5-20 Administrators Guide for Dynamic Converter
Figure 5–4 Classic HTML Conversion Template in Template Editor
As a result of these differences, there is no automated upgrade process from the previous script templates to the current version Classic HTML Conversion templates.
We can, however, recommend a migration path so that you can begin using the powerful Classic HTML Conversion templates in Dynamic Converter.
5.3.3.1 Updating an Old Template
To update a script template from an earlier version of Dynamic Converter to the Classic HTML Conversion template format, complete the following steps:
1.
Open the Dynamic Converter Admin page see Dynamic Converter Admin Page
on page A-1.
2.
Create a new Classic HTML Conversion template.
3. Click Template Selection Rules on the Dynamic Converter Admin page.
The Template Selection Rules page is displayed see Template Selection Rules
Page on page A-9.
4.
Highlight the rule associated with your previous template the script template and then scroll down to the Template and layout for selected rule area.
You may want to modify the criteria assigned to your previous rule using the additional metadata fields available in Dynamic Converter. See
Assigning Metadata Criteria to a Rule
on page 3-3.
5. From the Available Templates menu, select the Classic HTML Conversion
template that you created in Step 2 templates are listed by content ID.
6. Click Edit Template to open the Classic HTML Conversion Template Editor.
Note: Rules that were created in an earlier version of Dynamic
Converter prior to version 6.1 will appear as a numbered rule in this version of Dynamic Converter. You can continue using that rule or
delete it and re-create the rule in Dynamic Converter 11gR2 you cannot rename a rule.
HTML Conversion Templates 5-21
7. In the Template Editor, click Change Preview to select a source document by
content ID to preview your template with.
8.
Re-create the settings from your previous script template using the Template Editor see
Classic HTML Conversion Template Editor on page 5-9. This will
likely be the most time-consuming part of the migration process. You may want to open another web browser and preview a dynamically converted document that
used the previous template, so that you can compare the templates as you work. Click OK to close the Template Editor when you are finished making changes.
9. Enter the content ID of your previous script template in the Layout field so that
you can turn a former script template into a layout template that is used with the Classic HTML Conversion template.
10. Click Update to associate your new Classic HTML Conversion template and
