Configuring the display of related Dossiers in the Dossier panel of Studio for InDesign and InCopy – Home

Info: This feature requires Studio for InDesign and InCopy 16.3.3 for Adobe 2021 or any higher version of version 16, or Studio for InDesign and InCopy 17.0.1 for Adobe 2022, or any higher version of version 17. (See How to check which version is installed.)

When users access the Dossier panel, the panel shows the Dossiers that the currently viewed layout is part of, as well as the Dossiers that all placed files are part of.

This can be useful to quickly navigate to a different Dossier, but when many files and their related Dossiers exist, the list of Dossiers can become very long and the overview in the panel can be lost.

The panel can therefore be set to show or hide related Dossiers by accessing the panel menu and doing one of the following:

Select Show Related Dossiers. In this default setting, the panel shows the Dossiers that the currently viewed layout is part of, as well as the Dossiers that all placed files are part of.

De-select Show Related Dossiers. The panel now only shows all Dossiers that the layout is part of, and hides all Dossiers that placed files are part of.

Example: A layout is part of Dossier 1. Articles and images are placed on the layout which are part of Dossiers 2, 3, and 4. When Show Related Dossiers is selected, Dossiers 1 to 4 are shown. When Show Related Dossiers is not selected, only Dossier 1 is shown.

Configuration

The behavior can be controlled on system level by configuring the configserver.php file of Studio Server or on client level by configuring the WWSettings.xml file of Studio for InDesign and InCopy. Alternatively, the behavior can also be controlled through scripting.

Notes:

When configuration is done through either configuration file, the option for the user is grayed-out and set according to the configuration. Users can then not change the setting themselves.

When no configuration is done, users are able to change the default setting themselves. The setting is then stored and applied when InDesign is launched.

When configuration is done in both configuration files, the configuration of the WWSettings.xml file overrules the setting in the configserver.php file.

When configuration is done through scripting, any configuration in the configuration files is overruled.

Configuration on system level

Info: Performing the described step requires direct server access. Depending upon how your system is hosted and the level of access you have to that system, coordination may be required with your Partner or WoodWing Support team. For a full overview of the steps that need to be done by WoodWing and how to request them, see WoodWing Cloud - Change management.

To control the behavior on system level, use the following option:

File: The configserver.php file of Studio Server (recommended: config_overrule.php file)
Name of option: DossierPanelShowRelatedDossiers
Values:
false: The feature is disabled and deselected; no related Dossiers are shown.
true or any value other than false: The feature is disabled and selected, related Dossiers are shown.
Example:

new Feature( 'DossierPanelShowRelatedDossiers', true),

Configuration on client level

To control the behavior on client level, use the following option:

File: WWSettings.xml file
Name of option: DossierPanelShowRelatedDossiers
Location: anywhere between the <Settings> </Settings> tags
Values:
No or no: The feature is disabled and deselected; no related Dossiers are shown.
Yes or any value other than no: The feature is disabled and selected, related Dossiers are shown.
Example:

<SCEnt:DossierPanelShowRelatedDossiers Enabled="yes"/>

Configuration through scripting

To control the behavior through scripting, use the following call:

app.studioPreferences.DossierPanelShowRelatedDossier

For details, see the scripting guide.

Configuration

Configuration on system level

Configuration on client level

Configuration through scripting

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