Inline editing in Ad Hoc Correspondence

The Ad Hoc Correspondence user can be given the possibility to edit texts directly in the Ad Hoc preview instead of using the text editor. To enable inline editing you can use URL parameters or edit the adhoc.properties file:

•	Using URL parameters – add &inlineEdit=true to the Ad Hoc Correspondence URL.

•	Editing the properties file – change inline property to application.inline=true.

Inline editing is only applicable when using unpaginated preview in Ad Hoc Correspondence. To be able to edit the texts directly in the Ad Hoc preview, inline styles must be applied to the HTML elements. For example:

<h1 style="color:blue;margin-left:30px;">MyHeading</h1>

StoryTeller specifics

If a StoryTeller Process is used as template for a document definition you must prepare the preview connector for inline styles. The default behavior for StoryTeller is to reference a css file and not to use inline styles. To change to inline styles you must edit the driver settings for the unpaginated preview connector. What to edit depends on whether you have a custom or default preview connector:

•	Custom preview connector – set Inline CSS = Yes in the HTML unpaginated driver settings.

•	Default preview connector – edit defaultpreviewconnectors.xml in the following directory:

<StreamServe Installation>\Applications\StreamServer\<version>\Server\bin

To edit defaultpreviewconnectors.xml

1	Open defaultpreviewconnectors.xml in a text editor.

2	Locate the following section: <option name="Inline CSS">No</option>

3	Change to: <option name="Inline CSS">Yes</option>

4	Save the file and restart the StreamServer application for the changes to take effect.

Limitations

•	Inline editing is only applicable to unpaginated preview.

•	Text and paragraph formatting is preserved when inline editing is enabled. This means styles, font size, font color etc. cannot be modified when editing inline texts.

•	Inline editing is only supported for desktop browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome) and not for tablet devices.