Configuring the opening of files outside Content Station Aurora

With Content Station Aurora, a user can automatically open a file for editing in its native application. Depending on what kind of file it is, installation and configuration steps are required.

A distinction is made between the following types of files:

• InCopy articles
• InDesign layouts
• All other types of files

InCopy articles

By default, articles are opened in the Print editor of Content Station but they can also be automatically opened in a pre-defined version of InCopy.

This requires the following:

• Content Station running in Google Chrome
• The Content Station Desktop app:
• Version 1.1.0 or higher for opening articles in InCopy CC 2017
• Version 2.3.0 or higher for opening articles in InCopy CC 2018
• InCopy with Smart Connection installed

Configuring Enterprise Server

For a proper communication with Smart Connection, one of the Enterprise Server instances that Smart Connection connects to needs to be defined. This is done in the configuration file of the Content Station plug-in on Enterprise Server.

Step 1. Access the config.js file for Content Station Aurora.

Step 2. Locate the serverName option and make sure that it matches one of the server names configured in the WWSettings.xml file distributed to your workstations.

serverName: 'Enterprise',

Installing and setting up the Desktop application

The process of opening the article from Content Station in InCopy is performed by the Content Station Desktop app.

The version of InCopy in which the article should be opened can be defined in the Settings window of the app.

Figure: The Settings window of the Content Station Desktop app.

Make sure that the Content Station app is installed, correctly set up, and running. For more information, see Using the Desktop app of Content Station Aurora.

InDesign layouts

InDesign layouts can be automatically opened in a pre-defined version of InDesign.

This requires the following:

• Content Station running in Google Chrome
• The Content Station Desktop app:
• Version 1.1.0 or higher for opening articles in InCopy CC 2017
• Version 2.3.0 or higher for opening articles in InCopy CC 2018
• InDesign with Smart Connection installed

Configuring Enterprise Server

For a proper communication with Smart Connection, one of the Enterprise Server instances that Smart Connection connects to needs to be defined. This is done in the configuration file of the Content Station plug-in on Enterprise Server.

Step 1. Access the config.js file for Content Station Aurora.

Step 2. Locate the serverName option and make sure that it matches one of the server names configured in the WWSettings.xml file distributed to your workstations.

serverName: 'Enterprise',

Installing and setting up the Desktop application

The process of opening the layout from Content Station in InDesign is performed by the Content Station Desktop app.

The version of InDesign in which the layout should be opened can be defined in the Settings window of the app.

Figure: The Settings window of the Content Station Desktop app.

Make sure that the Content Station app is installed, correctly set up, and running. For more information, see Using the Desktop app of Content Station Aurora.

All other types of files

Files other than InDesign layouts or InCopy articles can be automatically opened from within Content Station. The application in which they are opened is the application that is configured on the system itself for opening that file type.

Automatically opening these files from Content Station requires the Content Station Desktop app.

Installing and setting up the Desktop application

The process of opening the file from Content Station is performed by the Content Station Desktop app.

Figure: The Settings window of the Content Station Desktop app.

Make sure that the Content Station app is installed and running. No specific setup is required other than making sure that the Desktop app is started when the system itself is started up. For more information, see Using the Desktop app of Content Station Aurora.

Document history

• 27 June 2018: Updated section 'InCopy articles' with support for Adobe CC 2018.
• 27 June 2018: Updated section 'InDesign articles' with support for Adobe CC 2018.