Configuring the opening of files outside Studio

With Studio, 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 Studio but they can also be automatically opened in a pre-defined version of InCopy.

This requires the following:

• Studio running in Google Chrome
• The Desktop application
• InCopy with Studio installed

Configuring Studio Server

Info: The described step can only be performed on the on-premise version of Studio, not on the cloud version.

For a proper communication with Studio for InCopy, one of the Studio Server instances that Studio for InCopy connects to needs to be defined. This is done in the configuration file of the Studio plug-in on Studio Server.

Step 1. Access the config.js file for Studio.

Show me the location of this file

<Studio Server path>/contentstation/

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: 'Studio Server',

Installing and setting up the Desktop application

The process of opening the article from Studio in InCopy is performed by the Desktop application.

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 Desktop application.

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

InDesign layouts

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

This requires the following:

• Studio running in Google Chrome
• The Desktop application
• InDesign with Studio installed

Configuring Studio Server

Info: The described step can only be performed on the on-premise version of Studio, not on the cloud version.

For a proper communication with Studio for InDesign, one of the Studio Server instances that Studio for InDesign connects to needs to be defined. This is done in the configuration file of the Studio plug-in on Studio Server.

Step 1. Access the config.js file for Studio.

Show me the location of this file

<Studio Server path>/contentstation/

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: 'Studio Server',

Installing and setting up the Desktop application

The process of opening the layout from Studio in InDesign is performed by the Desktop application.

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 Desktop application.

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

All other types of files

Files other than InDesign layouts or InCopy articles can be automatically opened from within Studio. 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 Studio requires the Desktop application.

Installing and setting up the Desktop application

The process of opening the file from Studio is performed by the Desktop application.

Figure: The Settings window of the Desktop application.

Make sure that the Studio 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 Studio.