The following applies if you are using a version of the software before Update 38.
For the latest information, see Copy a master tag pattern.
The SPFHotSpotter.ini file is updated when you click Save after adding of new tag patterns or modifying of existing tag patterns.
When and how is the SPFHotSpotter.ini file updated?
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The SPFHotSpotter.ini file is updated whenever any new tag discovery patterns are
created or existing tag patterns are updated. The content discovery task uses the
updated SPFHotspotter.ini file to extract tags.
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After the tag discovery pattern are updated, in order to update the SPFHotSpotter.ini
file, Data Capture initially checks for the SPFHotSpotter.ini file attached to the SmartConverter Control
object. The SPFHotSpotter.ini file and the SmartConverter Control object must belong
to same configuration type on a HxGN SDx application server.
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If no SmartConverter Control object is related to the same configuration item, the
SmartConverter Control object related to the parent configuration item is used. If
no SmartConverter Control object is related to the parent configuration item, the
default SmartConverter Control object related to the ConfigurationTop is used. If
no SmartConverter Control object is related to the ConfigurationTop, then the SPFHotspotter.ini
file available at [drive]:\Program Files (x86)\SDX\SPFSmartConverter is updated.
From Update 38, SDx does not use Smart Converter control object and SPFHotspotter.ini
file attached to it for extracting and navigating to tags. Instead, the Data Capture
Drawing reader pre-processor uses the Intergraph Smart Sketch for processing the content
and navigating to it.