or Service Manager. Use it to set options for thumbnailing.

Note: The thumbnail quality, thumbnail dpi and quick/smooth sizing settings can only be changed if you only use Inbound Refinery (and not PDF Converter). If you use PDF Converter, these settings are grayed out and cannot be modified. This is because PDF Converter uses a different thumbnailing engine than Inbound Refinery.

For details on thumbnailing, refer to the Thumbnails section.

XML Options

Access this screen by selecting Options—Local Configuration—XML Options from Inbound Refinery or Service Manager. Use it to set options for conversion to XML.

Note: These options are all related to the optional XML Converter add-on.

Basic Options

Schema Selection Options

For details on conversion to XML, refer to the XML Converter section.

Legacy Conversions

Access this screen by selecting Options—Local Configuration—Legacy Conversion from Inbound Refinery or Service Manager. Use it to set options for legacy conversions.

timeout value [in minutes] = ([file size in bytes]  x  timeout factor) / 60,000

For example, if a 100,000-byte file is to be converted and the timeout factor is set to 1, then the system will wait no more than 1:40 minutes (100,000 x 1 divided by 60,000 = 10/6) for the custom conversion to complete. The content item to be processed is allotted at least the number of minutes indicated in the 'Minimum' column, but no more minutes than indicated in the 'Maximum' column. If the calculated timeout value is lower than the 'Minimum' value, the 'Minimum' value applies. Similarly, if the calculated timeout value is larger than the 'Maximum' value, the 'Maximum' value applies.

timeout value [in minutes] = ([file size in bytes]  x  timeout factor) / 60,000

For example, if a 100,000-byte file is to be converted and the timeout factor is set to 1, then the system will wait no more than 1:40 minutes (100,000 x 1 divided by 60,000 = 10/6) for the preconversion process to complete. The content item to be processed is allotted at least the number of minutes indicated in the 'Minimum' column, but no more minutes than indicated in the 'Maximum' column. If the calculated timeout value is lower than the 'Minimum' value, the 'Minimum' value applies. Similarly, if the calculated timeout value is larger than the 'Maximum' value, the 'Maximum' value applies.

For details on custom conversions, refer to the Legacy Conversions section.