Description of the Advanced menu
The Advanced menu helps you to manage your overrides by using the ePublisher interface. You can access override options from either the Advanced menu on the toolbar or by right-clicking a file Manage Target Customizations or the Manage Format Customizations tab.
The following table describes the options that are available on the Advanced menu.
Item
Description
Manage Format Customizations
Opens a tab that displays the files that you can override for the output format that is currently selected. Any files that contain overrides appear in bold font.
Use this tab to:
select the files that you want to override
edit override files
compare the override files to the installation files
remove the override files from your project
For information about the appearance of files on the Manage Format Customizations tab, go to Types of overrides.
Manage Target Customizations
Opens a tab that displays the files that you can override for the target that is currently selected. Any files that contain overrides appear in bold font.
Use this tab to:
select the files that you want to override
edit override files
compare the override files to the installation files
remove override files from your project
For information about the appearance of files on the Manage Target Customizations tab, go to Types of overrides.
Explore To Customizations
Opens Windows File Explorer to the folder where the override file is located.
Edit File
Opens the file in the editor that you specified in the WebWorks ePublisher Preferences dialog box so that you can make changes to the file. This option is not available on the Advanced menu unless the file has already been added as an override. However, you can open and edit any file on either of the Manage Customization tabs by double-clicking the file name.
IMPORTANT : If you open the file, but do not edit it, ePublisher still considers the file to be customized and displays the file in bold font. You can right-click the file, and then click Remove Customization.
View File Differences
Opens the selected file and the equivalent installation file in the file comparison tool that you specified in the WebWorks ePublisher Preferences dialog box.
Create Customization
Makes a copy of the selected file in either the Targets or Formats folder in your project so that you can customize the file. The file path of the installation file is mirrored in the process.
If the Targets or Formats folder does not exist in your project, it is generated automatically.
This process only copies the file into your project; it does not open the file for editing. The file appears in bold font in the Manage Target Customizations or Manage Format Customizations tab.
Create Super Customization
Creates a skeletal transform that is configured to enable you to make super customizations using the wwtransform:super mechanism. The file path of the installation file is mirrored in the process.
If the Targets or Formats folder does not exist in your project, it is created automatically.
This process only creates the file in your project; it does not open the file for editing. The file name appears in bold font in the Manage Target Customizations or Manage Format Customizations tab.
Remove Customization
Deletes your override file from your project. When you regenerate your output, ePublisher uses the file that is in the installation folder.
Configure Tools
Opens the WebWorks ePublisher Preferences dialog box.
The Editor Preferences tab enables you specify which text editor to use for editing override files, and which image editor to use for opening images. By default, ePublisher opens the application that is associated with that file in Windows.
The Diff Preferences tab enables you specify which file comparison tool to use when you compare your override files to the installation files.
In addition, you can configure these options by going to Edit > Preferences.
Published date: 10-17-2023
Last modified date: 09-28-2023