Document is used to store and access external files with various extensions.
Files of various formats can be used as documents:
Images (*.bmp, *.jpg, *.png, *.tiff, *.gif).
Clips (*.swf).
Movies (*.asf, *.avi, *.mpg, *.wmv).
Sound files (*.mp3, *.wav, *.mid).
Microsoft Word documents (*.docx, *.doc, *.rtf).
Microsoft Excel documents (*.xlsx, *.xls).
Microsoft PowerPoint documents (*.pptx, *.ppt).
Adobe Acrobat documents (*.pdf).
Text documents (*.txt, *.xml).
Hypertext documents (*.htm, *.html).
Archives (*.rar, *.zip).
Applications (*.exe).
OpenOffice documents (*.odt, *.odg, *.odp, *.ods, *.odc, *.odi, *.odf, *.odm), etc.
To create a repository document:
Select the New Object > More > Document item in the Create group on the Home ribbon tab.
Select the Create > Other > Document context menu item.
NOTE. The Create context menu command is available only in the desktop application.
A standard dialog box of file selection opens.
To view selected document:
Double-click the document.
Select the Open context menu item.
Select the View item in the Open group on the Home ribbon tab.
The document is opened in the program selected by default on the computer and which corresponds to the source file format.
To change the document source, select the Load From File context menu item.
A standard dialog box of file selection opens.
To save an object to an external file, select the Save To File context menu item.
A standard dialog box of file saving opens. Select file name and path.
To limit loading or opening of documents in the allowed format that were loaded before, set allowed formats in the Allowed Document Formats in Repository section in the security manager.
Formats are set by means of file extension, for example: XML, XLS, PDF. If allowed formats are set, a message about security policy violation is displayed on an attempt to load or open the document that does not correspond with specified formats. By default, documents of any format can be loaded and opened.
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