Working with external templates

You can use an XML schema file, exported from a StreamServe Message, to edit and design a template in ADEP Designer stand-alone. The exported file uses the StreamServe Message as data connection in the Data view. The template can be re-imported into the StreamServe solution. This is useful, for example, if you outsource development and maintenance of templates.

You can create a preview of the XML schema with sample data. Sample data can be entered for each field in the StreamServe Event tool, for example PageIN or XMLIN.

This is particularly useful when the input data is a non-XML data format, such as ASCII text. Production Print transforms the input to XML internally, but if you want to do a preview in ADEP Designer, there is typically no XML file to use for the preview. You can use the Export Preview XML function to create one in this scenario.

Usage scenario

A scenario can be that you have outsourced the design of the template to an external designer. You create two exported files – a Message schema file and a preview file with sample data – and hand them over to the external designer. When the external designer is finished, you re-import the template into Design Center.

To export a StreamServe Message

1	In the Process tool, select File > Export Message Schema command. The Save As dialog box opens.

2	Browse to and select location and name for the schema (XSD) file.

To create a preview XML file with sample data

1	Open the Settings dialog box and check that the option Add the Message as a data connection in the Data View is selected.

2	Create a preview XML file with sample data, select File > Export Preview XML.

3	Browse to and select location and name for the schema (XSD) file.

To re-import an exported template into a Design Center resource set

1	Open the resource set view.

2	Select the Import command and browse to and select the template file to import. The Resource type settings dialog box opens.

3	Specify resource type XDP Template from the drop-down list and click OK. The resource is added to the resource set.