Alternate rendition can be done in the following two ways:
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Using the Generate PDF Copies command available on the shortcut when you select one or more objects.
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Using a workflow step that initiates the Generate PDF Files command on the object in the workflow.
In both ways, an asynchronous scheduled task must be created to process the command.
Alternate rendition process
The processor picks up the alternate rendition task and performs the following actions:
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Expands the graph definition.
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Creates a task.
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Downloads all the files specified by the XML in the scheduled task table to a temporary location (set by the administrator in the app.config file).
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Generates a PDF copy of each file either directly or through an intermediate postscript file. (See Generating PDFs for more information about how this is configured.)
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Attaches the PDF copies to the file.
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Deletes all the downloaded files.